by actionjacksonak August 31, 2006
Get the trans-alaskan pipeline mug.A trans ally is a supporter of the ideology of transgenderism without themselves identifying as a trans person. A trans ally identifies as a cis gender person, namely, someone who firstly, regards sex as something assigned to a baby at birth, and secondly, identifies with the gender that supposedly corresponds to that "assigned" sex. A trans ally acknowledges that he or she does not understand what it means to be trans, but attributes this inability to make sense to being cis.
I know that one need not have gender dysphoria to be trans, and that cis people (especially adolescent girls) also suffer gender dysphoria (or anxiety). I also know that trans people are not the same as intersex people. However, as a cis man and trans ally, I will demand that feminism and female spaces must centre trans women even if they don't pass as women, have beards, have their penis intact and have never taken HRT.
by Class struggle memes May 1, 2023
Get the Trans ally mug.An umbrella term to include folks who identify as transgender, transsexual, and other identities where a person does not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth. It is a placeholder for suffixes of trans, that is, trans_____. The asterisk (*) is standing in for *gender, *sexual, *feminine, *masculine, *folks, *person, *guy, *girl, *woman, and *man.
It is also inclusive of identities that do not start with the prefix “trans,” but can be understood as under the trans* umbrella. These identities include, but are not limited to, genderqueer, bigender, third gender, genderf*ck, gender fluid, genderless, MtF, FtM, Two Spirit, non-binary, androgynous, and masculine of center (MOC). While all of these identities are distinct from one other, each can be understood as under the trans* umbrella because the folks who identify with them do not identify as the gender they were assigned at birth and/or are “queering” (deviating from norms; blurring) gender expectations and assumptions.
A note on usage: the identities above are all self-identifying terms. It is not for you to say then, “Well, I read a blog post that said genderqueer people are trans*, so if you identify as genderqueer you are trans*, whether you think so or not.”
Respect the words that people use to describe themselves by using those same words to describe them and not questioning their use of the terms.
It is also inclusive of identities that do not start with the prefix “trans,” but can be understood as under the trans* umbrella. These identities include, but are not limited to, genderqueer, bigender, third gender, genderf*ck, gender fluid, genderless, MtF, FtM, Two Spirit, non-binary, androgynous, and masculine of center (MOC). While all of these identities are distinct from one other, each can be understood as under the trans* umbrella because the folks who identify with them do not identify as the gender they were assigned at birth and/or are “queering” (deviating from norms; blurring) gender expectations and assumptions.
A note on usage: the identities above are all self-identifying terms. It is not for you to say then, “Well, I read a blog post that said genderqueer people are trans*, so if you identify as genderqueer you are trans*, whether you think so or not.”
Respect the words that people use to describe themselves by using those same words to describe them and not questioning their use of the terms.
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