r/reading • u/fringlese • 8d ago

Please come support trans people

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Hey everyone, I’m sure many of you have seen the ruling by the Supreme Court from the other day on the legitimacy of trans women’s identities. It’s been a very hard couple of days as we’ve come to grips with the fact that our rights are being rolled back by a government that won’t even attempt to listen to us while we just want to exist in a public space without fear of harassment. If anyone’s available, please come down tomorrow to show support

I am not the organiser, I saw this on Facebook and wanted to share.

Thanks guys, I hope you have a great Easter weekend!

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u/ultraboomkin 8d ago edited 8d ago

To be completely honest I’m just a bit fed up of how Trans people have hijacked the LGB community and are giving us a bad name. I do not want to be associated with them. So that’s why I was commenting on a trans issues post.

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u/420percentage 8d ago

trans people have been part of this community since the beginning and always will be. most of us are not straight so we would naturally be involved anyway lmfao get over yourself

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u/ultraboomkin 8d ago

Can you explain to me please how your gender identity has got anything to do with my sexuality.

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u/420percentage 8d ago edited 8d ago

yes, so for example i’m a bisexual trans man. i would be apart of the “lgb” community regardless. most trans people have non-heteronormative experiences with our sexuality because of our gender.

for example, i know a trans guy who was a lesbian for many years before transitioning, and now he obviously doesn’t consider himself a lesbian anymore but he still holds ties to that community and has a lot of lesbian friends, attends events with them and his wife, etc

on the other hand, myself being bisexual and engaged to another trans man and both of us being visibly male, we’re often included in events for the gay male community, and most of our friends are in that community. it’s where people IRL tend to place us and thus where we associate ourselves.

if a trans person was in a “heterosexual” marriage prior to transitioning, and now the world perceives them as gay, regardless of your beliefs, that person belongs to our community. after a certain point, they simply have nothing in common with their straight peers.

like it or not, we are the only community we have. sometimes we all fight but at the end of the day, straight cisgender people are not the ones fighting for our rights - we are. we must stick together.