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Topic	I dont understand the hostility towards trans people.
CountessRolab 04/01/17 10:29:32 PM #40:	IronBornCorps posted... I think trans people make others look at themselves in a different light as well. A lot of people don't like that. The disconnect trans people feel with their bodies is something that is difficult for a cis person to perceive. If they can't imagine it, it must not be real. I find most are self involved enough to not really care what others do with their lives, as long as it doesn't effect them. Those that feel strongly feel strongly, and generally should be avoided. Violence against trans people is very real. It is incredibly frustrating to be consistently dismissed for being who you are really. Fighting for survival, trying to hold a job, finding doctors, and places to live safely. All while wondering if the person starring at who from across the room with hateful eyes is violent. After their family disowned them, as well as all their friends. They still fight for their medications, and work and save for those surgeries. All while fighting the stigma of not fitting inside of a neat little binary. No amount of counseling or therapy will stop someone from being who they are. Good post. +1 wwinterj25 posted... On that note it does bug me how some folk feel the need to be all in your face about it If you are referring to parades, you have to realize that historically gay people spent their entire lives in the closet and most people had never knowingly met one. Gays were viewed as some kind of super fringe, dangerous ultra-minority (thanks to false stereotypes and anti-gay propaganda). One reason the gay rights movement gained steam was because gay people finally started coming out. People realized that gay people were relatively common, they already knew them, and that there was really no issue. People fear the unknown, so it was important for gays to gain visibility--parades were a good way to do this. Over time they have evolved into more of a celebration of how far gay people have come, but early gay rights parades looked very similar to civil rights marches. --- https://i.imgur.com/Ux7l21R.jpg <cite>CountessRolab posted [p:876340514] in I dont und... [t:75186043]...</cite> <quote><cite>IronBornCorps posted...</cite> <quote>I think trans people make others look at themselves in a different light as well. A lot of people don't like that. The disconnect trans people feel with their bodies is something that is difficult for a cis person to perceive. If they can't imagine it, it must not be real. I find most are self involved enough to not really care what others do with their lives, as long as it doesn't effect them. Those that feel strongly feel strongly, and generally should be avoided. Violence against trans people is very real. It is incredibly frustrating to be consistently dismissed for being who you are really. Fighting for survival, trying to hold a job, finding doctors, and places to live safely. All while wondering if the person starring at who from across the room with hateful eyes is violent. After their family disowned them, as well as all their friends. They still fight for their medications, and work and save for those surgeries. All while fighting the stigma of not fitting inside of a neat little binary. No amount of counseling or therapy will stop someone from being who they are.</quote> Good post. +1 <cite>wwinterj25 posted...</cite> <quote>On that note it does bug me how some folk feel the need to be all in your face about it</quote> If you are referring to parades, you have to realize that historically gay people spent their entire lives in the closet and most people had never knowingly met one. Gays were viewed as some kind of super fringe, dangerous ultra-minority (thanks to false stereotypes and anti-gay propaganda). One reason the gay rights movement gained steam was because gay people finally started coming out. People realized that gay people were relatively common, they already knew them, and that there was really no issue. People fear the unknown, so it was important for gays to gain visibility--parades were a good way to do this. Over time they have evolved into more of a celebration of how far gay people have come, but early gay rights parades looked very similar to civil rights marches. --- https://i.imgur.com/Ux7l21R.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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