@alexandria yeah uhhhh... definitely not. I have seen transphobes misread her work, and those misreadings have widely circulated around the internet. I have a lot to say about just how bad those readings are, suffice to say they are not a serious assessment of her philosophy.

As for her personal actions, she has been a major activist who advocated for trans people specifically since the 1990s

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@garfiald @alexandria@catgirl.science I saw some nebulous stuff around Twitter a few years back that gave a similar impression

After researching what exactly anyone was objecting to and finding naff all, I settled on it most likely being that medicalist crowd who see anyone who isn't gung-ho "The DSM is strong and it is my dad" as transphobic

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