A thread on what transition for trans kids is like, because many people are under the false impression that kids are receiving irreversible medical treatment, causing parents to be labeled "child abusers" for loving and affirming their kids. 1/
@redditships "it's hard to get back into the mood after having to look up whether Wyoming was a territory or a state in the 1860s" ah, the life of a writer... Wait, this was because of sex?? Oh dear ๐๐
@redditships Twitter: "in case you missed it"
Redditships: *this*
Thanks, Twitter. I could have done without ever finding this.
Now excuse me, I have to go read.
@such_hockey_wow@AITA_reddit Okay but now I'm just hoping it's a horny dude writing out fantasies because the alternative... um... Well, if he's happy, good for him I guess, but it certainly wouldn't be for me ๐ฌ
Feel absolutely free to unfollow if you find it objectionable that I am siding with a cis person here. The world is not black and white. And the way you've gone after them, especially considering what they've been dealing with? Absolutely despicable.
See you on the other side.
I've had enough, too. Especially over the past week I've been escaping into Twitter because of real life stuff but when it's actually making my situation worse, I need to step back. The already small trans content on my feed has virtually been eliminated overnight.
I'll still be around, but I'll definitely be more careful about what subjects deserve my time. Being trans is already barely an issue in my day-to-day life, so why the fuck would I go somewhere where it's only associated with negativity. You've driven all the good people away.
@genderpunktheo @KyrandianWitch (Last part aimed at the people attacking her, not either of you. I vehemently agree that many people are responding based on hearsay and it paints her as doing something she is absolutely not.)
@genderpunktheo @KyrandianWitch That's exactly the thing that I take issue with. The displacement of blame. By all means have a conversation about why society prefers cis voices about trans people and how to change that - but saying this particular person is trampling over trans people for success??? Fuck off.
@AriadneTzn @gwennelsonuk @dev_deets @ComradeCalifor1 Not her own child, sorry if that was unclear - the child of a family friend that she has known and loved since the day she was born. They passed away recently after a battle with cancer. People couldn't even respect she was dealing with THAT on top of everything else.
@prsturgeon @dev_deets @CateSpice I don't even care whether or not you would be "in the right" to share your opinion out here - if you support her in private you can at least spare yourself a lot of headaches โค๏ธ she needs it, and she deserves it, and I'm grateful to see most people see what she's brought us.
@EloraEdwards@AnoniStef @dev_deets Know what really makes that even more fucking insane? The fact that Amanda has Indigenous heritage too. I have absolutely no room to speak on people being POC and/or having white-passing privilege, but Amanda is half Annishinabe too. So are other people racist for attacking her??
@gwennelsonuk @AriadneTzn @dev_deets @ComradeCalifor1 They're making her the face of a society that would still rather listen to her than us when she has been nothing but committed to not taking up space that's not hers and it's STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE even when she is grieving the death of a young child. I'm so disgusted.
@dev_deets My mind can't handle the similarities with the GCs imploding. It took sexual harassment and stalking for them to finally fall apart, and for us? Someone who had the nerve to write a book to increase acceptance in a transphobic society because all cis people must be punished.
@Clarknt67 @BLACBEBE @redditships Can you imagine the OP ever swapping stories with the girl who was jealous that her boyfriend and his female roommate both walked around the house in their underwear... Maybe that girl would suddenly count her blessings ๐๐
@MayaMitKind@MavenOfMayhem Thank you for spending the energy I can no longer find. They hear this or that and repeat it as truth. Unbelievable that one person saying Amanda doesn't recognize her privilege and steals opportunities that should go to trans people means all of a sudden her hard work is erased.