#trans allyship

[freegazafromhamas]

[crab-boy-blues]

If you consider yourself an ally to queer and trans people, please ask yourself:

Can I name 1 thing i have actively done in support of queer and trans people in the last few weeks of my life?

Can I name 1 time in the last few months that I have stood up for a queer/trans person?

Can I name 1 thing I have done in the past year that pushed me outside of my comfort zone because it was in support of queer/trans people who needed it?

If you cant answer those comfortably, please do some thinking, and take some action.

There are always people around you who are hurting. Who are tired of having to the buzzkill that calls people out on hateful rhetoric. Who are tired of being expected to educate people. Who are tired of fighting for their life. Who are exhausted. Please, live up to the 'ally' title that you wear so proudly, and ease a little pain for a neighbor.

[transtats]

Physical, Sexual, and Intimate Partner Violence Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals

Location: California, USA Year: 2024 Citation: Closson K, Boyce SC, Johns N, Inwards-Breland DJ, Thomas EE, Raj A. Physical, Sexual, and Intimate Partner Violence Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(6):e2419137. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.19137

"In this survey study of adults in California, results showed that TGD individuals, especially transgender men, are at higher risk of experiencing all forms of violence relative to cisgender women. Results highlight the need for gender-affirming violence prevention and intervention services as well as policies that protect TGD individuals from discriminatory violence."

[the-trans-man-with-no-plan]

opinion 1 (might be the only one I share depending on the response)

I feel like Chappell Roan’s trans allyship is performative.

Whenever I hear her talk about trans people, it just feels off and uncomfortable, like she doesn’t mean it.

I’m not super invested in even just her music, but from my understanding, she was raised in a very conservative household. It is not uncommon for people raised that way to hold on to some of the right wing views, so they’ll be all for the stuff that benefits them but still have racist, transphobic, etc beliefs.

From what I heard, she didn’t speak on the US presidential election back when it was happening because she claimed she didn’t know enough about politics to publicly support either candidate. I am not one of the people who believes celebrities should be required to speak on political and world issues, especially when they don’t understand all the complexities. (I believe they should be allowed to because they’re people who can have opinions, but that’s a whole different rant.) It seems to me though that someone who REALLY cares about trans people could understand enough to realize that one of the options was infinitely worse.

idk, it just upsets me whenever I see all this stuff, from trans people especially, worshipping her just because she mentions us in an interview every now and then.

[iveeaten3humanorganz]

Polyam transfem witch wives love me because I serve neurodivergent transmasc son with a tendency for violence

[transmascpolls]

Transmascs: do you feel supported in your IRL life?

Yes, I do

Somewhat

Not really

Definitely not

Other answer / it’s complicated

Unsure / I don’t know

See results / not transmasc

Voting ended onJan 13

[thedarknessitself]

I just want to let yk i don’t post forcefem often/at all and i’m a trans guy if this is disappointing i apologise (but you’re welcome to stick around if you please

:3 why would that be a problem? trans people of all kinds are amazing to know! ^u^ i got no complaints!

do you see me telling you my lobster is too buttery? life is good and so are you.

[jilted-love]

Somebody donate me their patience because I always gotta fight and argue with someone if they say Togashi or Yusuke was transphobic 😃

Togashi's trans allyship in 1990 (edited because 1992 was actually for the start of the anime run but I'm referring to manga start here, which is 1990. YYH is that old 👀) was Yusuke encouraging Miyuki to get gender affirming care for her to be a girl after Miyuki says her heart/soul is that of a woman's. This of course doesn't match today's understanding of being trans, in which you don't need to get surgery or hrt to be trans as not everyone can or want to do it. But the encouragement itself was a big deal in 90s when trying to change your body was seen as either self-mutilation or blasphemy against God's will to give you a certain body type. (And in Philippines, conservative 95% Catholic Christian country without trans healthcare, this might still be the case for us. So, just being encouraged by a story or a writer to go get the body you want can be the best trans allyship you can have here.)

In 1995, Togashi created Level E where the main character and plot of the entire story is about being a trans man. I haven't seen it yet because sci-fi is not my biggest interest but this Togashi had been a trans ally since 90s in his profession and that's more than any of your current mainstream Western actors can do in 2024.

So, come on, tell me who's transphobic here. Someone who devalues Togashi's attempts at trans allyship that he bravely puts in his works and career, or internet kids nitpicking how we got to the trans representation we have now? Even some trans people today didn't know as much about our own genders back when we were younger. Remember, what you have today, you will always owe to yesterday.