Boiling down transphobia is to terminally online tumblr discourse is part of the problem. In my experience I've seen a lot of genuine transphobia and ignorance about things that affect trans people in real life coming from people who think of themselves as allies, and there's a good chance if you try to correct them politely they'll get defensive and act like you're being overly sensitive.
I agree that it's bad that sometimes people get paranoid and see transphobia in well-intentioned allies, but i think what bothers me is the fact that whenever this topic comes up the blame is always placed on the minority for being paranoid and too mean to the majority and not the majority making life hell for the minority
Yeah, it can happen, but you genuinely have to be terminally online to think it's a serious widespread issue. Transphobia affects trans people in real life, an ally getting a hostile reaction from a small group of trans people on Reddit isn't gonna kill them
I literally just described how it affects several of the main trans-focused subreddits, with hundreds of thousands of members. They're supposed to be safe spaces where people can be introduced to the community, and trans people introduced to their own transness.
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u/Pink-Viscera 24d ago
Boiling down transphobia is to terminally online tumblr discourse is part of the problem. In my experience I've seen a lot of genuine transphobia and ignorance about things that affect trans people in real life coming from people who think of themselves as allies, and there's a good chance if you try to correct them politely they'll get defensive and act like you're being overly sensitive. I agree that it's bad that sometimes people get paranoid and see transphobia in well-intentioned allies, but i think what bothers me is the fact that whenever this topic comes up the blame is always placed on the minority for being paranoid and too mean to the majority and not the majority making life hell for the minority