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.
JiSe@LunaRogue This! Plus the scary ignorance of them going "We should discuss this" as if it isn't being used as a spear point to drive in a ton of other things, when D's are ok to yield an inch, they will be driven through by the whole regressive agenda.