>Granted, my experience is from trans activists. So, that may
>be a factor. From my understanding, people at the forefront
>of those movements are careful with their language to ensure
>that they carve out their own place in the realm of gender
>expression.
>
>I view people lying about their gender expression amidst
>transphobia the same way I do gay people lying about their
>sexual orientation amidst homophobia. People do what they have
>to do to survive. However, as society opens up and widens
>views of gender expression, I see more and more people
>proclaiming their identities. The trans part of the LGBT
>movement is decades behind the rest of the movement. People
>are still barely able to differentiate their place in the
>realm of sexual politics, hence all the clumsy language around
>trans people.
>
>So, I don't view those examples you mentioned as contrary to
>my original point. As trans people become more vocal, I don't
>see them attempting to pass. I see them as fighting for their
>right to exist on the spectrum of gender expression.


She is at the lying level but not just that she attempted to co-opt experiences and movements that is damaging.

I dont have a problem with a White, Latino, Asain person teaching Af-Am history/art or joining black organizations to further causes and fight injustices

The problem is lying about your past to further legitimize if not try to gain a superior stance within the community

I wonder if she realized that her likely discomfort w her status at HU lead her to seek status in a very white centered way

It would be classic Irish or Italian going white in this country
But I saw those as more erasing the personal past rather than inventing experiences
And the American xenophobic encouragement to be "more American"

Rather like af-am's used to do to immigrant blacks identified as other
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