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The way anti-transers abuse trans women is specifically chosen to prey on existing insecurities. It& #39;s standard bullying. They know that we worry other women don& #39;t accept us so they tell us, time and again, that they hate us. That they& #39;re scared of us yet ready to hurt us
They know that there isn& #39;t a trans woman alive who hasn& #39;t worried that nobody takes them seriously, that people think they& #39;re a joke, that people think they& #39;re a pervert, a danger to others. So they keep telling us we are because they know in dark moments that we& #39;ll believe it
It& #39;s uniquely hurtful because we know that, actually, we encounter people every day who think this. If I walk down the street, someone who passes will think I& #39;m a joke. They& #39;ll often feel the need to tell me. When they ask us "Why are you so desperate to enter women& #39;s space?" or
"Why can& #39;t you accept women don& #39;t want you around?" (which they do ask us, multiple times per day) they don& #39;t seriously believe we& #39;ve never considered this stuff - it& #39;s because they know we consider it all the time and they& #39;re hoping to hurt us as deeply as possible.
We probably don& #39;t often say this because showing & #39;weakness& #39; eggs them on, but fuck & #39;em. They& #39;re the mean girl playground bullies we all remember. I& #39;ve lots of experience with bullies & I& #39;ve absolutely no interest in why they are this way, or in any excuses. They can gtf
