...I should really be working on a different piece I'm on deadline for. but this has been on my mind a lot today. I can't tell you how many cis friends I've talked to over the last two years, who know I'm a trans writer & activist, and will ask how that's all going...
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...and I'll be like "actually quite awful!" and I will tell them about TERF harassment & mass reporting online, or how not a day goes by with out the UK press publishing between 1 to 5 transphobic op-eds, or how transphobes are now rebranding themselves as "skeptics"...
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...or the massive disinformation campaign targeting trans children & healthcare – which I write about here: https://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2019/02/origins-of-social-contagion-and-rapid.html … & elsewhere – that involves coordination between all of these factions...
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...and there jaws will drop. because to them, everything is frozen in time to about 2014, when we supposedly Transgender Tipping Point™-ed. back when TV shows featuring trans characters & actors were all the rage, & Caitlyn Jenner pre-MAGA hats...
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...& Obama and other politicians said nice things about
#trans people. that's all that they remember. that celebration & seeming embrace of#transgender folks. yay, trans people are accepted now!!! admittedly, they are aware of Trump's trans military ban...Zobraziť toto vlákno -
...(but not all the other Trump admin assaults on trans rights & healthcare, or the judges, don't get me started on the judges!). but they see it as a "blip" – one bad policy that will be replaced once he's no longer in office...
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...anyway, my point is, these cis people – often people very close to me – seem surprised that lots of people are still very much anti-trans. because they (the haters) have all since learned to couch their bigotry via buzz words about "biological sex" & "women's safety"...
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...and "the science is still out on that" & so on. I guess what I'm saying is: Dear cis people, please start educating yourself to recognize anti-trans dog-whistles. and don't presume that transphobia has been vanquished from the earth just b/c other cis ppl you know...
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...have learned not to say anything *explicitly* anti-trans. some of them are likely saying it implicitly. and finally, please check in on your trans friends. ask them about their experiences (if they are open to talking about it), and what you might be able to do to help...
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The End. I didn't mean for that to be a rant. but I had to get that off my chest. btw I've been writing about this anti-
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...completely non-coincidentally, while I was writing that thread, some TERF on Twitter accused me of not believing in "biological sex," then tried to "cotton ceiling" me. *blocked*https://medium.com/@juliaserano/transgender-people-and-biological-sex-myths-c2a9bcdb4f4a …
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also, here is a side thread, wherein I was asked about my response to the "science is still out" dog-whistle:https://twitter.com/JuliaSerano/status/1121892997409329153 …
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Four years ago we didn't have Russian bots trying to whip up tension and division between every conceivable group, including cis and trans people, either.
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yes, there are definitely bots (Russian or otherwise) pushing anti-trans propaganda. but there are also tons of *in real life* people who are determined to delegitimize & disparage trans ppl. they are here in the US, in our communities, doing real harm.
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Don't forget though, the reason this backlash is happening is because for the very first time, trans rights is in the national conversation. we're gonna see it push through.
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Being certain of that is Naive and ahistorical. Back in the 20's, homosexuality was relatively socially acceptable for a time, but, due to the Great Depression, homophobia made a resurgence in the 1930's. Given the state of the economy, it's possible something similar may happen
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And it also points out that social progress is not linear.
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Please be patient with those of us who for one reason or another are not up to speed. We’re still learning what “cis” means. Tell us what you want us to understand. Please stop the blame game; it hurts your cause.
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I'm sorry, but asking people who are every single day being legislated out of existence (not to mention being killed and bullied into suicide) to be patient is like asking a person who's on fire to be patient while you figure out the hose nozzle.
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I did ask you to tell us what you need. You still seem more interested in throwing barbs. I support the ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, & Planned Parenthood. I check the voting records of candidates on LGBTQ issues. What more do you suggest? Try to be civil this time.
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As a cis person, I know 1st thing trans people want is for folks to stop telling them to be civil. You tell someone to be civil? You're speaking in bad faith. 2nd, using public bathrooms in peace. 3rd: have cis allies shut down derogatory jokes & bad-faith "fears" from others.
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If your allyship is contingent on people being "nice" to you & spoonfeeding you things to do, despite the crap they have to navigate everywhere in their lives, despite having one nerve left (& everything is getting on it)… Then you are not a true ally.
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(Me? I'm probably a terrible ally. But I've read enough, mostly keeping my mouth shut, to know those 3 things.) So keep donating to the ACLU, read, & don't ask people to give you ~instructions~, unless you're asking 1 person, right there looking upset, "Do you need a hand?"
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You’ll never know how close to my exact situation you just guessed. You’ll never know because I found only negativity here. Goodbye and good luck.
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Beverly, you're the one who turned up with negativity. You approached somebody in distress and were shockingly rude. Please unfollow me immediately, as I don't want you being a jerk to people I retweet.
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