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BeckyLB's avatar

The 'baggers and nitwit conservatives really, really wish that trans people would just shut up and get back in the closet like the good ol' days.

They really don't want people learning about trans people, meeting them, etc. It's easy to crack jokes and mock trans people, when the only examples of trans people the vast public know are Ace Ventura and Springer episodes. Once being trans is understood to be a medical condition akin to something like cancer, it stops being OK to mock it.

I think that's the nitwit's goal, when it comes down to crap like this douche misgendering, people using birth names after they've been changed, bathroom laws, etc....they don't want the general public to know us trans people exist just like anyone else. The more they can make life for a trans person impossible, the greater chance of said trans person either offing themselves, or going back to representing their birth gender just to survive.

Ultimately, the "T" side of the acronym is going to go down the same path the "LGB" side did. It's easy to be a bigot towards the stereotypical "dude in a dress". It's hard to be a bigot toward people in your social circles. This is why I'm so open and upfront about who I am.

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Where's Buzz Aldrin when you need him?

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