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

I have the same memories as you. I remember being shocked that there were protests when Silence of the Lambs (1991) came out, over the portrayal of trans issues, but honestly few paid attention. In every day life, we just knew feminine men, butch women, lots of us didn't conform and no one felt a need for to explore and name this. Even in the early days of the web, it was just absent. I notice a lot of the most harmful ideas hijacked from academia ended up severely focused at tumblr and spread through fandom communities. They seem to have infiltrated and hijacked gen z; without that they'd still be without teeth. Heck, offline they're still without teeth unless you're at a specifically feminist or L space from what I've seen.