tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712640935255311366.post7337993163765289758..comments2024-03-25T14:26:47.657-04:00Comments on A Gender Variance Who's Who: IOS Rainbow List 2014Zagriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124379637664963835noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712640935255311366.post-10959932018155609922016-05-15T11:53:23.063-04:002016-05-15T11:53:23.063-04:00Very belatedly: Sorry, if I wasn't clear there...Very belatedly: Sorry, if I wasn't clear there. I wasn't at all taking the attitude that drag people are not trans. I was specifically asking whether Asif identifies as trans. If so, then fine, of course. But if not, then...Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147186679298442560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712640935255311366.post-1802560340158514062014-11-09T16:32:06.639-05:002014-11-09T16:32:06.639-05:00Drag has always been a gateway into trans. If we...Drag has always been a gateway into trans. If we think otherwise we would expurgate Bambi, Coccinelle, Aleshia Brevard, Sylvia Rae Rivera from our history. After such a gutting not much would be left. Of course Virginia Prince and other HBS have always tried to insist that drag is not part of trans.<br /><br />I notice from your google profile that you "On the nebulous border between cis and trans" and using a male name are less trans that most drags, so why are you taking this attitude?Zagriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15124379637664963835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712640935255311366.post-56545727639433391062014-11-09T07:12:23.262-05:002014-11-09T07:12:23.262-05:00Not sure about including Asif Quaraishi as a "...Not sure about including Asif Quaraishi as a "trans person". There are certainly overlaps between drag and trans identities, but drag isn't a subset of trans; drag is an identity in its own right and denoting it as "trans" can erase that. Unless you know that Asif himself does identify as trans of course.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147186679298442560noreply@blogger.com