So while Amina could be real in a transgender sense, the need to play out a different nationality, ethnicity and the racial politics identity that comes along with that seems PURE PRIVILEGE.
Yeah, that's part of why I say he's doing it wrong.
Co-opting someone else's identity for your own benefit, that's wrong.
I'm sorry I angered you. My comment -- as a trans person -- was to put some context on the reported statements he made in email to Liz Henry about gender identity.
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Date: 2011-06-13 06:28 am (UTC)Yeah, that's part of why I say he's doing it wrong.
Co-opting someone else's identity for your own benefit, that's wrong.
I'm sorry I angered you. My comment -- as a trans person -- was to put some context on the reported statements he made in email to Liz Henry about gender identity.