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[–]8bitgay 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Frankly for me it's just that I'm not brave enough. Yeah, sorry about that.

I'm not brave enough to go on popular gay spaces and condemn FtM who try to pressure us. I'm not brave enough to go on popular lesbian spaces and support lesbians who are under attack. And the narrative is quickly moving, so something that would be safe to say 5 years ago now turns you into an enemy.

On spaces like this it's fine to discuss these topics and support each other. In private spaces too, I totally support gay and lesbian friends.

On the other hand, in most spaces men will be seen in a positive light for supporting MtF people, even if they step on lesbian women by doing so. Even then, I doubt a straight guy who supports TQ+ against LGB actually does the same when he's among conservative straight men. They support a cause that isn't theirs only when it presents no risk whatsoever to them.

So I'd say that this explains at least in part why we don't see people standing up so much: people are socially rewarded for supporting TRAs, and condemned for supporting LGB.