Post 9rUzmNe7IjUfbb7m2C by ALWETP@lgbtq.cool
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 (DIR) Post #9rUzmNFImze0MdVxM8 by ALWETP@lgbtq.cool
       2020-01-29T09:50:31Z
       
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       Ugh, I feel like I've been getting swamped in like...  Really binarist, assimilationist viewpoints from my various trans communities lately.  Like, I've seen a lot of "I'm done transitioning so I'm not trans any more, I'm leaving the community" stuff lately, as well as a lot of "don't call people attractive if they don't pass as cis" stuff, and it's all really gross and invalidating for me, but also just super transphobic and enbyphobic from a perspective of starting from the assumption of a hierarchy existing with cis people at the top, then passing binary trans people, then nonpassing binary and non-binary people at the bottom, and like... What the fuck, folks?
       
 (DIR) Post #9rUzmNe7IjUfbb7m2C by ALWETP@lgbtq.cool
       2020-01-29T09:58:13Z
       
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       Like, the cultural concept of passing is inherently transphobic, because it creates this idea that the highest goal of any trans person should be to be seen as cis.  The idea of considering one's self to no longer be trans once that goal is achieved is pretty explicitly implying that to be trans is undesirable.  It's also enbyphobic, because it applies this value to all trans people, including the ones for whom "passing" means either not transitioning at all, or transitioning in a way that still causes them dysphoria.  Applying passing as a "should" places pressure on non-binary people to live with dysphoria, and that's the same as telling a binary trans person not to transition.
       
 (DIR) Post #9rUzmOBnHWQrI2sfWi by ALWETP@lgbtq.cool
       2020-01-29T10:03:43Z
       
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       The thing is, being trans is awesome.  Being non-binary is awesome.  Like, we're the folks who are brave enough to kick the cultural institution of gender in the fucking balls, spit in its face, and redefine who we are in spite of everything the world tells us.  Why should we try to be cis, even if we have the luxury of being binary and pretending to be cis is an option?  We're fucking great.  Being trans is fucking great, except for the way cis people treat us.  We're not less than.  If anything, we're greater than.  So fuck off with your notions of passing.  We're better than that.
       
 (DIR) Post #9rUzmOtOfPJJTHHUUS by 361.xj9@social.sunshinegardens.org
       2020-01-29T16:27:23.783176Z
       
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       @ALWETP being trans is great, being non-binary is great, being cis is great, being yourself is great.