Before peaking, how much of an ally were you?

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[–]loches 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I was supportive of trans people. I was under the assumption trans meant they all suffered from body dysmorphia, and I could only imagine how distressing it would be to live like that. I wasn’t really informed on the issue beyond that. I believed there was no harm in it, and that transition made people happier, so I saw no reason to be against it.
Only trans person I knew of was a church pastor who transitioned in his 60’s, and he seemed like a sweet person.
Back then was also full on liberal feminist.

I had no idea of what was going on with the whole ideology until JK Rowling wrote about her views. Peaked in a few days, after ~15 years of believing that trans people just wanted to live their lives.

[–]BEB 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's amazing (and fantastic) how many people one extraordinary woman, JK Rowling, peaked. She is just AWE some.

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

It is! And she has always been a smart, well spoken and empathetic woman. That’s why it bothered me so much when I first read that ”she is a transphobe”, and I didn’t want to belive it. So I had to read what she actually said, and was confused and relieved when she in fact hadn’t said anything hateful. She was still infact an empathetic person, who brought up some really concerning issues I had never heard of.
I wouldn’t have peaked if it wasn’t someone I regard so highly writing about the subject.

[–]BEB 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm so glad that you did the research and that you're here!