Because of my trans identity,I’m attacked for accepting a genuine woman’s award. This nonsense shows how important it is to deconstruct gender constructs – for all our sakes“Awkward timing at the Woman of the Future awards with Jack Monroe surprised with a prize”, read the diary in Wednesday’s London Evening Standard. “The problem? final week Jack came out as transgender …” But my award wasn’t just awkward for the writer. I can normally tell the trolls from the satire and the genuinely ignorant, or but after scrolling through 24 hours of social media screeching approximately how I “stole an award from a genuine woman”,I’m not so sure: there seemed to be a consensus among the discontented that I shouldn’t possess accepted it. Related: The daring Man video is a fair portrait of trans life – it does not deserve your rage | Jack Monroe Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com