This is so important. Trans women not only face the risk of sexualized violence from men like all women do, they face *additional* risks of violence from men for being "secretly" trans plus an extra helping of state violence on top of everything.
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And all I remember thinking is "If he learns that I'm trans, I'm dead."
I say this because there's this weird myth that trans women are predatory men. We're not. We're women. In fact, we're more likely than even cis women to be the victims of sexual assault by predatory men.
I say this because there's this weird myth that trans women are predatory men. We're not. We're women. In fact, we're more likely than even cis women to be the victims of sexual assault by predatory men.
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