Don't clap, you pricks! // One thing I've noticed about LGBT rights and such

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One thing I’ve noticed about LGBT rights and such

There is a T at the end of that phrase, guys.

The idea of gay rights is shouted around a lot more than anything to do with trans rights. I totally understand that there are a lot more homosexual, pansexual and bisexual people in the world, I understand that because of this the idea is well known and exposed a lot more. Which means a greater number of people are aware enough about the issue to become ignorant to it and become, as we like to label them on tumblr, homophobic twats.

I would never ever stand for anyone acting in a homophobic manner, anyone that follows me is well aware that I’m gay myself and do face random people finding it nessiesary to call me disgusting and unnatural. There is this little issue that presses into my mind whenever I see a post like “reblog if you support gay rights!” though.

I never see “reblog if you support transsexual rights”

Never.

And the idea isn’t as well known around…anywhere, even tumblr (unless you follow the right blogs, I guess) and this…gets to me. Transexual, transgender or even people who don’t fall into the normal gender binary (gender fluid, ect) face just as much prejudice. They have to deal with being called the wrong pronoun, called a name they don’t identify with, being unable to use public toilets because they don’t know which ones to use. They have to deal with people stating they are the highest level of unnatural behaviour, that they should live a total lie simply to keep the rest of the world happy when they did not choose for gender dysphoria to fall upon them.

People simply don’t understand what it is like to be in the wrong body, it’s a very difficult concept to get your head around unless you go through it yourself or are insanely close to someone who goes through it all. I get that. I wouldn’t expect anyone to try and understand it fully, because that’s rather impossible. I wouldn’t want anyone to understand just how much it hurts to have something as simple as being called the wrong pronoun inflicted upon them, for anyone to experience the mental and physical abuse that comes from simply walking down the street, for anyone to truly understand what it’s like to want to rip parts of your body off because they’re not right for what you feel like inside.

I simply want people to accept it. To nod, smile and say “ok, if that’s who you are, then I’m fine with that” for them to understand it’s the person’s life, their choice, their divine right to do whatever the hell they need to to feel ok. Don’t…use the word tranny. Don’t immediatley recoil in horror and cut this person out of your life for something they never ever asked for. Don’t judge. Don’t add abuse to the pile of shit they go through everyday. This person probably has to do a lot every morning to make themselves look like the body they want, they might need over ten operations and hormone injections for the rest of their life to achieve the body everyone else was born into and takes for granted.

Just please…think. I respect every person I meet. Be them straight, gay, bi, pan, trans, gender queer…anything. Every person is a person. Treat them that way. Understand they all have feelings, they all have problems and they all want to be accepted for who they really are.

Thank you.

I went back through my archive and found this. I think this is the post I used to come out on tumblr, since I was totally stealth beforehand. 10 months. Seems far fucking longer!

A few points aren’t really relevant anymore and are a bit outdated, since I think tumblr has got a little more aware of trans* rights and such since then, but the basic message will be relevant until everyone in the whole world just accepts it.

POSTED 5 months ago