I think as well that we, as cis people, have a responsibility to be angrily and loudly pro trans as often as possible. Criticise the government's failings, go after those attacking and belittling trans people, celebrate the trans joy and trans success. - ThreadSky

tpgroberts.bsky.social • 22 days ago

I think as well that we, as cis people, have a responsibility to be angrily and loudly pro trans as often as possible. Criticise the government's failings, go after those attacking and belittling trans people, celebrate the trans joy and trans success.

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bigkoala71.bsky.social•22 days ago

Do you think the problem is that cis allies are scared / embarassed / find it "cringe" to speak up for an unpopular group, or is it more that they don't know what to say in the moment beyond platitudes about minorities and vulnerability?

tpgroberts.bsky.social•22 days ago

I think it's more that British transphobia is so aggressively captured by "respectable" voices that any figures with big platforms are inevitably forced into compromise. Outside of that, I think the average Briton just doesn't encounter it as an issue often enough.

bendunnell.bsky.social•22 days ago

I - if I may butt in - just don’t know what to think about these issues, beyond always wanting to be as tolerant and accepting as possible. A lot of the arguments tend to be couched in language/jargon I simply don’t understand.

tpgroberts.bsky.social•22 days ago

I think that's kind of the point? If you get down to the details, it's fairly easy to understand and to move from a position of tolerance, so the transphobes try to push it to abstraction.

bigkoala71.bsky.social•22 days ago

I agree that it's in transphobes' interest to push the conversation onto "can a man 'really' be a woman" type meaningless nonsense, rather than concrete stuff like "should people be allowed to undergo X procedure", but I think Ben was also talking about his perception of pro-trans campaigning.

bendunnell.bsky.social•22 days ago

I wasn’t referring to any particular side of the debate, really. I know it’s also a bit of a side issue compared with the fundamentals of being tolerant, but I do just find the jargon that accompanies it quite offputting.

bendunnell.bsky.social•22 days ago

Not a criticism being levelled at anyone commenting here, I must add.

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