I’ll never understand why some trans activists/allies get so defensive and hostile when it comes to detransitioners and #detrans discussion.
This isn’t about you.
#Detransition exists, whether you like it or not. And we deserve a voice just as much as you do.
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Replying to @ImWatson91
That would imply that you have never engaged with trans discussions on the subject, because any will quickly make clear why trans folk are wary of detransitioners and those who claim to advocate for them but are, actually, simply using them to advance their trans hostile
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Replying to @SeerofterribleO @ImWatson91
Narrative. Trans people have no issue with detransitioners, of any sort, per se. It is the way even the possibility of detransition is weaponised to delegitimise transition, medical care, and the identities of trans people. Most of those pushing this are not detransitioners,
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Replying to @SeerofterribleO @ImWatson91
And this is well recognised, but very occasionally some do, and yes, we are as likely to react to that with hostility as to any other anti-trans approach. And detransitioners begging for attention, trying to insert themselves into trans spaces, and/or claiming its all the
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Replying to @SeerofterribleO @ImWatson91
Fault of the “trans cult” are likely to be treated skeptically orjust ignored. It’s about us because you make it about us, you attack us and the families, allies, doctors and organisations that support us. It’s not the existence of detransitioners, it’s the use, the words.
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I never mentioned a “trans cult.” I said, and I quote Detransition exists, whether you like it or not. And we deserve a voice just as much as you do.” I haven’t made shit about you. I haven’t attacked anyone. Take your self-absorbed, self-righteous paranoia somewhere else.
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