Remember that ALL this anti-trans horseshit is 100% manipulated garbage from trash people trying to create a scapegoat.
Inflation isn't caused by trans folk. Neither are war, racism, or pandemics. But now the mother****ers who DO support that shit want you to be mad at trans people.
Don't, please!
It's also none of my damn business how somebody else defines themselves or wants to address them by -- I have no standing to criticize anybody else for that
I'm old enough to remember the shit they're saying about trans folk now is what they said about the gay community years ago. Same tune, different lyrics.
Thank you for continuing to speak up. Too many people either don't care, or are afraid to damage their own reputations. Knowing that one of my favorite writers has our backs means a lot these days.
I was molested by a neighbor when I was 9. At 13 a 40-something dad driving me home from babysitting forced a French kiss on me. At 26 I was sexually assaulted by a colleague of my boss. At 27 I was assaulted by a stranger in the subway station. All of the perps were straight white men
@gailsimone.bsky.social
It is better, in some eyes, to point a finger and blame the different for your problems than it is to look in the mirror and realize you might be the cause of all your own problems.
Thank you for always speaking up for us. Most cis people wonβt listen to us, but they WILL listen to other cis people. itβs so so important. thank you thank you thank you
It's a distraction, and I don't say that in order to make it seem less important. An effective distraction is one you can't ignore even when you know that it's a distraction.
They're distracting one group by painting people as threats that aren't and the rest by forcing them to protect the targets.
Something I heard a Youtuber say (Beau of the Fifth Column) in one of his videos has always stuck with me.
"Those with less institutional power than you will never be the cause of your problems."
Extremely true. It's almost always the crusty old white dudes.