jessica by the bayDec 5, 2022
This feels like a good time for lots of non trans people to loudly state the truth that trans people are good and more out and visible trans people is good for society.
Show threadChloe

@rooster wouldn't it be nice if people cared about causes that don't only affect themselves?

I find that when I try to speak up for other communities I just get labeled a "woke liberal" or something. Bc apparently compassion is a bad thing?

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Show threadjessica by the bayDec 5, 2022
@CordiallyChloe honestly it’d be nice if more people believed we were a positive force in society and not a group that should be merely tolerated.
Show threadChloeDec 5, 2022
@rooster that's a fair point as well. It seems like so many people around me do little more than "tolerate" my transition. I hear a lot of "I'm trying so hard to remember your name and pronouns! Isn't that enough?" And like, no, it's really not. That's actually the bare minimum. It's what you do for everyone else around you without making a big deal of it. You're not a martyr.
Show threadWhoa KammerDec 5, 2022
@rooster @CordiallyChloe
I’d like to know why the media isn’t talking about the domestic terrorist attack on Moore Co, NC! This was a direct result of the drag queen story time. I know being a drag performer does not equal being trans but it the same cesspool of hatred and needs to cease
Show threadNeil Carpenter Dec 5, 2022

@WendyKammer @rooster @CordiallyChloe Maybe we just live in different circles -- I went to high school & college not far from there, I work in infosec -- but I feel like I've been swamped in discussion of the attack on Duke Energy facilities.

And that's a good thing. It's an important story.

Show threadAunty Miche🛡🇺🇦Dec 5, 2022
@CordiallyChloe @rooster Funny, I get pinged by fascists for caring about things that "don't affect me". It's all part of making us think we can't win and it's all bullshit.
Show threadCorradoDec 5, 2022
@CordiallyChloe @rooster Keep doing good regardless. You own your reality and people describe themselves to others unknowingly so don't flinch.
Show threadIan M Hawkins (he/him)Dec 6, 2022
@CordiallyChloe @rooster
I take real pleasure in seeing trans characters in fiction living ordinary lives. I look forward to a time when trans people are regularly on screen as normal. I look forward even more to when that becomes nothing out of the ordinary.
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasDec 6, 2022
@firdarrig @CordiallyChloe @rooster percentage-wise it's a fringe group and will always be out of the ordinary.
Show threadChloeDec 6, 2022
@hyc @firdarrig @rooster Hey! There's actually more of us than Jewish people! So how about not using dehumanizing, degrading language and instead learn a bit of empathy for marginalized groups? Because this sort of rhetoric never leads to good things.
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasDec 6, 2022
@CordiallyChloe what words did I use that were dehumanizing or degrading? Speaking as someone who grew up as the only Asian kid in all-white schools, I'm well acquainted with being marginalized. You're not ordinary, that's reality. Whether you consider that a positive or negative is up to you.
Show threadChloeDec 6, 2022

@hyc "fringe group" implies we're on the outskirts of society and shouldn't be bothered with. "out of the ordinary" implies our existence is not "normal."

Now that you've had your lesson on how to not say shitty things for the day, stop using your struggles as a reason to bring other people down and instead use them as a jumping point for how you could make the world a better place for people with similar experiences.

Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasDec 6, 2022
@CordiallyChloe It's not about bringing people down. if you think being out of the ordinary is shitty, that's on you, not me. Lots of people spend their whole lives trying to find ways to stand out from the crowd. Saying you're out of the ordinary wasn't an insult or an attack.
Show threadIan M Hawkins (he/him)Dec 6, 2022

@hyc @CordiallyChloe
I'm guessing here, but I believe the word that she interpreted as shitty was "fringe". I suspect most people would take umbrage at that term. Asian Americans are a minority in my city, but we don't refer to them as fringe.

Just my guess, as I don't want to presume to speak for her.

Show threadSam YoungDec 8, 2022
@rooster @firdarrig @CordiallyChloe I watch so many programs with a trans character and I really love it, I would love it more if at least one of them was main enough to feature regular trans stories to highlight their plight.
Show threadCrispy Gnome ChomskyDec 6, 2022
@CordiallyChloe @rooster I hold these truths to be self-evident: Woke is a good thing. Derision is a bad thing. Being the target of derision isn't a pleasant experience, but you aren't swimming upstream unless you attract some of it. Going continuously with the flow doesn't foment positive change. The status quo isn't working for many of the people we love, which is, on our best days, pretty much everybody.
Now - everybody in the pool for some laps.