Types of cis bigots I am quite tired of (a bit of a rant, this)
The Fundiegelical: āYou may think youāre āhappyā by wearing the clothing of the opposite sex, but youāre living in sin and youāre going straight to hell! Jesus loves you.ā
The āEnlightenedā Liberal: āBut gender doesnāt even matter, because deep down, weāre all the same. So why is it such a big deal what I call you?ā
The TERF: āBy embracing a gender role opposite your assigned sex, you are reifying gender/privilege and thus making it that much harder for us to smash gender. I know that sounds contradictory but, if youād been a feminist for as long as I have, youād understand.ā
The Proto-TERF: āOf course I donāt have anything against trans people, but abortion/sex work/breast cancer/ovarian cancer/whatever is and has always been a womenās issue! Why do you want to take it away from women?ā
The Ungendering Fetishist: āHey, I donāt have anything against sh*m*les! I think youāre hot! I watch sh*m*le porn all the time.ā
The Clueless Oppression-Olympian: āTransness is just a white/abled/Western issue, so why should I care about it?ā
The Incrementalist: āLook, people just arenāt ready to accept trans folks yet. So instead of arguing about what pronouns to use for you, we should focus on something we can actually accomplish, like [insert other tenuously-related SJ cause here].ā
The Genital-Focused: āI totally respect and support trans people, but I would never date one. Because ewww.ā
The Broad-Stroke Painter: āI once met a trans person who was selfish/mean/creepy/bad in general, so youāre all like that and I wonāt respect any of you.ā
The Inveterate Essentialist: āBut⦠you canāt be a woman, because you have a PENIS! And chromosomes! And⦠a PENIS!ā
The What-About-Teh-Cis Whiner: āI know my refusal to call you āsheā hurts you, but you have to understand that your demand to call you āsheā hurts me, too. What about my feelings?ā
The Pig-Headed āSkepticā: āDo you have actual evidence that youāre really a woman? No, of course you donāt, because itās impossible by definition. No, shut up; Iām right and youāre wrong, PERIOD.ā
The āFree Speechā Whiner: āDonāt you think that, in the spirit of free and open discussion, you should listen to my side of things instead of just dismissing it out of hand as ābigotryā?ā
The Devilās Advocate: āIām not saying prejudice is right, but, to be fair, it is a little weird for someone to present as a woman and yet have a penis.ā
The Self-Proclaimed āAllyā: āHow dare you say Iāve been cissexist? Donāt you know how very supportive Iāve been of you and your causes? Why arenāt you grateful?ā
The āEdgyā Comedian: āLook, it was a joke. Iām sorry youāre too unsophisticated to understand why itās funny; I guess Iām just too edgy for you. Maybe one day, when you grow up a little, youāll stop trying to censor humor.ā
(Hint to cis people: donāt do any of these things.)