Trans people: I don’t care which sportball team you play on or what bathroom you use, just wash your hands when you’re done.
Whatever is in your pants is none of my business unless you’re trying to make it my business (in which case, I’m flattered, but in a monogamous relationship, sorry).
I’m with you on this, but I’m also against the opposite: the blind praise and promotion of being trans for some reason. Look, if you have something wired in your brain different that makes you present as another gender, go ahead. Present yourself how you want, I can’t imagine why I’d give much of a shit. It’s a free country. But why do people have to constantly yap and take over every non right wing chud internet space to make it about being trans or related like talking about how hot femboys are. It’s like…I mean honestly? A trend. And something major and life changing like that shouldn’t be a trend. I’m sorry but that is dumb. Have your own spaces where you can talk about your own issues, sure. Don’t be afraid to mention it in other spaces, sure. I’m cool with that. But maybe don’t take over everyone else’s spaces and make everything about you. Being annoying on purpose just doesn’t work in your favor.
Also related, if psychologists and such agree that the best way to treat gender dysphoria is hormones, that’s cool. But like maybe don’t push socialized treatment for that so hard when we have literally nothing else socialized in healthcare. Priorities, you know? People are dying, every day, and cosmetic appearance for something a lot of people find weird and off putting is too easy of a target to keep healthcare terrible. I’m not saying it’s right, but you have to pick your battles sometimes. Just like if you want to make someone not racist towards black people, maybe show them something like jazz or soul first, not hip hop. Is hip hop art? Absolutely, one of my favorite genres. But it’s going to be an immediate turnoff if you jump to bad language and drug dealing and bitches and the other rap tropes. Should you have to cater to someone racist or transphobic? No, but that’s the world we live in. Everyone gets to vote. and everyone starts somewhere with understanding people different than themselves.
Trans rights are human rights in the sense that you should be free to look and present how you want and not be harassed about it. But that doesn’t mean you get to have everything you want, for free, and everyone has to not only treat and react to you exactly how you imagined it in your head, but also praise you for being different. That’s not how the world works, for anything.
Couldn’t agree more.
It’s like…I mean honestly? A trend.
This is the thing that really bothers me. So many kids claiming to be “trans”, when they are very clearly going through common teenage rebellion/finding themselves. It does a disservice to those who really do have gender dysmorphia. The conservative “anti-trans” crowd can point to this and say “see, they’re all just being weird”.
And sure, there are kids who really are that way. My old ass thinks they should wait until they’re actually adults to go messing about with their hormones. That shit is permanent and they’re still developing. They can live as another gender in the meantime, no reason to stop that. But at least make the body modification decision as an adult.