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In reply to the discussion: What are your thoughts on "trans-exclusionary" radical feminism? [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)26. I am sick of waking up each morning in a world where people 'on my side' make exploitative use of
trans and gay people to make points that really have nothing to do with us. A bigot is a bigot, so those who are bigoted against trans persons are bigots, the lingo they wrap the bigotry up in is irrelevant.
But I long for the morning when I wake up and see OPs by DU straight people that say 'We stand with our trans brothers and sisters!!!!' or 'The LGBT community deserves our thanks!' Instead what we get is 'gays used to be unsavory' and 'what about trans exclusive feminists' and 'We Stand with the Anti Gay Pope'.
I think at times this board is comprised of Kim Davis Democrats.
Imagine the OP that said 'LGBT community really knows how to make change happen'.
Would it be so hard to just be supportive during the rough bits?
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Well they are losing that argument, and I don't have to do what they say either.
bemildred
Sep 2015
#13
your conflation of anti-pornography activism with opposition to transgender rights is sad ploy
zazen
Sep 2015
#20
I am sick of waking up each morning in a world where people 'on my side' make exploitative use of
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2015
#26