Trans Megathread for the Week of 5/20 - 5/26 (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago by SnowySkyes@hexbear.net to c/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns@hexbear.net

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Hope it was a great week everyone. Hopefully this one is even better. cat-trans

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[-] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 5 points 4 months ago

One of my favorite trans songs has the following intro:

I never wanted to be a princess

I never asked anyone to braid my hair

I never asked my mom to buy me things that I saw on the TV marketed towards girls

I never wanted to wear a dress

And I was never obsessed

With the color pink, or sparkling things

Unicorns or fairy wings

Gender never really meant that much to me

And its written by a trans woman. Gender is messy and realistic portrayals of it are harder to explain to cis people who've never had any reason to examine what gender means to them*. Its easier for people to sell the "Emily was adamant she was a girl since she could speak and did all the stereotypical girl things" narrative than to have a more nuanced discussion about how things are for many of us.

*besides women having to be aware of misogyny and threats to them that guys don't have to think about.

[-] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

:kitty-cri: I'm not crying, you're crying. That really hits home for me.

It would be so much easier to sell to people. I know I don't need to sell it but... It would be nice to have an easily digestible story.

Anyway, thanks for talking with me. It helps a lot.

this post was submitted on 20 May 2024

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