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No transgender / gender identity / gender equality talk in this fanclub please. | ||
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DarkDragon288
United States10 Posts
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AdrianHealey
Belgium480 Posts
First of all: a transgender, in the very broad sense of the word, is someone who has a specific sex (a certain biological status; 'female' or 'male'), but has a different gender, i.e. he or she feels like she is the other gender than the sex she/he has. Being a transgender sucks. There is nothing else to say about it. For those who you who do not understand, let me put it this way. Imagine you are stuck in a girls body, while being a guy. You do not want to hang out with the guys. You are literally a guy - you just like the physical body parts. Imagine that all the time all the guys can stand up and pee, and you have to sit down. But note that you don't start out like this. Oh, no; society has always recognized you as a girl. They expect you to act like a girl, where female clothing, maybe even start dating a guy. And all the while: you are a guy. Can you imagine how that's like? I have not experienced it myself, but I am pretty sure it sucks. If you have a hard time picturing this, try this. You are a very talend starcraft 2 player. You can probably be one of the best foreigners. You have all the skills you need. However; you have to be dishwasher. Everyone expects you to be a dishwasher. If you even start talking to people that you might want to be a starcraft player they will probably look very weird at you. They will consider you to have a 'mental disease'. (Transgender is still, if I am not mistaken, classified as a mental disease.) And you are not really sure. You know it's abnormal that you want to be a starcraft 2 player. Etc. Does this sound awful to you? Now imagine that in order to really become a sc2 player, you have to go through a long surgery, all kinds of psychiatrists, etc. So really, being a transgender sucks big time. So for all the *I am really censoring myself here* who think they are tough or whatever and want to keep calling Scarlett a 'he' because she might (or might not) have the physical body of a guy, is like saying to the dishwasher: 'Fuck you, you will never be a sc2 player, and I will always consider you to be just a dishwasher, and you will never be anything else'. I hope this clarifies why it's a fucking douchebag move to keep calling her a he. I won't go into analyzing Scarlett (I have neither the expertise, nor the ambition, nor anything of the sort) I hope she can be happy the way she is and I hope SC2 and the SC2 community can help her with that. Let's not, however, think we can replace actual friends and family. Given the way we, as a community, have responded to the haters, I think we are doing pretty good. She can be my Pimpernell any day of the week. <3 | ||
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iwearcapes
France157 Posts
sign me up forsure! | ||
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Zetim
United States35 Posts
On April 10 2012 03:21 ironsoviet wrote: If there's one thing she can really take from IdrA it's to not take stupid posts in her fanclub seriously. Unfortunate that has to be done but I imagine she can deal with it. + Show Spoiler + That sounds so condescending :x Nevermind, I completely misread. I'm a dummy | ||
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KebertXela
United States322 Posts
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TheFlock
United States389 Posts
Go Scarlett!! Would love to see her playing on the Korean Server and owning more Korean GM players  | ||
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Flaunt
New Zealand784 Posts
On April 10 2012 03:35 AdrianHealey wrote: Let me clarify a bit for people who have some trouble understanding transgender issues. Note: I am not a transgender, but are relatively close to someone who is. (It's not that we are BFF, but we used to hang out and still meet up every now and then now she is completely a she - she is very happy now, btw. Everything I know comes from this person and her experiences.) First of all: a transgender, in the very broad sense of the word, is someone who has a specific sex (a certain biological status; 'female' or 'male'), but has a different gender, i.e. he or she feels like she is the other gender than the sex she/he has. Being a transgender sucks. There is nothing else to say about it. For those who you who do not understand, let me put it this way. Imagine you are stuck in a girls body, while being a guy. You do not want to hang out with the guys. You are literally a guy - you just like the physical body parts. Imagine that all the time all the guys can stand up and pee, and you have to sit down. But note that you don't start out like this. Oh, no; society has always recognized you as a girl. They expect you to act like a girl, where female clothing, maybe even start dating a guy. And all the while: you are a guy. Can you imagine how that's like? I have not experienced it myself, but I am pretty sure it sucks. If you have a hard time picturing this, try this. You are a very talend starcraft 2 player. You can probably be one of the best foreigners. You have all the skills you need. However; you have to be dishwasher. Everyone expects you to be a dishwasher. If you even start talking to people that you might want to be a starcraft player they will probably look very weird at you. They will consider you to have a 'mental disease'. (Transgender is still, if I am not mistaken, classified as a mental disease.) And you are not really sure. You know it's abnormal that you want to be a starcraft 2 player. Etc. Does this sound awful to you? Now imagine that in order to really become a sc2 player, you have to go through a long surgery, all kinds of psychiatrists, etc. So really, being a transgender sucks big time. So for all the *I am really censoring myself here* who think they are tough or whatever and want to keep calling Scarlett a 'he' because she might (or might not) have the physical body of a guy, is like saying to the dishwasher: 'Fuck you, you will never be a sc2 player, and I will always consider you to be just a dishwasher, and you will never be anything else'. I hope this clarifies why it's a fucking douchebag move to keep calling her a he. I won't go into analyzing Scarlett (I have neither the expertise, nor the ambition, nor anything of the sort) I hope she can be happy the way she is and I hope SC2 and the SC2 community can help her with that. Let's not, however, think we can replace actual friends and family. Given the way we, as a community, have responded to the haters, I think we are doing pretty good. She can be my Pimpernell any day of the week. <3 one of the greatest posts i've ever read on TL. nice insight, thanks for that. | ||
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RandomRob
Canada4 Posts
You've pretty much nailed down what the last few years have been like for S. If she wants to talk more about it, that's her call, but she is very shy (not just in the SC community) and would probably much prefer that we all talk about her play [though I think ultimately it is important the community supports her in what is going to be a rough ride down a rough road. The SC2 community has been simply incredible, much better than we even hoped, but a lot of the world is much less open minded. You folks are completely awesome.] Back to being a lurker now! | ||
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shell
Portugal2722 Posts
In the end of the day she has to be really strong to live a life that certanly will be allot harder because of other people that prefer to offend her then life their own life or change what's so fucking wrong with theirs. Haters gonna hate I guess.. I'm a normal straight guy from good old Portugal so yeah I could probably call you a bunch of names and be really negative or be a nice normal guy and wish you luck like you deserve. I opened up tl.net saw your picture and tought "who is this? is it a girl? what did she do?" checked the iview, then the results and caught a few games of yours and now i'm a fan. You smashed some faces and did what many seasoned foreign players can't, win games! So yeah good luck and I hope you are strong enought to keep improving and be happy, that's what's most important! live and let live! | ||
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PuddingTiger
United Kingdom62 Posts
On April 10 2012 03:59 Flaunt wrote: one of the greatest posts i've ever read on TL. nice insight, thanks for that. yeah ditto. It's a shame this is an issue right now but kind of inevitable that it's brought up. Hopefully in a month or two everyone will have educated themselves/gotten over it to the extent that it's not an issue any more | ||
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Twicell
Germany2 Posts
I ♥ love girls playing sc2, thats so awesome !!!! | ||
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Zelda1721
United States25 Posts
On April 10 2012 03:35 AdrianHealey wrote: (Transgender is still, if I am not mistaken, classified as a mental disease.) Thanks for helping sort out the confusion for those who were confused. But this part, fortunately, isn't true anymore. In a WPATH meeting last year for making revisions of the standards of care for transgendered people: "We've made a clear statement that gender nonconformity is not pathological,". Source: http://www.thegavoice.com/index.php/news/national-news/3497-wpath-announces-new-standards-of-care-for-transgender-and-gender-nonconforming-people | ||
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AdrianHealey
Belgium480 Posts
On April 10 2012 04:15 Zelda1721 wrote: Thanks for helping sort out the confusion for those who were confused. But this part, fortunately, isn't true anymore. In a WPATH meeting last year for making revisions of the standards of care for transgendered people: "We've made a clear statement that gender nonconformity is not pathological,". Source: http://www.thegavoice.com/index.php/news/national-news/3497-wpath-announces-new-standards-of-care-for-transgender-and-gender-nonconforming-people This is awesome news! | ||
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corpuscle
United States1967 Posts
Scarlett (Z) vs ttQQ (Z) bo3 Scarlett (Z) vs Eden (P) bo3 Scarlett (Z) vs Kilos (T) + Scarlett (Z) vs Canti (P) (not the best games) Will cast more replays as soon as they come. | ||
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unit
United States2621 Posts
On April 10 2012 04:19 corpuscle wrote: Casts are done and up on youtube! Scarlett (Z) vs ttQQ (Z) bo3 Scarlett (Z) vs Eden (P) bo3 Scarlett (Z) vs Kilos (Z) + Scarlett (Z) vs Canti (P) (not the best games) Will cast more replays as soon as they come. kilos is a terran player -___- xD guess he felt like offracing on ladder? | ||
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corpuscle
United States1967 Posts
On April 10 2012 04:22 unit wrote: kilos is a terran player -___- xD guess he felt like offracing on ladder? Nah, I messed up! D: Fixed label. Also, those games are from a tournament (Playhem Sponsor Me) | ||
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JOJOsc2news
3000 Posts
On April 10 2012 04:19 corpuscle wrote: Casts are done and up on youtube! Scarlett (Z) vs ttQQ (Z) bo3 Scarlett (Z) vs Eden (P) bo3 Scarlett (Z) vs Kilos (T) + Scarlett (Z) vs Canti (P) (not the best games) Will cast more replays as soon as they come. Will add them! It was really fun and great casting! Looking forward to more replays from Scarlett and casting/watching them together. | ||
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Nightinyou
United States59 Posts
Her personal life is her own. Let her keep that. Pay attention to the important thing. We have another North American player with a lot of raw talent, who has had little to no training, and is taking games off top level pros. This is exciting. Bottom line is she posted amazing results and played amazing games. That's impressive any way you look at it. | ||
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xJonesy
United Kingdom40 Posts
Respect to her | ||
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Dark supplydepo
Sweden103 Posts
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