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I have a perspective you may find interesting. First I don’t support or attack trans people specifically. I just think people should live and let live so in tha
by rorykoehler 6y ago
I have a perspective you may find interesting. First I don’t support or attack trans people specifically. I just think people should live and let live so in that regard I do support trans. I have and do socialise with trans people on occasion and we get along fine. With that out of the way I would like to highlight that through ignorance I have many questions about trans. These questions stem from purely curious thought though I have identified that some of them may be considered offensive to trans people. There is no forum in the world where I can ask these questions without it devolving into a mud slinging contest. I’ve seen it numerous times on various platforms. I literally don’t know enough about trans to form an opinion and have no way of educating myself but am somehow required to explicitly support trans. It’s an impossible situation. I defer to benefit of the doubt but I could never conclusively get behind trans rights because I’m too uneducated on the topic. This represents a fundamental limit for the movement IMO.
- howinteresting 6y agoI'd recommend reading Julia Serano's Whipping Girl to start. I'm also happy to explain transness in detail to the cis people I know and trust in real life. Perhaps get to know a trans person among your friends, family or coworkers, and build enough of a relationship with them that they trust you. I generally don't do it on internet forums because of the range of responses I've gotten in places like this thread.
- rorykoehler 6y agoThanks for the book recommendation