GC: Do you genuinely desire to have more trans men in public positions (i.e. acting, politics)?

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[–]MezozoicGaygay male 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Most famous from them is that one from New York year ago, who took 2 spots out of 2 women of color, and took "female leadership" position in NYC Democratic Council. And he "became a woman" right before first elections few years ago (lost a spot back then, but next time won spot), who have erection almost all the time on public: https://i.imgur.com/CQ3FwuD.png and now represents women needs and problems.

If you mean about senators (or how those positions are called), then it still shows power distribution same as men vs women, even after transition - 20 transwomen and 1 transman were elected. That was GC complain as well, that (most, as some have it other way around) transwomen are still holding most male privileges and male socialization even after transition and are overrepresented.

[–]worried19 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

it still shows power distribution same as men vs women, even after transition - 20 transwomen and 1 transman were elected.

That's true. Lifelong privilege and socialization doesn't go away just because someone changes their identification. We should point out the disparity because this is not a win for sex equality. However, that doesn't mean that the people who were elected fair and square shouldn't have won their seats. Some posters on Ovarit seemed pissed off by the very fact that trans people had been elected. This is the kind of stuff that gets us tagged as bigots. It shouldn't matter if they're transgender or not. We should judge them the same as we would any other politician.