Tuesday, January 12, 2010

"Transophobia on Facebook"

So... I stumbled upon a Facebook group a short time ago, a group that bore the above title. I thought, why not learn more? I'm bored...

So, apparently, there was a woman who decided she wanted to be a man. She got the appropriate surgery and became a he, documenting her path on her facebook profile. When her surgery was done, the newly made man took a picture of the newly male chest he was so proud of, and posted the photo on his facebook profile.

Facebook proceeded to ban his profile.

The group I found thought that this was 'transophobia'. And they were right, right? It was no longer a picture of breasts, which would definantly be considered innapropriate, but of a male chest. and facebook banned that profile for bearing such a picture.

Was it "Transophobia"? Did facebook have appropriate grounds to ban this newborn male?

Discuss. *prompts audience*

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