One thing that a lot of cis people don't get about trans people is that, while it's true that there are a lot of us who have relatively comfortable lives, that that could also all end in an instant. We're not people who get second and third chances, and when we fall we fall all the way. I know trans women who, just a couple years ago were editing major news websites, but when they lost that job, ended up working the corner. And nothing against the corner, because it's always there to accept us when no one else will. But don't act surprise if you come for a trans woman's job or reputation and she fights back with teeth bared. We know what the stakes are