You - white queer person who goes on and on about protecting black trans fems - Do you have black trans fem friends? What about black nonbinary friends or black trans masculine friends? Do you have any black friends? If you live in a predominantly white area and feel like you don't have many chances to build community with black people offline do you still engage with black art, even when no one's looking? Do you read black literature for your own enjoyment? Do you actively engage with anti-racist politics and challenge your fellow white people? Do you see black trans fems as human beings that you share community with or are they an abstract concept that exist at an arms length away from you? Because it's good to say you care but are your words aligning with your actions off the internet and outside of online public scrutiny where no one is watching you perform or is it all just lip service?
Fellow white queers, please spend this pride month asking yourself if you are genuinely in community with Black people. Including outside of queer identity.
If your advocacy for Black people stops at Black queer people your allyship is conditional. If your advocacy for Black queer people stops at Black trans fems, your allyship is conditional. If your advocacy for Black people has terms and conditions you have unchecked racist beliefs to unlearn and combat within yourself. That is something you desperately need to address in order to be a genuine ally to the most vulnerable demographics of Black people within our community.
Hope this helps.
