The number one thing I wish cis folks would understand isn't how much has changed for the worse, but how little.

For me, and many other trans folks, the shift in what concerns us, what we're afraid of, what practical considerations are aiding or inhibiting our quality of life, is ultimately a matter of degree - and, even then, it isn't so much severity as it is overtness. For instance:

I'm still hesitant to leave the house unnecessarily for fear of being made the target of a hate crime. I'm still scared to use public bathrooms - of any kind, gendered or otherwise - even though the law in my state nominally entitles me to the use of whichever I find most comfortable. I'm still concerned the authorities might manufacture some excuse to revert my name change, or withhold my medication, or otherwise impose some difficulty on me just going about my day, entirely on a whim. I can't even seem to apply for a job without being pressured to explain my medical history, provide references whom I'm not out to, or otherwise overcome some impediment to me that just isn't one to members of normative society.

None of this has been affected, per se, by any change in administration, however alarming. The big thing that's different now is that a lot of my problems and anxieties are suddenly visible to a lot of the same folks who overlooked me before, and I can't help but feel a little insulted that they're choosing now to panic.

"Aren't you afraid?" they ask me. "Aren't you going to do something about it - write to your representative, or fight back, or flee for your life, or whatever?"

I've been afraid. I've been doing something about it. All this kind of talk does for me is make it sink in just how untouchable I've been in the eyes of vast swathes of the populace - I expected this, to some degree, but it still hurts, y'know?

If you're an ally, please understand: injustice isn't new, even if it may seem that way to you.

FUCK OFF with your “THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT TO CW” bullshit!

We told you how bad it’s gonna be.
We told you the impact of it.
We told you all the tech corps will be complicit.
We told you they are facists!

Don’t come screaming on my lawn only because it took YOU until now to realize what is happening.

I cannot afford to stay uninformed anyway, but if I shall function somewhat as a normal human being, I need to be able to decide when I am engaging with this. And I don’t even live in that fucking country and this is the effect this has on me!

Put a fucking CW on your fucking post.

(Boost if you agree.)

laziness is a myth created to shame poor, working class and disabled people into working their life away.

you have value even if you cant work. you have value even if all you do is survive. fuck this shit and burn it down.

never seen a billionaire called lazy? yeah there’s a reason.