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Let me give you an example of how you work on acceptance rather than forcing it. As you all know I’m black. I have thick curly hair. My profile pic is because I straighten it once a year
Ten years ago my hair wasn’t accepted as professional
Ten years ago my hair wasn’t accepted as professional
What the natural hair movement did in the early 2010s was help black girls and women love their natural curly hair. They first worked on educating black women and girls on how to care for their hair first. They then focused on getting laws in place that ensured
Employers didn’t discriminate on what someone chooses to do with their hair. Now in 2021 more people understand that black women can have braids or an Afro and it still is professional. No one forced anything. It took time. It also still requires more time.
I know comparing hair to gender dysphoria isn’t a great comparison but why not focus on teaching the trans community to love themselves first
Why force something that makes no sense like TWAW when you can work on society and change how we view gender stereotypes
Why force something that makes no sense like TWAW when you can work on society and change how we view gender stereotypes
Why change the meaning of sex, woman, lesbian, female etc by force to make a group feel better. Never once in my example did the natural hair movement try to force braids or Afros on other groups. We just wanted to be accepted in spaces we belong without changing who we are
Even in my example the early 2010s it was an explosion of YouTubes catered to showing how to properly manage our hair. We decided to educate and self love first.
I see a lot of mental illness in some of the trans community. Why isn’t this self love and education out there
I see a lot of mental illness in some of the trans community. Why isn’t this self love and education out there
Forcing someone to see you as something you’re not never works. I’m sure there are still people that see me walk in with my Afro that feel a way. It’s not my issue because I am happy with my hair. It’s clean, it’s mine, and it looks good.
Learning to accept who you are is the first step and I think a lot of TRAs are missing this. Pretending you’re something you aren’t and forcing people to pretend won’t change what you really are. Work on accepting who you are first.
I say this all the time but a trans woman has to take off their makeup, clothes, filters and look at their true self daily. That has to mess with their mental health more. Why not just accept the male reality? Why force the world to pretend something that isn’t reality?
