From 434c7963517a80e991d6dca654126cac75e7e8c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Correl Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:31:12 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] TDOV post edits --- blog.org | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog.org b/blog.org index 7301d6c..adc5170 100644 --- a/blog.org +++ b/blog.org @@ -3115,21 +3115,21 @@ nowadays isn't trans people thriving, it's misinformation and vitriol. This isn't at all a new phenomenon, but [[https://www.vox.com/first-person/22977970/anti-trans-legislation-texas-idaho][in recent years it's gotten overwhelming]]. This year, like last year, has brought with it a [[https://freedomforallamericans.org/legislative-tracker/anti-transgender-legislation/][record-breaking amount of -anti-trans legislation across the majority of states in the country]]. Most of -them are targeting trans youths by banning them from playing sports with their -peers, forbidding any discussion about gender or queer identities in their -classrooms, requiring that trusted teachers and other school staff out them to -families, and restricting and even outlawing their healthcare. Book bans have -been sweeping the nation, intent on removing anything they consider unpleasant -or uncomfortable, which has mostly amounted to anything discussing gender, -sexuality, or race. There is /constant/ flowing across social -media and news outlets sowing outrage, [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/19/anti-trans-rhetoric-homophobia-trans-rights][recycling old homophobic rhetoric]] as they -label trans people as predators, anyone supporting us as "groomers", and -claiming we're forcing children into life-altering surgeries. Trans kids [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/04/22/transgender-child-sports-treatments/][do not -get surgeries]], but laws are being pushed and passed banning them anyway, though -always with a note that [[https://www.them.us/story/trans-health-care-attacks-target-intersex-people-too][those restrictions aren't extended to intersex kids]], who -continue to be operated upon to make their bodies conform to a comfortable -binary. +anti-trans legislation across the majority of states in the country]]. These bills +are targeting trans youths by banning them from playing sports with their peers, +forbidding any discussion about gender or queer identities in their classrooms, +requiring that trusted teachers and other school staff out them to families, and +restricting and even outlawing their healthcare. Book bans have been sweeping +the nation, intent on removing anything they consider unpleasant or +uncomfortable, which has mostly amounted to anything discussing gender, +sexuality, or race. There is a /constant/ stream of vitriol flowing across +social media and news outlets sowing outrage by [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/19/anti-trans-rhetoric-homophobia-trans-rights][recycling old homophobic +rhetoric]] as they label trans people as predators, anyone supporting us as +"groomers", and claim we're forcing children into life-altering surgeries. Trans +kids [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/04/22/transgender-child-sports-treatments/][do not get surgeries]], but laws are being pushed and passed banning them +anyway, though always with a note that [[https://www.them.us/story/trans-health-care-attacks-target-intersex-people-too][those restrictions aren't extended to +intersex kids]], who continue to be operated upon to make their bodies conform to +a comfortable binary. Trans kids and trans adults alike, whether they're in states that are actively arguing or passing these bills, [[https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-trans-people-will-never-surrender-but-fighting-bigots-is-exhausting?s=09&source=twitter&utm_source=pocket_mylist&via=desktop][are having to endure watching this all happen]]. @@ -3145,7 +3145,7 @@ certainly didn't hide it, [[https://www.axios.com/dont-say-gay-bill-desantis-578 gender ideology"]] and [[https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2022/03/29/grooming-the-buzzword-in-lgbtq-school-debate-including-in-florida/][pointing at a large illustration from a transgender author's childrens book]] just before signing the bill. -It's hard, as a trans person watching all of this, to see these kids, their +It's hard, as a trans person watching all of this, seeing these kids, their parents, and ourselves under such constant and cruel attack. It's hard hearing only the faintest mumors of "we've got your back" from the White House as the Equality Act continues to languish, stalled in Congress. It is hard seeing so @@ -3157,8 +3157,8 @@ some trans folks do succeed, and celebrate them, but also see all the nastiness directed at them in the media and in strangers' comments on social media. All of this is so, so traumatizing. -Ours is a community molded by trauma, and by absence. Our history, vibrant as it -is, has been largely [[https://historycollection.com/16-remarkable-historical-figures-who-were-transgender/][hidden from us]] or [[https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lgbtq-institute-in-germany-was-burned-down-by-nazis][outright destroyed]]. Most of an entire +Ours is a community molded by trauma and loss. Our history, vibrant as it is, +has been largely [[https://historycollection.com/16-remarkable-historical-figures-who-were-transgender/][hidden from us]] or [[https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lgbtq-institute-in-germany-was-burned-down-by-nazis][outright destroyed]]. Nearly an entire generation of queer people was [[https://read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/article/7/4/527/168493/Trans-in-a-Time-of-HIV-AIDS?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=j-TSQ_7-4_Feb2021][lost to hate and apathy during the AIDS epidemic]]. Many [[https://www.hrc.org/resources/fatal-violence-against-the-transgender-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2022][continue to be lost every year to violence]]. Mostly trans women of color, losing their lives to hate in the rising tide of racism, misogyny, homophobia @@ -3172,14 +3172,13 @@ amazing thing. We've got greater resources and representation now than ever before. I do not believe that all of this hatred, all of these laws, any of it will win -out in the end. Trans people aren't going anywhere. Being trans is just a part +out in the end. Trans people aren't going anywhere; being trans is just a part of being human. We have always been here, and we will continue to be. What I -fear isn't that trans people will be wiped off the earth, because it is -impossible to do that without wiping out humanity. What I do fear, though, is -how hard the struggle may remain for us to continue to just /live/. I feel for -these kids, terrified as they are that the world hates them. I feel for the -trans community, as we struggle with vastly different degrees of discrimination -and violence. It's a lot. +fear isn't that trans people will be wiped off the earth, because that's +impossible. What I do fear is how hard the struggle may remain for us to +continue to just /live/. I feel for these kids, terrified as they are that the +world hates them. I feel for the trans community, as we struggle with vastly +different degrees of discrimination and violence. It's a lot. On this Transgender Day of Visibility, I feel it's important that we're not merely seen, but seen fully. I hope that people will see our joy and our