I think it is offensive to gays.
2006-11-02 03:53:37 · 18 answers · asked by SunGod 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
YES, i am personally homosexual, and i find it VERY insulting that homosexuals are put into the same group as transgendered, transgendered are psychologically messed up, they have a disease, homosexuals are men and love being man and love being men that love men and love loving men as men.
2006-11-02 04:31:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
Some gays might feel offended to be lumped in with transgendered people. By the same token, some gays might not like to be associated with other gays. For example, bears (ultra-masculine gays with beards and casual work clothes) might not appreciate being lumped in with drag queens.
But GLBT isn't about a comfortable little social club. It's about political power. If we don't support each other's rights, we have no reason to expect the straight community to bail us out either. And pfft! we have no rights, no legal protections. It's the fifties again, and we're all finding ourselves in jail for violating sodomy laws or impersonating the other sex. No thanks!
We transgenders have supported gay rights for many years.
We've voted, contributed, and fought for gay marriage, for an end to the AIDS epidemic, and for an end to legal discrimination based on sexual orientation. We've made a difference.
Now all we demand from the gay community is the same thing.
As Ben Franklin said, “We must all hang together, or most assuredly we will all hang separately."
Rikki
2006-11-02 12:25:27 · answer #2 · answered by Rikki 1 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I want to comment on the answer that is just above (curved path). How can you practice hate and Ignorance against the Transgender community then turn around to straight people and demand that they do not say the very same things to you? We are all a big family, every single person that breaks anything in the "norms" of sexual practice or Identity. I say let us not forget the T in LGBT - obviously they are even more persecuted that we are, as they are even persecuted by some of us!
2006-11-02 14:35:34 · answer #3 · answered by Alexis 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
On one hand I sometimes think I don't have enough in common with lesbians to warrant the term "gay and lesbian." On the other hand, I have to say that any group that breaks arbitrary sexual mores (within the bounds of genuine consent) and challenges arbitrary gender roles can have a place in the big tent that is the gay community as far as I am concerned. Any ally in the fight against the tyranny of mediocrity is OK by me. So I am willing to make room for the transgendered even though I don't personally get what they are about.
2006-11-02 12:27:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
we are all in this site together as we are in life with each other
we as transgender people are like a gay people
we both come out
we both get discriminated against
we both get bullied at work /school /in public
we fight for the same rights in the GLBTI group for equal rights
most transgender people are gay or have thoughts of do that in their life
transsexuals are bound to be gay at some point in there life
but the different start after that
we as transgenders
have to face the public and the barrier that is the front door
we also have to change our life style to fit in to society
we have to know plastic surgery
hormones electrois and other hair removal
hair styles make up clothes nails etc
(and i say sorry to the ftm i am focused on mtf )
passing in public and many more factors
so even if you do not like trans people you have to be with us
after all it is what the T stands for in the GLBTI community
2006-11-02 12:13:25 · answer #5 · answered by Zara3 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not, not at all. We face the same discriminatory issues and we all deal with aspects of gender and sexuality, which, while separate things that have no direct bearing on another, inevitably are intertwined as one identity. It is not so much 'lumping together' as banding together for solace and unity. It's not 'you and me are the same', but that the two have similar experiences at times and receive much of the same criticisms and jugdements, that makes the basis for this. When it comes to gender and sexuality and even stylistic life choices, everything that is not mainstream comes together- that's why leatherfolk, BDSM players (straight as well as gay), intersexed, etc. are all part of the umbrella of Queer Nation and what we now know as GBLTQI.
The only way I think it is detrimental is in as much that it seems to promote, amongst straight/mainstream people, the belief that homosexuality and transgenderism are somehow related; so that they worry when they're little son likes to wear dresses that he might be gay, or when someone says he's gay, they instantly assume he might eventually want to transition to a woman, or even just act feminine. That's a disservice to everyone, in my opinion.
2006-11-02 12:08:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Actually, I've never really thought about it. Although I do not personally understand the transgendered community this does not mean I am offended by them either.
2006-11-02 11:56:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm offended that society needs to lump LGBT into a group at all. As to who's in the lump, pfffft, I don't care. There's so much diversity within the ppl represented by each of those letters anyway.
2006-11-02 12:02:08 · answer #8 · answered by Alex62 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It's very Western to lump gender and sexuality together. It doesn't help either group and it's incorrect - just like all the stereotypes about non-straights like 'a lesbian is mannish'. On the other hand, if one is transgendered, one often has to renegotiate the idea of who one is and who one is attracted to. There is some overlap when it comes to sexuality and gender but not as much as many people think.
2006-11-02 11:59:57 · answer #9 · answered by Cobalt 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Nope... never crossed my mind. I think of us as a discriminated against group so it kinda makes sense to lump the groups together.
2006-11-02 12:04:59 · answer #10 · answered by Des Demona 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No, I love the Trans members of my GLBT community. We face a lot of similar issues in fighting for equal rights for all and I'm proud to be able to fight for them, and to have them fight for me. We're not exactly the same, but I would much rather hang out in a crowd of transfolk then a crowd of Christians.
2006-11-02 14:50:01 · answer #11 · answered by dani_kin 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋