How not to be transphobic
Another one from the archives
So the very brilliant and hilariously pugnacious Claire Graham did a thread where she gave as complete as possible a list of Things That Are Transphobic. Please carry it with you at all times to ensure you're properly "going along".
1. Gender-neutral toilets are transphobic.
2. The desire for privacy is transphobic.
4. Having a “genital preference” is transphobic.
6. Talking about prison reform is transphobic.
7. Women’s rights are transphobic.
8. Every dictionary in the world is transphobic.
10. Transwomen writing about trans schoolchildren are transphobic.
11. Liking someone’s tweets is transphobic.
12. Retweeting a poem is transphobic.
13. Debating proposed changes to the law is transphobic.
14. Telling parents about their child’s sex change is transphobic.
15. The word “bisexual” is transphobic.
16. The words “gay” and “lesbian” are transphobic.
17. Writing about “men” and “women” is transphobic.
18. Saying men and women are different is transphobic.
19. Making jokes about genitalia is transphobic.
20. Writing books with transgender characters in them is transphobic.
21. Keeping foxes out of henhouses is transphobic.
22. Holding public meetings about feminism is transphobic.
23. The entire British media is transphobic.
24. Drag queens are transphobic.
25. The phrase “ladies and gentlemen” is transphobic.
26. Thinking you know if someone’s male or female is transphobic.
27. Friends is transphobic.
28. The Daily Show is transphobic.
29. The Colbert Report is transphobic.
30. 30 Rock is transphobic.
31. Mike And Molly is transphobic.
32. The Cleveland Show is transphobic.
33. How I Met Your Mother is transphobic.
34. South Park is transphobic.
35. Family Guy is transphobic.
36. Two And A Half Men is transphobic.
37. Doctor Who is transphobic.
38. Pink woolly hats are transphobic.
41. Dogs are transphobic.
42. Facial recognition software is transphobic.
43. Bank security checks are transphobic.
44. Airport security checks are transphobic.
45. Chocolate bars are transphobic.
46. Nice weather is transphobic.
47. Climate change is transphobic.
49. Mothers Day is transphobic.
50. The phrase “Mother Earth” is transphobic.
51. Martina Navratilova is transphobic.
52. Paula Radcliffe MBE is transphobic.
53. Sharron Davies MBE is transphobic.
54. Dame Jenni Murray is transphobic.
55. Dame Kelly Holmes is transphobic.
56. Dame Edna Everage is transphobic.
57. Germaine Greer is transphobic.
58. Meghan Murphy is transphobic.
60. The Vagina Monologues is transphobic.
61. Cervical smear tests are transphobic.
62. The modern remake of The X-Files is transphobic.
63. The modern remake of Tootsie is transphobic.
64. Academic research into transgender issues is transphobic.
66. Psychiatric research into transgender issues is transphobic.
66. Trans people talking about trans rights is transphobic.
66. Saying that women get abortions is transphobic.
67. Saying that women have periods is transphobic.
68. Using anatomically-accurate language is transphobic.
69. Investigating the circumstances of child rape is transphobic.
70. Wanting to have sex with trans people is transphobic.
71. Not wanting to have sex with trans people is transphobic.
72. Gendering cats is transphobic.
73. Calling girls in an all-girl school “girls” is transphobic.
74. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is transphobic.
75. Crocodile Dundee is transphobic.
76. The Naked Gun 33 1/3 is transphobic.
77. Psycho is transphobic.
78. The Silence Of The Lambs is transphobic.
79. The 40-Year-Old Virgin is transphobic.
80. Trainspotting is transphobic.
81. Dressed To Kill is transphobic.
82. The Crying Game is transphobic.
83. Diamonds Are Forever is transphobic.
84. Paddington is transphobic. (Yes, Paddington. Shut up, transphobe.)
85. Correctly defining the word “castration” is transphobic.
88. Bud Light beer is transphobic.
89. Protecting young children from abuse is transphobic.
90. Not being allowed to call women “scum” is transphobic.
91. Female sport is transphobic.
92. Including transgender characters in videogames is transphobic.
93. MPs talking to women’s groups is transphobic.
94. Graham Linehan is transphobic.
95. Ricky Gervais is transphobic.
96. Frankie Boyle is transphobic.
97. The director of Queer Up North is transphobic.
98. At least 37,000 people on Twitter are transphobic.
100. Wings Over Scotland is transphobic.
[UPDATES]
101. Transgender writer Miranda Yardley is transphobic.
102. Telling young children their bodies are fine is transphobic.
103. Supporting a trade union picket line is transphobic.
104. Debating women’s issues is transphobic.
105. ScotRail is transphobic.
106. Acknowledging the medical condition of intersex is transphobic.
107. Philosophy is transphobic.
108. Birth certificates are transphobic.
109. Being imprisoned if you commit a crime is transphobic.
110. Working in a gender clinic is transphobic.
111. Body hair is transphobic.
112. Medicine is transphobic.
113. Peaceful protest using stickers is transphobic.
114. Deciding that you’re not transgender after all is transphobic.
115. Not tweeting about corsets is transphobic.
116. Being pansexual is transphobic.
117. Pregnancy is transphobic.
118. Childhood is transphobic.
119. Questioning gender identity is transphobic.
120. Banning men from women-only spaces is transphobic.
121. Women modelling women’s lingerie is transphobic.
122. Facebook is transphobic.
(Thanks to Wings Over Scotland for the idea and the updates!)
Not remembering the whole list is transphobic.
Reading your site is transphobic!