#who think i'm like. 'betraying the sisterhood and enforcing patriarchy by refusing to Just Be Butch'. that happens !!! all the time !

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I think it's actually kind of to be expected for a lot of trans people to feel a little iffy in conversations abt "removing the boundaries between cis and trans" bc it is So often something that is used directly against us lmao. Like the whole thing that trans people are "forcing" all the poor gnc cis people who can't think for themselves into mutilating their bodies or "why can't you just be a masculine woman/a feminine man" or "by being trans you're literally saying that masculine = male and feminine = female which means you're actually a conservative who hates women". When a LOT of people talk abt "removing the boundary" they mean removing trans people. There are a LOT of people who are MUCH more comfortable with gnc cis people than they are with trans people (literally regardless of how much we "pass" or whatever btw), so there is a distinction, politically speaking. I DO think that ideally there should be little to no distinction between "cis" and "trans", and I also think that for a very large amount of gnc gay people who still id as cis there IS a very considerable overlap with trans experiences and that is important, worthy of acknowledging, and worthy of solidarity, but also like I don't think it's unreasonable for trans people, a group of people whose existence is extremely threatened right now, who cannot go two fucking seconds without having to hear about people who do NOT want us to be trans, to react a little strongly during conversations abt removing the boundaries that categorize us as trans. In My Opinion.