This is an excellent piece. Thank you for writing it. I particularly found this of value: “Gender ideology erases our struggle just as it undermines what it means to be homosexual. However, every time 'trans' or 'transgender' is used interchangeably with 'transsexual', this unwanted alliance is reinforced."
The sad thing is, the damage has been done and far too great. There's no turning back unfortunately, that is the sad part. I can appreciate your optimism but the lgbt has been hijacked by predators and other putrid people alike...That is a hard paint to wash off. The general public has already made up it's mind on what they believe the lgbt is about. At this point they're not wrong, it's just the LGBTQ as a whole does not represent a trans person individually, (just as all thugs don't represent all black people or Hispanics are not illegals yet trans folks do not have that same luxury) sadly that is not how the general public sees things. Trans people especially are probably one of if not the most generalized group of people today. They use every predator as a scapegoat to use as a perception tool to convince the rest of society that this is what trans people are. We've lost all leverage, we not as in lgbt, but we as in the individual transsexuals who don't believe in a bunch of different genders and acting like insane person on tik tok or being attracted to minors. It's really really really bad now. I mean trans people were never really truly accepted from the start BUT we were never in this place we are now either where tolerance isn't even in the conversation any longer. We are beyond thin ice, and the only way to survive as a transsexual today is to hope you FULLY pass, and just live life and completely check yourself out from the lgbt "community' *cough cult cough* There is literally no other way, unless you want to be mocked, ostracized and possibly assaulted. Even in the super liberal areas, you will start to see a huge difference as even the most tolerant people aka who you would consider allys are starting to have 2nd thoughts. I don't even believe in God but Godspeed....
This is an excellent piece. Thank you for writing it. I particularly found this of value: “Gender ideology erases our struggle just as it undermines what it means to be homosexual. However, every time 'trans' or 'transgender' is used interchangeably with 'transsexual', this unwanted alliance is reinforced."
The sad thing is, the damage has been done and far too great. There's no turning back unfortunately, that is the sad part. I can appreciate your optimism but the lgbt has been hijacked by predators and other putrid people alike...That is a hard paint to wash off. The general public has already made up it's mind on what they believe the lgbt is about. At this point they're not wrong, it's just the LGBTQ as a whole does not represent a trans person individually, (just as all thugs don't represent all black people or Hispanics are not illegals yet trans folks do not have that same luxury) sadly that is not how the general public sees things. Trans people especially are probably one of if not the most generalized group of people today. They use every predator as a scapegoat to use as a perception tool to convince the rest of society that this is what trans people are. We've lost all leverage, we not as in lgbt, but we as in the individual transsexuals who don't believe in a bunch of different genders and acting like insane person on tik tok or being attracted to minors. It's really really really bad now. I mean trans people were never really truly accepted from the start BUT we were never in this place we are now either where tolerance isn't even in the conversation any longer. We are beyond thin ice, and the only way to survive as a transsexual today is to hope you FULLY pass, and just live life and completely check yourself out from the lgbt "community' *cough cult cough* There is literally no other way, unless you want to be mocked, ostracized and possibly assaulted. Even in the super liberal areas, you will start to see a huge difference as even the most tolerant people aka who you would consider allys are starting to have 2nd thoughts. I don't even believe in God but Godspeed....