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Grappling today with how the Elliot Page news was so good and then the discourse turned SO BAD. 
Random things I saw and want to respond to, in no particular order:
"I feel so sorry for the dysphoria he must have experienced on set in JUNO, pretending to be pregnant!"
But? You...don't know this? Some afab trans people go on to get pregnant and enjoy it very much. Some do not. This is not something you need to assume for Elliot.
But? You...don't know this? Some afab trans people go on to get pregnant and enjoy it very much. Some do not. This is not something you need to assume for Elliot.
[Any and all tweets about how he's not a lesbian anymore.]
You don't know this either! Sometimes lesbians who come out as trans stop identifying as lesbians; sometimes they continue identifying as before. How Elliot labels his sexual orientation isn't for you to divine.
You don't know this either! Sometimes lesbians who come out as trans stop identifying as lesbians; sometimes they continue identifying as before. How Elliot labels his sexual orientation isn't for you to divine.
[Any and all tweets about Elliot being a man.]
He hasn't said he's a man, though? He's given us his pronouns (he/they) and said he's trans. Did y'all forget overnight that nonbinary people exist? That someone can use "he" pronouns but not identify as a man?
He hasn't said he's a man, though? He's given us his pronouns (he/they) and said he's trans. Did y'all forget overnight that nonbinary people exist? That someone can use "he" pronouns but not identify as a man?
[Any and all tweets about "losing" Elliot because you're upset he's not a cis woman.]
Please never tweet again. Just delete your account and go think about what you've done. Jesus.
Please never tweet again. Just delete your account and go think about what you've done. Jesus.
[Any and all tweets loudly talking through one's sexuality as though Elliot coming out as trans is a crisis for the tweeter because they do or did find him attractive.]
Can you maybe take this offline to your diary? Please?
Can you maybe take this offline to your diary? Please?
We would like to celebrate trans existence without having to see a lot of tweets about how you masturbated to their picture once and now have a feeling about that. You do not need to share that in public and definitely not right now. 
