▲ 42 ▼ I’m Supposed to be Visible Today — But Why? (www.coyotemedia.org) submitted 7 months ago by Gaywallet@beehaw.org to c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (16 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 16 child comments replies: [–] irvinefantasyno@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago (6 children) Siiiiiiiiiiiigh Why are the cis like this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) By this logic, anyone who isn't Black shouldn't talk for all of Black History Month. It's an absurd expectation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (3 children) You're still saying your supporters have no right to a voice unless they're exactly like you. That is a very slippery slope, since, ostensibly, the point of a day of awareness is to promote conversation. That's exactly the sort of argument people make to oppose trans rights in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago Wtf? Are you trying to berate us how to fight for our rights now? permalink fedilink source parent [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago (5 children) Your anecdotes are cute but I think you're kinda missing the point where it's very explicitly about trans voices. With friends like you who needs enemies? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago (3 children) Read what I said again, slower, and ask yourself why asking for a space for our voices to be heard feels like an attack to you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) 🥺 okay then buddy, grow up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies) [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago Further: why am permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) [–] millie@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago I take back my previous comment about you trying to be an ally. This attitude is hostile to trans people. Wake the fuck up. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] irvinefantasyno@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago (6 children) Siiiiiiiiiiiigh Why are the cis like this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) By this logic, anyone who isn't Black shouldn't talk for all of Black History Month. It's an absurd expectation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (3 children) You're still saying your supporters have no right to a voice unless they're exactly like you. That is a very slippery slope, since, ostensibly, the point of a day of awareness is to promote conversation. That's exactly the sort of argument people make to oppose trans rights in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) By this logic, anyone who isn't Black shouldn't talk for all of Black History Month. It's an absurd expectation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (3 children) You're still saying your supporters have no right to a voice unless they're exactly like you. That is a very slippery slope, since, ostensibly, the point of a day of awareness is to promote conversation. That's exactly the sort of argument people make to oppose trans rights in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (3 children) You're still saying your supporters have no right to a voice unless they're exactly like you. That is a very slippery slope, since, ostensibly, the point of a day of awareness is to promote conversation. That's exactly the sort of argument people make to oppose trans rights in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (3 children) You're still saying your supporters have no right to a voice unless they're exactly like you. That is a very slippery slope, since, ostensibly, the point of a day of awareness is to promote conversation. That's exactly the sort of argument people make to oppose trans rights in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago Wtf? Are you trying to berate us how to fight for our rights now? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago (5 children) Your anecdotes are cute but I think you're kinda missing the point where it's very explicitly about trans voices. With friends like you who needs enemies? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago (3 children) Read what I said again, slower, and ask yourself why asking for a space for our voices to be heard feels like an attack to you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) 🥺 okay then buddy, grow up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies) [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago Further: why am permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago (3 children) Read what I said again, slower, and ask yourself why asking for a space for our voices to be heard feels like an attack to you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) 🥺 okay then buddy, grow up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies) [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago Further: why am permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago (3 children) Read what I said again, slower, and ask yourself why asking for a space for our voices to be heard feels like an attack to you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) 🥺 okay then buddy, grow up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) 🥺 okay then buddy, grow up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) 🥺 okay then buddy, grow up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] millie@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago I take back my previous comment about you trying to be an ally. This attitude is hostile to trans people. Wake the fuck up. permalink fedilink source parent