ENG 220 Lecture 5: Transgender Butch Response
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From reading transgender butch: butch/ ftm border wars and the masculine. Continuum i understand that gender and sexual identity spectrum is broader and more complicated than i originally thought. A lot of what i read surprised me and to some extent confused me. For example, i don"t understand why the different identities have conflicts with one another. In my opinion, they should all be respectful and supportive of each others differences and struggles because they should be able to personally relate. In addition, although i don"t fully understand what it"s like to be born in the wrong body, i believe people should be able to be true to themselves despite what other people think. As an illustration, fredd"s situation, which was talked about in the article. Clearly s/he felt that her sex did not match with her gender and sought to change that.