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I want to be around people who acknowledge that they can hurt others and work hard not to, who get that their group is not special or inherently good and who put in the work to make their group as ethical as possible. I've examined my experiences with different groups...
...and found that I've had better times with groups based on shared values and/or interests, with a range of identities and lived experiences represented. I've had more bad experiences with groups based on shared identity, especially when people think their identity is superior.
Some of my worst experiences have been with lesbian feminists/separatists. Some of them think lesbians are better than other kinds of people and dehumanize those outside of their group. That can carry over into how they treat people in their own community too.
I'm tired of detrans people hating on the trans community as if trans people are inherently more controlling and abusive than others while at the same time engaging in the same toxic behavior they criticize in trans people. That doesn't stop abuse, it just spreads transphobia.
Both trans and detrans people deserve communities free of abuse and controlling behavior. We all deserve self-determination and to be treated with respect and compassion. Transphobia doesn't end abuse, it perpetuates it. Hating on detrans people wouldn't help either.
I've seen problems in both the queer/trans and detrans women's community but I believe both can work through those problems and live up to their aspirations of being life-giving communities. We can both become part of a larger human community working for liberation for all.
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