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I am literally begging you to stop and think for two seconds about what you're saying/doing when you demand that nonbinary & agender people disclose their AGAB
"But privilege!"
"But life experiences!"
"But it affects how you grow up (see: privilege)"
^^^ This all operates under the wrongful assumption that agender and nonbinary people don't transition, can always pass for cis, and are never intersex
"But life experiences!"
"But it affects how you grow up (see: privilege)"
^^^ This all operates under the wrongful assumption that agender and nonbinary people don't transition, can always pass for cis, and are never intersex
There's a lot I could say here. I don't pass for cis, as either binary. I couldn't even pass for cis BEFORE I transitioned. I was experiencing transphobic violence as a fucking egg.
But I shouldn't have to be saying any of this. Y'all should just be listening to nonbinary ppl
But I shouldn't have to be saying any of this. Y'all should just be listening to nonbinary ppl
This is the part of the thread where I actually have to mention transphobia directly:
I am tired of hearing people complain about how nonbinary people "don't" experience transmisogyny or transphobia
when I literally have to tell my friends not to get mad at me for not talking as much in public bc people react to my voice by threatening to k*ll me
when I literally have to tell my friends not to get mad at me for not talking as much in public bc people react to my voice by threatening to k*ll me
I've been in the grocery store w/o makeup on just talking to my family - a private conversation - and a man who was watching me, after seeing my body and hearing my voice and catching the "mismatch" pulled me aside. TOUCHED ME.
And told me I was going to hell
And told me I was going to hell
We're skipping the police brutality element of all of this (TL;DR white trans people have a weird relationship w/ police violence because we're much more likely to survive the encounters than other trans people, but experiencing violence at the hands of others is still traumatic)
anyway
I am so tired of coming home from experiences like this and then having to hear MY OWN FRIENDS tell me that I don't experience transphobia or violence (or even threats thereof) because I'm agender
I am so tired of coming home from experiences like this and then having to hear MY OWN FRIENDS tell me that I don't experience transphobia or violence (or even threats thereof) because I'm agender
"Well, I didn't mean YOU, I was just making a broad, sweeping statement about nonbinary people because (insert statement that is basically poorly concealed hatred for non-transitioning and/or AFAB people here)"
okay, so let's get the obvious out of the way:
okay, so let's get the obvious out of the way:
There are nonbinary people - both AFAB and AMAB - who look and sound a lot like me and, as a result, experience just as much transphobic violence as I do
honestly I'm done talking.
It's okay to RT from this thread. I probably missed some detail somewhere that'll inspire arguments, but replies are closed so people will actually have to work to reach me
It's okay to RT from this thread. I probably missed some detail somewhere that'll inspire arguments, but replies are closed so people will actually have to work to reach me
