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As a trans woman, I need to say this to all those who may be taking this new TERĆ’ take on conversion therapy seriously.
I *tried* to ignore that I was a girl for decades. I tried being a "femme gay boy", a "feminine bi guy", and all those other things they're claiming… (1/n)
I *tried* to ignore that I was a girl for decades. I tried being a "femme gay boy", a "feminine bi guy", and all those other things they're claiming… (1/n)
… that trans women are trying to "convert" people out of.
It didn't work, because I am not a guy and never was. Living life as my true gender has given me a joy I never had before. Being on hormones has made me a complete person.
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It didn't work, because I am not a guy and never was. Living life as my true gender has given me a joy I never had before. Being on hormones has made me a complete person.
(2/n)
The current push of transphobic people claiming that transition is "conversion therapy" is complete bullshit.
You cannot turn someone into something they aren't. You cannot make a cis person trans, a gay person straight, or a straight person gay.
What the TERƒs are…
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You cannot turn someone into something they aren't. You cannot make a cis person trans, a gay person straight, or a straight person gay.
What the TERƒs are…
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…claiming trans people are doing is a direct cause of anti-trans violence. People start to believe the BS tropes and that leads to them believing that if they attack or kill a trans woman, they are "protecting women and girls" and stop us from "transing kids".
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I *am* a former trans kid. I promise you that because I was born as "Father's Only Son" I tried –I really tried– to NOT be a girl.
The only media I had access to painted trans women in some of the WORST light possible. That negativity impacted me for DECADES!
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The only media I had access to painted trans women in some of the WORST light possible. That negativity impacted me for DECADES!
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While I never went to a "conversion therapy camp", don't tell me that the shit I endured while growing up wasn't a passive form of anti-trans conversion therapy, because it WAS!
The fact trans kids today have access to the vernacular and more parents are supportive…
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The fact trans kids today have access to the vernacular and more parents are supportive…
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… is a BLESSING! The fact that anti-trans people are trying to stop access to puberty blockers and later hormones causes more harm to trans kids than ANYTHING else.
Read this. Share this. I'm not the only trans woman who has a similar tale.
https://medium.com/@TransEthics/why-the-fuss-over-trans-kids-f8e306867b9
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Read this. Share this. I'm not the only trans woman who has a similar tale.
https://medium.com/@TransEthics/why-the-fuss-over-trans-kids-f8e306867b9
(7/n)
When people actually listen to trans women without judging us and thinking about what's between our legs, or imprinting the negative behavior of predatory cis men onto us, we are awesome people.
More people deserve to know us. Stop trying to take that away, TERĆ’s!
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More people deserve to know us. Stop trying to take that away, TERĆ’s!
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