#it's maddening to see specifically happening to a family member. it's never ok to witness | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

britneyshakespeare · 7 days ago

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You know I have a cousin who is a trans woman who is visibly and openly trans online, and because she is my family member and I have known her all my life I think I can say on good authority that she is nothing close to a faultless person. I actually had a lot of problems with her growing up and she still often posts inappropriate and objectionable things online that perhaps make her a bigger target than just the fact that she is trans by itself. And I like know that she's quite an easy target and I see herself put herself online in ways that make me worried and concerned for the kinds of comments she gets. She has people scroll her public Facebook page and on any post, especially if it mentions being trans or queer, whether it is innocuous or not, she'll get all these laugh reacts, because Facebook transphobes are evil. But it also feels like, I just wish she'd stop posting like she does. This is not blaming her, and I know transphobes seek her out whether they at first find her saying something respectable or not. It's not fair at all. But I do very much see that she cannot resist feeding the trolls and it's just hard to fucking watch

#she goes through cycles of using and not using social media #i wish she would just use the block button like girl stop trying to justify yourself to everyone #THESE PEOPLE HATE YOU AND WILL NOT RESPECT YOU NO MATTER HOW YOU RESPOND #it's maddening to see specifically happening to a family member. it's never ok to witness #but that's not just any trans woman that's my cousin. i KNOW she has other issues to deal with #and i KNOW so much about her life and issues that i know this online hate isn't even the top of the list #but it can't be helping in fact i know it's not #these cyberbullies don't think of the ppl they attack as being human or having families at all #they don't give 2 shits about cruelty #i feel helpless to defend her #tales from diana #also sometimes she does say shit i straight up won't defend but she doesn't deserve abuse over #for instance she is actually very pro-life. which is a stance i find to be bigoted no matter who it's from #plenty of cis women i have no problem calling misogynists for wanting to outlaw abortion. it's fundamentally wrong #idk why she feels the need to speak on things like that since it does her no favors and makes her a bigger target #i mean obviously it will never affect her since she can't give birth. it is very much like stay in your lane #whether or not you have a uterus it's nobody's right to tell someone else they shouldn't have full legal possession of their own body.#there's really no need to be a transphobe about it to her. but of course they ARE #as well as any other vulnerable/personal information or opinionated stance she gives out #i feel so sorry for her

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