Activism - Trans Day of Visibility

 Activism - Trans Day of Visibility

Being a good Ally is getting the FK out of the way and elevating the voices of those marginalized and oppressed. So here's Samantha St Cameron's post.

Today is supposed to spread awareness of transgender issues and experiences, so as a bonus for every cis person who reads this, please let me offer ten helpful tips to make the experience of the trans-people in your lives a positive one.

1. You. Do. Not. Get. To. Have. A. Problem. With. Someone. Transitioning. (Seriously) if they’re at this point? They’ve talked to people much better qualified than you and chances are have done some soul searching. If you feel the need to “mourn your little boy” or shit like that please, shove it and process those feelings in therapy, with other cis people, don’t make the Trans person in your life be responsible for your bad reaction.

2. If you deadname or misgender someone, correct yourself, then apologize and move on. If you do literally anything else, you are centering yourself over the person you just hurt.

3. If a transgender person says something is transphobic, you don’t get to fight about it, you don’t get to play devil’s advocate, and you don’t get to “agree to disagree”. You can ask for an explanation, but you don’t get a vote. Sorry, not sorry.

4. Please don’t assume a trans person is into drag, especially Drag Race. The history of indentity and politics between drag performers, cross dressers, gay men and transgender women is complicated and it’s not something worth laying out over a mediocre man’s television show.

5. There is no circumstance where you get to throw a gender reveal party for your child and not be “one of those people”. Trans people can and will throw these whenever we want.

6. If your kid is trans, let them go on on Puberty Blockers. The alternative, is literal child abuse. I'm not kidding. It's child abuse.

7. If a popular person (Politician, Singer, Spiritual Leader, Business person, Comedian, Actor) says transphobic things? Guess what? They’re a bigot! Don’t give them money. Transphobia isn’t a “lesser” form of bigotry!

8. This meme is literally just correct. Sorry


9. As a cis person with more privilage than you know what to do with, it is your responsibility to use that privilege to dismantle cis-hetereo patriarchy and lift up those oppressed by it. Stand up against transphobia in public. Don’t support transphobic businesses, people or policies. Consume trans-art, amplify trans voices with your platform, buy their stuff, or just give them money when they’re in need!

10. Check in on your trans peeps. Chances are they’re having a rough time right now.