Since I've been talking trans politics mildly today, let's have a discussion, potentially self-serving, about how we're channeling trans acceptance into the elevation of clean, nice transes doing respectable things.
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This is not to take away from their work, but it's noteworthy how much praise is heaped upon (white) (passing) (thin & pretty) trans women who are doing things within the framework of the status quo.
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Whereas very little mainstream support or recognition is given to the (non-white & Black) (non-passing) (fat) trans women who are out there doing the work in the trenches.
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Support the trans people who eat the riot shields and get beaten by the cops and stand up to corporations and shift the course of US law and take on Nazis and live on the streets and teach their own doctors and love and love and love each other.
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Danica Roem gets more praise for talking about a godforsaken intersection than any of my trans friends do for standing up to the KKK and standing up to pipelines and advocating against new prisons in Appalachia. Roem has earned her place but those other people earned theirs, too
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
I understand your frustration. For the record, I've protested neo-Nazis, pipelines, power towers, Trump's Muslim ban & his trans military ban while staying true by working to fix Route 28. We can advocate for social justice & improved infrastructure. We're all in this together.pic.twitter.com/e3jFp5UHBL
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I don't think you do. You're responding to a thread that's about "lift up these other people" by centering your own actions.
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