ok ok ok ok fun idea what if being trans becomes high status broadly and then trans folks start erecting barriers to entry "fake trans girls" memes develop upper middle class parents worry their kids are too gender conforming and hire NB tutors how far can we take this
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Replying to @eigenrobot
I was going to well-actually you about this totally being a thing already and I'm disappointed that others have already done it
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Replying to @sonyaellenmann @eigenrobot
see trans erecting barriers to entry/minimum thresholds to surpass has been a thing since at least the 90s (cf transsexual separatism)
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but this was always a fringe thing and commonly seen as a sort of collaborationism, seeking acceptance from terfs, or medical gatekeepers, or whatever
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what's interesting now tho is it seems to be starting to mainstream? at least I encounter it a lot more in non-political internet spaces
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is it really that common? my filter bubble only ever shows "you are trans enough", no one claiming the opposite and most of the time it's more of a message of moral support against self-consciousness than an attack on external gatekeepers
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Replying to @DrDaxxy @alicemazzy and
...which if you're right might be inadvertently memeing said group into existence
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I don't see it on twitter much except from accts who that's Their Brand but I see it more often in semi/non-public chats not like promoted but just taken as an obvious given
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