Luna Macrosystems✡️🤖🏳️⚧️starting A Problem in the Pride ERG meeting when a cis gay asks how we talk about anti-trans legislation without sounding political
(to this guy's credit, he didn't disagree with me, but instead was pointing out the very frustrating but natural situation of being a pride ERG that has to be aligned with our company's corporate messaging)
And therein lies something on my mind a lot: to us, this is cut and dry genocide.
But even in California Democrat circles, whether or not kids should transition, or the bar for what you need to do before you can transition, is something they still feel is up for debate.
Perhaps one of the bigger problems, besides an inability to just listen to trans people on issues that impact trans people, is this notion that being trans is something to avoid, a last resort, something that should be an option but only if you really need it.
I remember the same argument about gay marriage, the idea that well maybe it should be allowed because it's not a choice for some people -- not the liberating idea that hey, actually, it's completely fine to be gay even if it were a choice. It's not wrong to be gay. Likewise it's not wrong to be trans. Who cares whether you needed to transition by some bizarre standard of last resort, or whether you just.. wanted to. Or any mix of the above. The ultimate problem underpinning all of these arguments is the idea that being trans is somehow something to avoid if you can.
That's the political part that concerns me. I know for sure I have coworkers who aren't aligned on that, even if they generally want to think of themselves as LGBTQ allies. Even within overwhelmingly left/liberal tech companies, my existence is political.
But even in California Democrat circles, whether or not kids should transition, or the bar for what you need to do before you can transition, is something they still feel is up for debate.
Perhaps one of the bigger problems, besides an inability to just listen to trans people on issues that impact trans people, is this notion that being trans is something to avoid, a last resort, something that should be an option but only if you really need it.
I remember the same argument about gay marriage, the idea that well maybe it should be allowed because it's not a choice for some people -- not the liberating idea that hey, actually, it's completely fine to be gay even if it were a choice. It's not wrong to be gay. Likewise it's not wrong to be trans. Who cares whether you needed to transition by some bizarre standard of last resort, or whether you just.. wanted to. Or any mix of the above. The ultimate problem underpinning all of these arguments is the idea that being trans is somehow something to avoid if you can.
That's the political part that concerns me. I know for sure I have coworkers who aren't aligned on that, even if they generally want to think of themselves as LGBTQ allies. Even within overwhelmingly left/liberal tech companies, my existence is political.
Timothy Schwinghamer (he/him)@LunaRogue speaking as a person in Canada, I don't understand why Americans' Freedom of Expression doesn't trump the anti-trans & anti-gay laws and the book censorship. Also, why aren't the anti-Black and ant-trans and anti-gay people in the USA charged with harassment and defamation and libel?
undead enby of the apocalypse@schwinghamer @LunaRogue because discrimination is structural. The state serves the interests of the privileged. That’s not a bug, it’s a feature.