[cw: rape] I want to riff off this for a sec, not to overshadow or recenter from Summer's post, but to add to what I said the other day.https://twitter.com/summerbrennan/status/860457889777016832 …
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Even if our transition status isn't grounds for denied care, half of us will experience a trauma that would seal the deal if reported.
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Sexual violence against trans women, particularly against Black trans women, is at epidemic levels.
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In 49 states, trans panic is a defense. Reporting a sexual assault as a trans person was already a losing proposition before AHCA.
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This is yet another distal effect of bigoted legislation that further marginalizes trans people in America.
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America is not safe for trans people. We need to make it safe for trans people.
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I'm in the percentage that have been, but aren't reported.
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Same. I'm so sorry.
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And I think this is an apt time to explain why I'm unreported. It happened at a gay bar, and I don't like talking about it.
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I don't like talking about it because when I tell people where it happened, sometimes people think I was asking for it by being there.
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I also internalized some of that myself and wonder if my being there was a contributing factor despite doing nothing to bring it on.
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And despite knowing that victims are never to blame.
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Everything about this story is so familiar. I'm so sorry.


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I just wanted to put that out there before the inevitable, "IF IT HAPPENED, WHY DIDNT YOU REPORT IT!?" trolls come a-calling.
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Twice. Once when I was 12 and again when I was 14.
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Different people. Second time was the first person I ever dated.
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I'm so sorry.
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