In a video circulating on Instagram and TikTok, Ally is a candidate Double occupancy MartiniqueShe explains that she no longer considers herself a trans woman because she underwent gender reassignment surgery. That is why such speech is not unanimous in the LGBTQ+ community.
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“To me, the ‘t’ in transgender isn’t a sexual orientation, it’s a transition. It’s the word to say that you are transitioning from one gender to another. I was trans during the transition, but today I’m a woman because I don’t transition anymore. I have a nanny. I no longer need to say I’m a trans woman, she launched while participating in the podcast Le 5 à 7 Podcast.
“I’ve been pissed enough for three months for having surgery and stuffing dilators in the bottom of the noun that I’m a woman,” she added.
What does the LGBTQ+ community think?
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Comments like Ally’s are causing “unrest in the LGBTQ+ community,” admits trans influencer Khate Lessard immediately.
“We’ve fought for rights for so long, trying to be understood and not confused with people with mental illness,” she says.
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A speech like Ally’s can be difficult to understand even for a trans woman who doesn’t want to undergo gender confirmation surgery, worries Khate Lessard, who underwent vaginoplasty last year.
“That kind of talk [comme ceux tenus par Ally] devalues women who have a penis and who will keep their penis forever,” laments the woman who has been grappling with her reality as a transgender woman on social networks.
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As many stories as trans people
Though Ally’s comments raise her eyebrows, Khate Lessard insists: It’s not up to her — or anyone else — to dictate to Ally how to live her trans identity. “You can’t invalidate people’s feelings.”
Also that she understands that Ally finally wants to be recognized as a woman.
“It’s true that when you’re bored with surgery, you hope so much for gender recognition. You’re a woman and you want people to see you like that,” she says.
Every person has the right to choose their gender identity. This is essential for the LGBTQ+ community, says the general director of the Interligne organization, Pascal Vaillancourt.
“There are as many trans journeys and coming-out stories as there are LGBTQ+ people,” he recalls.
“Some trans people feel that they no longer need to identify as transgender because their transition is over,” continues Pascal Vaillancourt, who nonetheless understands the uneasiness that comments like Ally’s can cause.
“For some people, the discourse can be unsettling because being trans is an identity process that requires self-affirmation at various stages,” he concludes.