Bathroom bills are a huge opportunity for trans men to engage in loud, insistent, obnoxious civil obedience. Remember, you can follow the rules and still pee standing up, with the door open, then wash your packer out in the sink of the ladies' room.
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Demonstrations of injustice only catalyze change when the victim is clearly innocent of wrongdoing and is subject to unjust force. Being rude in bathrooms won’t convince people you’re innocent of wrongdoing & a victim of injustice. It will just convince them you are Other.
But if I convince women that I am other, I've won. I want people to understand that I'm not a woman.
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If you convince a bunch of cis people that trans people are rude and icky, they aren’t going to improve how they treat you.
There are effective tactics for cultural change. Most are built on a foundation of getting more people to consider you part of “us” instead of “them”. -
And to be clear: I’m not saying you have to be nice. Far from it. I’m only suggesting you might want to choose effective tactics over ineffective or counterproductive ones.
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