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

100% with you.

And it's not just the people who aren't really trans in the sense of "identify as trans but don't have dysphoria", but these aggressive "allies" that run around lgb spaces shouting transphobia at people for really innocuous stuff online. It makes me crazy because all those people are doing, as you said, is damaging the image of trans people. Surprise! Calling people who generally support trans people terfs is a pretty good way of losing support. I have to remind myself to separate trans people from allies, "lesbians who love dick," trans rights acitivsts that take extreme positions, and the variety of other crazy shit I see on reddit and Twitter, because while I'm gender critical in the sense that I think gender is a social construct, I do also support people like Buck and Rose to live their best lives in a way that feels comfortable. It seems like most people on GC started out as allies and got pushed away and turned off, not by people like Rose, but by allies and NB people going to extremes.