Have you noticed that when we get misgendered it is usually by the LGBT people or another minority?
You would think that they would know how it feels to be harassed, and you would think that they would know how it feels to be a victim.
My first question is why did Fox News host a congeniality suite at a LGBT conference and two why did anyone attend it?
When I was attending Fantasia Fair last year there was a bunch of gay men standing around outside of the motel where I was staying smoking, they were attending the “T” dance at the motel. One of them said about me… “That’s an ugly woman.” Another one replied, “That’s not a woman, that’s a drag queen!” and then they all started laughing and making derogatory comments.
Many times I get “Sired” intentionally by mainly young minority teenage boys.
Why? Why do other minorities pick on us?
Well it might be in part because a type of behavior, that is called “Lateral Oppression” or “Lateral Violence” and it is common in all marginalized communities.* The definition is,
It is caused by internalize of guilt and prejudice. It is used as a defense mechanism against otherwise unbearable discomfort that they have as a member of the oppressed group. It is a method which a member of the marginalized group uses to separate themselves from that group. For an example, during the early 70s many gays and lesbians of the “Gay Liberation Front” did not want any feminine gays or masculine lesbian or “drag queens” in their organization. Because of their internalized guilt and prejudice they want to separate themselves from the flamboyant gays or lesbians or trans peopel. The straight looking and acting gays and lesbians want to be disassociate from them; they only wanted gays and lesbians who can be assimilated into the straight society so they could blend in with everyone else.
The same thing for trans-people, some trans people that can pass or have had surgery want to disassociate from trans-people who cannot pass. They want to establish a pecking order with passible post-op trans-people on top. They want to be assimilated into the straight society and not be associated with what they call “men in dresses” meaning anyone who cannot pass.
I think when we are targeted by another minority it is to make them feel superior to the other minority; it is to make them feel like they are one step up from us of the pyramid.
You would think that they would know how it feels to be harassed, and you would think that they would know how it feels to be a victim.
LGBTQ journalism group apologizes after host refers to attendees at event as 'things and its'
The Hill
By Emily Birnbaum
September 9, 2018
The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) issued an apology on Sunday after a host at the group's convention over the weekend referred to some attendees as "things and its."
The NLGJA noted in a statement that the man who made the remark, a local ABC weatherman in Ohio, was a "volunteer emcee" at the event.
"Last night NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists celebrated the closing of its national convention in Palm Springs," the group's board of directors wrote. "During the closing reception, Marshall McPeek, a volunteer emcee, made an inappropriate, unscripted remark that does not reflect our values."
The statement notes McPeek returned to the stage to apologize and has since voluntarily resigned from the organization.
McPeek during the final event of the conference, which was hosted by Fox News, began his remarks by saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, things and its." The comment was widely regarded as offensive to trans and nonbinary people in attendance, with several taking to social media to express their concern.
Journalist Monica Roberts, who is trans, reportedly immediately yelled "oh no, he did not," adding "there are no things or its here.
When I was attending Fantasia Fair last year there was a bunch of gay men standing around outside of the motel where I was staying smoking, they were attending the “T” dance at the motel. One of them said about me… “That’s an ugly woman.” Another one replied, “That’s not a woman, that’s a drag queen!” and then they all started laughing and making derogatory comments.
Many times I get “Sired” intentionally by mainly young minority teenage boys.
Why? Why do other minorities pick on us?
Well it might be in part because a type of behavior, that is called “Lateral Oppression” or “Lateral Violence” and it is common in all marginalized communities.* The definition is,
Later Oppression or Violence: oppression or violence that is directed towards other members of the social group or community, usually toward a subculture of the social group or community.U.S. Legal Definitions defines it as,
Lateral violence happens when people who are both victims of a situation of dominance, in fact turn on each other rather than confront the system that oppresses them both. Lateral violence occurs when oppressed groups/individuals internalize feelings such as anger and rage, and manifest their feelings through behaviors such as gossip, jealousy, putdowns and blaming.We find lateral violence or oppression wherever we look…
We find it with teenage girlsSo what causes it?
We find it with immigrants
We find it in socioeconomic classes
We find it in racial groups
We find it in the gay and lesbian communities
And we find it in within the transgender community
It is caused by internalize of guilt and prejudice. It is used as a defense mechanism against otherwise unbearable discomfort that they have as a member of the oppressed group. It is a method which a member of the marginalized group uses to separate themselves from that group. For an example, during the early 70s many gays and lesbians of the “Gay Liberation Front” did not want any feminine gays or masculine lesbian or “drag queens” in their organization. Because of their internalized guilt and prejudice they want to separate themselves from the flamboyant gays or lesbians or trans peopel. The straight looking and acting gays and lesbians want to be disassociate from them; they only wanted gays and lesbians who can be assimilated into the straight society so they could blend in with everyone else.
The same thing for trans-people, some trans people that can pass or have had surgery want to disassociate from trans-people who cannot pass. They want to establish a pecking order with passible post-op trans-people on top. They want to be assimilated into the straight society and not be associated with what they call “men in dresses” meaning anyone who cannot pass.
I think when we are targeted by another minority it is to make them feel superior to the other minority; it is to make them feel like they are one step up from us of the pyramid.
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