Remembrance

[flexibeast]

Today is Transgender Remembrance Day. If you're cisgendered, please take a few moments to ponder how the derisive-through-to-hostile attitudes often exhibited towards us transfolk by many people, both straight and queer, impact on our physical and mental health, and on our lives in general. And if you aren't already doing so, please consider making an effort to learn about our lived experience of our identity and the world, rather than simply assuming you know where we're coming from. We trans folk are a diverse lot, despite popular stereotypes; and i, for one, would appreciate it if you approached us as individuals rather than as a classificatory exercise. Thanks.
 

Comments

[sacred-harlot.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this Sweetie, indeed we cisgendered also need to ponder and remember those who are lost to us, those who struggle, and those on their own journey's to be who they are, leaving any mismatch behind.

In Rememberance,
Sacred Harlot.

[flexibeast.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :-)

[astarrymist.livejournal.com]

Right, everyone is an individual. It makes me sad to see so much stereotyping, especially from people who generally proclaim themselves to be tolerant of others. A little education, just a little, is usually all it would take to dispel many of the myths people commonly hold about groups they know nothing about.

[flexibeast.livejournal.com]

*nod* Indeed.

[catsnstuff.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that very well-written reminder. :)

[flexibeast.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the thanks! :-)