Trans Rights are Human Rights

Edit:

I was angry when I made this post. I should have cooled off first but I didn’t, and I apologize for that. Though that does not change the reason for this post, just the way I’m gonna say it:

I’m not, and I don’t think anyone else is, upset if someone doesn’t want to set a pronoun. The anger came from the comments on the other post, the reaction of some people who stated they didn’t care about the issue, but also cared enough to complain about the fact that it was brought up.

They cared that they were being bothered but did not care to show solidarity.

I think that’s supremely fucked up. I know what it’s like to be on the other side of that cruel apathy, and I will not stand to see it directed at my comrades.

  • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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    4 years ago

    no marginalized group/political minority will ever be comfortable with identifying themselves to a majority while the majority continues to enjoy default status.

    I don't understand what you mean by this. Nobody's pronouns identify them as trans, and there are plenty of women, such as yourself, who list their pronouns as "she/her." So trans people don't have to identify themselves as trans, and women seem comfortable identifying themselves as women. If they aren't, and that's the problem, than we should be discussing whether it is sexist rather than whether it is transphobic.

    Also, even if everyone assigned pronouns, there's still an option for "any pronoun" which leaves room for a "default" assumption of masculinity. The only way to get rid of that would be to make everyone identify themselves which seems to be exactly the kind of labeling that you're concerned about due to it being demanded by fascists.

    • the_river_cass [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      I don’t understand what you mean by this. Nobody’s pronouns identify them as trans

      I didn't say trans in my post for a reason. default masculinity doesn't hurt trans men. the point is that default masculinity harms everyone who isn't a man. we're not an overwhelmingly male space for no reason and it's things like this that make it hard to exist here as a woman. it's never anything huge enough to complain about but the little things add up.

      Also, even if everyone assigned pronouns, there’s still an option for “any pronoun” which leaves room for a “default” assumption of masculinity.

      well yeah, people can always choose to be shitty and ignore pronoun markers, too. no one is saying this is a panacea. but it is one step towards dismantling the elements that make so many people uncomfortable in this space.

      The only way to get rid of that would be to make everyone identify themselves which seems to be exactly the kind of labeling that you’re concerned about due to it being demanded by fascists.

      if everyone is labeled, no one is. my point was about labeling only the political minorities while the majority continues to enjoy default status.