Comments on: Colby podcast: JB & “The Porcupine Woman” http://www.jenniferboylan.net/2009/10/08/colby-podcast-jb-the-porcupine-woman/ Jennifer Finney Boylan Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:54:32 -0500 hourly 1 By: Scott Knowles http://www.jenniferboylan.net/2009/10/08/colby-podcast-jb-the-porcupine-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Scott Knowles Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:22:58 +0000 http://www.jenniferboylan.net/?p=705#comment-305 I like the interview and it is an interesting word, but I prefer transistion(ing), which takes an explanation, "So what are your transistioning from or to?", and the response, "Myself to myself. Just a different and more authentic presentation." And so the conversation goes..., until someone says, "Whatever." What I don't understand is why people keeping using the word transgender to describe a post-transistion person when they're legally recognized as female or male. Other than your genes and some residuals physical features, a post-transistion person isn't trans-anything. You were and then aren't. So why keep the label? And yes, I know, I just like poking people about it. I like the interview and it is an interesting word, but I prefer transistion(ing), which takes an explanation, “So what are your transistioning from or to?”, and the response, “Myself to myself. Just a different and more authentic presentation.” And so the conversation goes…, until someone says, “Whatever.”

What I don’t understand is why people keeping using the word transgender to describe a post-transistion person when they’re legally recognized as female or male. Other than your genes and some residuals physical features, a post-transistion person isn’t trans-anything. You were and then aren’t. So why keep the label? And yes, I know, I just like poking people about it.

]]> By: Jennifer Finney Boylan http://www.jenniferboylan.net/2009/10/08/colby-podcast-jb-the-porcupine-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Jennifer Finney Boylan Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:34:32 +0000 http://www.jenniferboylan.net/?p=705#comment-302 I know. I kind of hate that verb too. Of course, "gender" is a verb, once in a while, as in, "the bicycle is gendered." A transitive verb I guess. Still. Awkward. I know. I kind of hate that verb too. Of course, “gender” is a verb, once in a while, as in, “the bicycle is gendered.” A transitive verb I guess. Still. Awkward.

]]> By: DMc http://www.jenniferboylan.net/2009/10/08/colby-podcast-jb-the-porcupine-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-300 DMc Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:55:53 +0000 http://www.jenniferboylan.net/?p=705#comment-300 Transgendering... That's a curious verb. Transgendering… That’s a curious verb.

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