Lea RosemaWhen I talk about and call out trans hostility, I definitely won't reach those jerks who are anti-trans and deliberately misgender and harass trans people. But I may reach people who are trans-unaware and the thing I hope is they learn about trans people and how to interact with us in a friendly and respectful way.
But that might not be the best strategy. I don't know. When I call out trans hostility I am often angry which is often taken as a general offense.
Maybe focus more on telling who I am and what cool stuff I'm doing in my life, and ignore all the anti-trans stuff around me to the ground? But it's not always easy to stay calm about that.
Andrea Ha.@learosema I think we need both. Getting angry from time to time and telling people to "stuff it", and also just being who we are and doing what we do.
(writing this as a privileged white cis woman with trans friends who gets angry when said friends are treated badly and also gets very annoyed by any kind of misogynic and sexist and other sh*tty behaviour).
(writing this as a privileged white cis woman with trans friends who gets angry when said friends are treated badly and also gets very annoyed by any kind of misogynic and sexist and other sh*tty behaviour).