Transgender rights are under attack. But trans people 'just want to thrive and survive.' - eviltoast
  • Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Ah passing privilege. “Trans visibility” doesn’t mean people being able to clock you it means that people are fighting so that if somebody does clock you, you are still safe and supported.

    I desperately wish I could be invisible, but I can’t so I have to go the other direction. If I am invisible I am by default in the closet so “trans visibility” means that I am seen, understood and that people are able to understand so that I get to live too. It isn’t exactly fair to us to disavow the work we do when it ultimately benefits you in the long run just because you essentially “got mine”. You don’t want to fight that’s fine, you have the benefit of not having to … But don’t spit on the people who are.