So no one thinks I'm a troll, I completely support trans people doing whatever the fuck they want with their bodies. And I don't mind seeing trans stuff. But with that said, I feel like the hundreds and hundreds of posts I see about trans people is not helping. Going off like this site and a few others I browse you'd think trans people are like 40% of people instead of more like 2%.
I feel like constantly putting them in the spotlight, even to say you support them is just contributing to this "trans awareness burnout" I hear about in a lot of my non-leftist conversations. I mean i almost never see posts saying stuff like "I support indigenous Americans/homeless people/etc". And not because we don't, but because it's so obvious we don't feel the need to talk about it. Shouldn't trans people be the same way?
Anywho I'd love to hear thoughts, change my mind or kneel to my clearly superior intellect and dialectical understanding. :kubrick-stare:
Bruh wtf is “trans awareness burnout." Anybody who gets" burned out" by seeing "I love my trans comrades" is never going to be a comrade. The very existence of trans people is under attack in the United States; the internet by and large is hostile to the mere presence of trans people. Pretending that that's not the case, simply not speaking, not forcefully making space, that's not what we're about here. This post has a big "All Lives Matter" energy to it. Should we not say Black Lives Matter even though in the US they're a minority? What would you think about somebody who has "Black Lives Matter burnout"? Apply that same lense to trans awareness and you'll understand why we're so vocal here.
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Culture war shit is theoretical for the right wing because they've already won, but it's very real for trans folks. Try telling a trans kid in Florida who's been ripped away from their parents that it's all just "culture war shit." Trans people are currently under attack; there is no context when "I love my trans comrades" is not in response to an attack because the attack rn is endless, ever present, it's in the very air we breathe. Our very society is predicted on trans oppression, and until that changes we will not shut up.
Hmm... So good points I suppose, I see where you're coming from. My only caveat to that would be the constant reassuring that we support you had an implicit backing of "I'm only saying this because a lot of people don't". And I do think there's something to normalizing things by not spotlighting it. Call it lib trash, but as a bisexual guy I loved the way they treated David's sexuality in Schitt's Creek. They never had any characters have a problem with it or make it some struggle he had to deal with which was just really refreshing.
But that said I can also clearly see were not there yet in terms of trans acceptance in the world, so I'm sure they already know plenty of people don't support them so it's just nice to come to a place that is so outwardly supportive.
Which is to say, you're right I guess, I retract my original post.
Yeah most trans people I know want the same, just to be accepted for who they are without making a big deal of it. That's what most people want; "being perceived" is horror enough. The internet is a dark place, and to have a space where trans people can just be themselves without having to see heinous shit about how they shouldn't exist or whatever is priceless. We gotta do everything we can for our comrades. It's all love friend :stalin-heart:
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On this site trans issues are not predominantly brought up by the right wing, they're brought up by trans people just trying to exist, for example expressing solidarity with each other or anger at very real attacks on them like the latest slew of anti-trans legislation across the US
There's also no competition here between trans positive posts and posts about "meaningful change" - one fewer trans posts will not bring about the revolution, we can and do talk about both trans issues and other problems brought on by capitalism