SomeDingusNov 14, 2022
Elaine Scattermoon

The problem with Trans Awareness Week is that people are now aware of trans folk, given we're the subject of an ongoing international culture war.

Awareness isn't the problem. It's agency. We are spoken *about* all the time but we so rarely get to speak *for ourselves*, especially in big legacy media. It's why Twitter and similar spaces have been such a useful place for trans activists, journalists, and creators, because we are marginalised elsewhere.

Nov 14, 2022 at 12:50pmMastodon for Android
Show thread🍸Pooka🥕Boo🍸Nov 14, 2022
@scattermoon well said
Show threadCalisti 🏳️‍🌈🦇 — 🪩✨ 39c3Nov 14, 2022
@scattermoon Good to see step 2. But let’s also value step one, which is a necessary prerequisite. I’m glad we managed to get to the stage of general awareness. This is awesome. From here we work on shaping it.
Show threadAntipope SuperstarNov 14, 2022
@scattermoon also we're rarely given a space in the mainstream to say anything but the dullest Trans 101 stuff, edited for the cis gaze
Show threadUltra Violet  🌹🏴Nov 14, 2022
@scattermoon you pretty much summed up my feelings on trans awareness week in one post. Yes we exist, but what matters is respecting our agency as human beings and not trying to make our lives miserable.
Show threadJenny FxNov 14, 2022
@scattermoon should be Trans Acceptance Week
Show threadMirageeNov 14, 2022
@urbanfoxe @scattermoon Absolutely. Back in the 1970s, Renée Richards was accepted. She played professional tennis with the approval of BillieJean King. All of this furor in the 21st century infuriates me!
Show threadHachiko from Birdsite 🏳️‍⚧️Nov 15, 2022

@scattermoon It's really daunting and sad to think about how trans people are going to find each other if Twitter goes down.

Our communities are so isolated and scattered without major social hubs, and we'll all have to find each other again.

Show threadundead enby of the apocalypseNov 15, 2022
@scattermoon cis people are aware that we exist, but, they think, not here, their neighborhoods and workplaces and all the social spaces they spend time in are in their minds completely devoid of trans people, the possibility doesn’t even cross their minds. Trans people, to them, exist only as a far away thing, a mental exercise to have opinions about, but not in the “real world”. I think we need cis people to be aware that we exist not only somewhere but everywhere around them, and we need them to stop never getting anywhere close to even considering our needs.
Show threadSarahNov 15, 2022
@scattermoon I think the language of 'raising awareness' really needs to change when what it's really about is promoting understanding.
Show threadAlyssa MacKenzie 💜Nov 19, 2022

@scattermoon there definitely needs to be a reclaiming of our own narrative. I think trans twitter was good for helping to encourage that, was working for a bit, and GC’s honed in on that to attempt to take it away.

It’s incredibly loud on social media for trans people, but I’ve definitely found a chance to reclaim that here, in having a much safer place to talk amongst ourselves and speak to our own power.