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[–]lggc[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Nikkie is trans so maybe that's why this person posted it? But why? What? Why do TIM's need to be inserted into everything? The video is about making their viewers aware of black owned companies, why are they talking about Marsha?? It almost seems like satire. Surprisingly, a lot of people were correcting the poster and saying that Marsha identified as a drag queen.

I honestly didn't know where to post this since the banwave. The insertion of TIMs - specifically TIMs because I have yet to see any "black trans men lives matter" posters - into the BLM movement has bothered me a lot. When people say "Black lives matter" that also means black trans lives. And black gay lives. What is with the incessant need to insert themselves into everything?? Obviously male socialising, but come on.

[–]Anna_Nym 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's especially noticeable that Black Trans Lives focused on Black trans women because a Black trans man (Tony McDade) was killed by police at the start of the protests.

Two Black trans women were killed over the protest time period, which is what I've seen used as the shift for Black trans lives matter. But they were not killed by police, and it seems probable their deaths had nothing to do with transphobia.

[–]nerio 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I will never be thankful for people who demand I be thankful for them. Reminds me of my narcissistic christian father.

[–]fuckingsealions 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

[–]lggc[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah Marsha was a drag queen, he even said so himself on video. He used she/her pronouns for his drag-persona, which all drag queens do. The Marsha thing is so damn annoying.

[–]AdmiralPangolin 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If it wasn't for Nikkie and his "I always knew I am a girl because I liked wearing pink as a kid" I never would have stumbled upon r/GC.