#2: there is this idea that trans people are a creation of queer studies/the university and that we are a recent phenomenon. we’re not, and the university thing is backwards. we are objects of study
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Trans people are “new”? (wtf right?) I had a talk with my mom once about several pairs of same sex “roommates” that lived where she grew up in Riverside Ca. circa 1955. Her point was that people knew the truth and chose to not make it their business and gay people were always there.
aug 24, 2025, 8:23 pm • 4 0 • view
(slams ancient hebrew having 6 different words for understanding sex/gender that encompass both trans people and intersex people down on the table) It's not the only bit of evidence, nor the only language/culture with these types of terms, but still. The terms wouldn't exist if the people didn't.
aug 24, 2025, 7:47 pm • 15 2 • view
Also just listened to a lecture on an element of esoteric Judaism, and something said that resonates is, "Every prohibition is a confession." Prohibiting the use of these terms is confessing they are being used regularly.
aug 24, 2025, 7:49 pm • 13 0 • view
Well, that does not matter since universities promote violence and are extremely unprofessional.
aug 25, 2025, 12:34 am • 0 0 • view
#3: people do not need diplomas to understand that if someone is different than you they also deserve basic respect
aug 24, 2025, 7:33 pm • 487 72 • view
This is something I have found even with allies. I have been asked to vent or talk about my feelings when suffering from dysphoria. Before being told "I am sorry I can't really understand what you are going through. Maybe you should talk to another trans person?"
aug 25, 2025, 4:33 am • 1 0 • view
Despite the person being the one asking, then again I've already done that. Sometimes I just need to vent and if you give me space to do so I will. I think what frustrates me is I have realized how.. hollow this argument is?
aug 25, 2025, 4:33 am • 0 0 • view
I wouldn't tell a gay man venting about his issues to talk to other gay men when venting. I wouldn't tell a person of colour to speak to other persons of colour. I wouldn't tell a woman to talk to other women. I'd listen to them even if I didn't personally get their struggle. I'd sympathise.
aug 25, 2025, 4:33 am • 3 0 • view
Sometimes there are great things to gain from talking to people who share your experience. And i'd even advice it myself, and it's been crucial for me. But I would NEVER turn a friend in need away. I'd try to listen to what is being said, sometimed you don't need the answer, just the ear.
aug 25, 2025, 4:33 am • 4 0 • view
Yes! It’s like the most basic principle. We got all sorts of shorthands for it from so many cultures!! It’s like the common ethical aspiration.
aug 24, 2025, 7:35 pm • 35 0 • view
I wish I could like this thread ten thousand times
aug 24, 2025, 8:08 pm • 10 0 • view
Indeed not. www.wpr.org/news/larry-j...
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