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uncanny-tranny · 2 years ago

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The idea that trans people "take away" from other queer identities is just transphobia.

The narrative, for instance, that the lesbian community is "losing lesbians" to transition is not based on anything but transphobia; we do not own people, and other people don't owe it to us to be members of our communities. If a person transitions and distances themself from the communities they were once a part of, they are free to do so. Trans people don't owe it to you to live what would, essentially, be a lie to placate to you.

You cannot own other peoples identities.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #transphobia #transphobia tw #people in general are so weirdly attatched to the idea that trans people OWE them something #as though we have to make up for being trans in some way #sometimes trans people enter into communities and then develop their identity in those spaces...#...and sometimes that means they exit those communities as a new person #i can't count the number of people who assume i'm a ~lost lesbian~ despite the fact i have *never* identified as a lesbian...#...it's always based on the assumption that in this case trans man* = tomboy = lesbian #but this applies to other communities...#...so if i see people assume that ONLY one community does this they've really missed the point...#...because this is a TRANSPHOBIA issue that ANY community can be privy to

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