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:

  • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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    1 year ago

    I'm pretty sure 40% is only a slight overestimate for this site's demographics.

    The right has identified a punching bag. It doesn't matter to fascist state legislators that trans people are only 2% of the population, they'll keep wailing on them. Mass ignorance is one of the things that allows them to do so without any consequences. As with homophobia, racism, and misogyny, we can't simply cover our eyes and pretend they don't exist to make them disappear. No easy targets, no separate struggles, no one gets left behind.