Can we have a conversation about how a lot of the words that trans girls use are used because of survival?
Can we talk about how things like girl in a boy's body, things like "I used to be a boy" and stuff like that are elements of cis people's lack of understanding and that it's safer and more effective to just deal with their ignorance then force them to think?
Can we have a discussion about how many trans girls only get cis language to talk about being trans, that we've only heard their words, only heard the messed up or screwy things and that's all we have to describe ourselves?
Can we talk about how things like "female assigned", "wrong body", "I'm not fully a girl till I get the vagina" are only criticized when trans girls say them but no one bats an eyelid when ignorant as shit cis people force the same concepts on us again and again? That a given trans girl using it is applying it to herself/themself while cis people apply it to FUCKING EVERY ONE OF US?
Can we fucking talk about who the real problem is?
The cis people using the words with the power they wield and the backing of society behind them? That we're forced to stand in their lines to get the basic understanding from them so we can have basic medical care, resources to deal with disturbing amounts of childhood abuse (sexual or otherwise), dv, rape and assault. To avoid being harassed. To have even some humanity?
I'd love if we could have that discussion.
