unwarranted Cis Opinion but I'm getting really uncomfortable w people responding to bathroom bills by posting pictures of trans men like DO YOU WANT THEM IN WOMEN'S BATHROOMS
bc like. no they're men. they should be in men's bathrooms unless that feels unsafe. but. it really feels like it's not helpful to lean into the idea that seeing someone presenting masc or being read as a man in a women's bathroom means You're In Danger.
like I know several butch women and NB ppl who are really scared around being on T or getting top surgery bc they're not men and they don't want to be in the men's bathroom, and in that circumstance stuff like growing facial hair or reading more androgynously can be really fucking scary when people are being primed by propaganda to be on edge and hyperreactive to anyone who doesn't look like their idea of a Cis Woman.
and I'm not laying that at the feet of the people saying "hey uhhhh trans men are men and don't belong in women's bathrooms" bc it is not their fault. it's the fault of a concerted effort to make it difficult and dangerous to be trans or substantively gender nonconforming in public.
but at the same time idk I guess it just worries me cause sometimes it feels like "you fools! you are worried about this group of trans people bc you think they're the Lurking Danger of Men In Bathrooms? WRONG! the Men Making You Feel Afraid In Bathrooms are actually THESE trans people!" when in fact neither of those groups using the fucking bathroom is a problem. just piss and mind your business. people need to go where they need to go.
anyway this country is a hot fucking trash fire that somehow accelerates its descent into open fascism more every day so it's all super good and normal. so don't take this too seriously tbh cause it's somewhere near #2535654476457899009765 on the list of priorities for Queer Discourse right now when the fucking human rights commission is actively rescinding protections from trans people. Please ignore my gibberish.
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Transgender person: *breathes*
Transphobe: "OH MY GOD can you STOP shoving your lifestyle down my throat?? Not everything needs to be about you you know!!"
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HATE when transphobes see a trans person struggling with their mental and physical health for reasons unrelated to being trans and use that as "evidence" that transitioning "doesn't solve your problems". Like no shit Sherlock, going on hormones didn't automatically dismantle capitalism and destroy white supremacy and solve climate change and end poverty. No fucking duh.
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so are Lily and her stans lesbophobic for lying about @saiscribbles all the time?... is Lily antisemitic for lying and shitting on Rebecca Sugar?... just wondering...
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Woah ranty rant on an irl topic? (I like really need to sort out just what this blog is about atp)
Something that always makes me laugh about transphobes and people like that: is their view on deadnames.
Cause like, according to these people they’ll call you what you were born as. But, here’s the thing, people don’t just change their names because of their gender identify.
Take me for example (though yes I do go by they/she with a pref for they/them) I changed my name to Vincent because of years of abuse from my mother. Nothing to do with my gender. I didn’t choose Vincent because it was “more masculine” or “not a girls name” and I didn’t choose Vincent because “It’s an insult to my mother”. I changed my name to Vincent because I feel comfortable with it and my birth name has never been anything more than a threat used against me: it was never my name. Not really.
But, whenever a transphobe hears: “It’s not my biological name” they’ll become fixated on calling me a name I’ve long since thrown away. The funniest thing about this to me is that, when I tell a transphobe why I don’t go by my bio name they’ll suddenly begin rationalising themselves, saying I was never abused and am simply lying or will straight up switch and start calling me Vincent.
People change their name all the time; for many different reasons. If you’d have the respect to not call me my deadname after knowing the reasons I changed it, what’s stopping you from not deadnaming trans people?
“It’s not normal.” I mean, it is, it’s just a name change.
“It’s a gift from their parents and you need to live with the name you were born with.” Abuse victims, runaways, victims of war/immigrants escaping violence, kids in the system, abandoned children, abandoned people, trans people and many others all change their names for varying reasons. Are you seriously going to tell me that they should stay with a permanent branding of their trauma, all because you don’t like it?
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Thinking abt that time where I heard someone on the bus say
"yeah I wont call her Eric, her name is [my deadname], people cant just change their names"
misgendering me for no reason? low blow
my dad was born in Germany and has a German name, but when he moved to America, he changed his name to an American one. Is that bad too? Or just me changing my name, since I'm trans?
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Local person decides to put themselves at significant risk and fake extremely complicated trauma-based disorder for minimal online clout, according to fucking idiots
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JK Rowling herself said that she's upset that fans like Draco and it's so ridiculous to me. Like you literally give him a redemption arc and get upset that we sympathize for this child???? but then you want us to applaud and forgive Snape (a grown ass man) for his great, heroic, selfless deeds ????? Like Jo please explain i'm genuinely lost on this one
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"Someone tell the terfs about..." "which one is it terfs?..." " When will terfs realize that.."
They know. They know, they dont care. They know their arguments make no sense. Theres no logic behind them because those are fronts. They want us all to detransition or die. Whats not clicking
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