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Things that are simultaneously true:
1) some parents of trans kids try really hard to normalise them and make a big fuss about this in transphobic ways
2) going through puberty as a young trans person can be profoundly distressing with severe avoidable mental health impacts.
1) some parents of trans kids try really hard to normalise them and make a big fuss about this in transphobic ways
2) going through puberty as a young trans person can be profoundly distressing with severe avoidable mental health impacts.
1) the fox clubber guy and the sketchy gender clinic are annoying and in an ideal world we'd have less funds for trans ppl going into the pockets of cis people
2) trans ppl aren't in any control over the fact that cis people paying gofundmes don't give money to trans run projects
2) trans ppl aren't in any control over the fact that cis people paying gofundmes don't give money to trans run projects
1) lots of misogynist wankers with a grudge against feminism try to pick up trans rights as a hammer to beat women with.
2) some portion of feminism is actively dedicated to fucking up trans rights as a dedicated project with considerable energy behind it.
2) some portion of feminism is actively dedicated to fucking up trans rights as a dedicated project with considerable energy behind it.
1) White trans ppl with no class consciousness or practical experience actually dealing with civil rights issues can be both prominent and annoying
2) the majority of trans ppl are not the posh neoliberal wankers, and the core needs of trans ppl are aligned with class struggle.
2) the majority of trans ppl are not the posh neoliberal wankers, and the core needs of trans ppl are aligned with class struggle.
1) the state will frequently exploit the idea of inclusion in the form of more trans drone pilots and cops in order to pink wash war crimes
2) the state gives absolutely no shits whatsoever about the actual wellbeing of trans people ourselves.
2) the state gives absolutely no shits whatsoever about the actual wellbeing of trans people ourselves.
1) there are two really profoundly rich Jewish trans women
2) endless antisemitic and transmisogynist memes abound about us as a community making these two trans women into sinister symbols that literally don't reflect the reality of almost any of our lives.
2) endless antisemitic and transmisogynist memes abound about us as a community making these two trans women into sinister symbols that literally don't reflect the reality of almost any of our lives.
1) Kaitlyn Jenner exists
2) 1/4 trans women experience homelessness at some point in our lives.
2) 1/4 trans women experience homelessness at some point in our lives.
Embrace the fucking power of "AND" and let trans reality complicate your understanding of the world.
Here's one:
1) trans folks have so far failed to set up trans specific IPV services besides informal DIY crisis networks.
2) going by European recommendations for refuge beds per head the UK trans population isn't big enough to justify building a single trans specific refuge
1) trans folks have so far failed to set up trans specific IPV services besides informal DIY crisis networks.
2) going by European recommendations for refuge beds per head the UK trans population isn't big enough to justify building a single trans specific refuge
We're treated like parasites in the communities we live in and grow up being a part of and contributing to and are constantly told to fucking segregate ourselves.
Fuck off and die if that's you.
Fuck off and die if that's you.
