What I Fucking Want

Kit Malone
Sep 3, 2018 · 6 min read
(Painting: The Sword by Alfred Agache)

Anti-trans feminists and religious extremists like to center their discussion of trans women’s sexual orientation and sexual relationships around coercion — and that’s no surprise. It’s an easy leap from “we are who we say we are” to “that means you are saying we owe you sex.” Especially considering the way our popular culture depicts trans women: as deviant, sex-obsessed traps looking to trick the innocent into fucking us. We’re primed to believe this…

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Kit Malone

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Advocate at ACLU of Indiana - she/hers - Opinions are my own and not my employer's.

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