Parker MolloyJan 18, 2023

Fascinated by this portion of the NY Mag story where it talks about people who don't understand "why deadnaming a trans colleague was considered 'bad'"

Because it's not their name. This isn't complicated. No one is like, "Why is it considered 'bad' that I call my colleague Bob 'Steve'?" or "Why is it bad if someone updates their last name after getting married and I keep calling them their old one?"

https://t.co/Trw0ulxWeP

Show threadParker MolloyJan 18, 2023
When I first read that, I thought it was referring to the 2018 policy Twitter implemented (but almost never enforced) that counted misgendering and deadnaming as forms of harassment when directed at trans people on the platform, but no, this was seriously a guy who thought he was being super edgy by asking why it's "bad" to refuse to call a trans person by their name.
Show threadParker MolloyJan 18, 2023

The obsession some people have with every aspect of trans people's lives is maddening. They're so angry that trans people want to be able to exist in society that they go through all these dehumanizing thought exercises that are like "Why should I have to treat this person like a human being?"

It's so gross.

Show threadRev. Watt deFalk, O.C.D.
@parkermolloy
As one born Queer & an occasional transvestite, I too find their anger nearly maddening. But hate is of course worse than a waste of time and energy; it's another of many deadly addictive drugs giving a cheap rush. I especially struggle with hate when reading of the born-again Confederacy, and of the GOP House appearing to follow Goebbels's tactic of quickly accusing your enemy of deceit before it can correctly accuse you of the same.
Jan 19, 2023 at 7:58pmWeb
Show threadRev. Watt deFalk, O.C.D.Jan 19, 2023
@parkermolloy
I've no doubt my posts will, as with
many others here, eventually land me in Camp Jesus-Trump.