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       2022-04-03T19:54:42.012087Z
       
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       Identity Theft: A RambleI’ve been wondering why the TRA Movement (TRAM, because I’m not sure what to call it) has affected me so much, down to my very marrow with so many emotions — I mean, aside from all its objective outrages — and I had a thought about that this morning: Identity Theft (I’m sure it’s not an original thought, but since I came to it myself, it’s original-to-me.): I don’t identify as a woman, I AM a woman. So being a woman is part of my identity, it’s part of who I am — actually, it IS who I am. And what the TRAM has done is steal that identity from me. I realised, too, this is yet another reason the T is a completely different beast from LGB: LGB did not steal anyone else’s identity. Even if you consider LGB to be an identity, or part of one’s identity, as opposed to (or as well as) a sexual orientation, being LGB does not steal from, say, heterosexuality/straightness. It is its own thing.Then a related thought came to mind: That this ‘identity theft’ is also why this can never ‘succeed’ in the way TRAM wants it to, i.e. that we will all give in to TWAW. TRAM simply cannot succeed in stealing the identity of half the entire population, taking from us our womanhood, along with everything that goes with it: pregnancy or the risk thereof; menstruation and all its cultural trappings; yes, oppression; … the list is endless because it includes everything about how we live our lives in all our different societies/cultures, which all have their own ways of doing ‘womanhood’.This form of Identity Theft is so profoundly deep. Because it’s theft, it goes without saying that this was done without my consent, and I am being forced by the state to not only accept it, but to enforce it on others. That is why it’s not a social/political issue OUT THERE that I can take or leave, engage with or not. It is MY identity that has been stolen. At some level, I really don’t know how to deal with that. I guess I can’t really put into words this particular idea of ‘identity theft’, so the above is inadequate. But, anyway, I’m going to think some more about it, maybe try to write something more coherent at some point. I suppose it’s more an effort at articulating how this FEELS to me, than some argument for or against. I’d welcome your thoughts, sisters.