Dear cis people,

It isn& #39;t hateful to say something is transphobic. We& #39;re not attacking you.

I am tired of trying to politely point out transphobia and getting "ugh why can& #39;t you educate instead of hate."

I& #39;m trying. But I can& #39;t educate you if I can& #39;t even call it what it is.

When I point out that something you& #39;ve done or said is transphobic I& #39;m not attacking you as a person and I& #39;m not calling you evil.

I am literally just trying to educate you about why that action was harmful.

Stop being defensive for five seconds and listen.

And yes, I know that a lot of the time you were not intending to be transphobic and you just didn& #39;t know - but transphobia out of ignorance is still transphobia.

We all have these prejudices in us. Refusing to call them what they are won& #39;t help, it only allows us to look away.

I am never going to be able to teach you about transphobia if you won& #39;t even let me say the word "transphobic."

Your fragility over being called out does not change that so stop with this "waaah you& #39;re so mean why can& #39;t you just teach me" and actually listen.