I am really disappointed in this article. I think it is just ridiculous to infer that all of the emotions associated with how I am treated by others just go away. I also think it is completely absurd that you are shaming transgender people, as someone who is trans-attracted, for confiding in you over experiences that traumatized them. Maybe they cannot stop thinking about it and wanted to voice it for the emotional relief? Or maybe to appeal to empathy in order to make these things less common? There are statistics on transgender women being disproportionate victims of rape, domestic violence, and hate crimes -- so acting like all of this is imaginary -- especially as someone who is meant to be protecting us as far as you claim -- is a complete head-scratcher for me, and I really don't understand what you are trying to say.
It really isn't easy. We've all lived as a man before, we know what its like. We don't have civil rights in like half the country, I have been evicted for being transgender. I don't say any of that shit to reiterate my sadness or garner sympathy, I say it because I want change. I say i've been evicted for being transgender, because most people don't realize housing discrimination is a civil right and in most of the country not a civil right we have.
This article is quite literally telling trans women they are making it up, and honestly I am really confused how you could say something like that...
Implying that you understand what it is like to be me is also pretty silly. Just because you are non-binary does not mean that you understand the problems that feminine males are facing. Of course, I do not know you or how feminine you are, but from your profile picture the average person would definitely just assume you are a cis male. So while I am wearing my identity everywhere I go, you might not be.
Honestly, having experienced what it is like to be transgender and just live your life, I have no idea how anyone could ever say this. It doesn't feel good to get looked at like a freak everywhere you go, and I am tired of this idea that somehow I became an idiot and started imagining things when I transitioned, no you notice a DRAMATIC difference in how you are treated right away. You lose your civil rights right away, at least in the state of Alabama.
If black people never complained about not having civil rights, they also wouldn’t have civil rights. If black people never complained about disproportionate violence and abuse, they would probably still be experiencing it at the same level. This idea that a minority group cannot stand up and say " I was treated like X and that was bullshit" is completely ridiculous, and honestly I am very disappointed that someone would say all of this shit. If I am 50% more likely to get murdered than any other random man or woman in the country, then why shouldn’t I be mad.
Why don't you try throwing on a dress and drive out here to Killen Alabama and take my place? I'd love for you to come do this shit for a week and then claim that I am making it up.
If you had any sense, and actually cared about transgender women, you would take this down.
