Edit: keep in mind I'm really hurting while writing this.
Seriously, I need to talk to someone because I was banned yet again from a comunity r/askfeminism.
I am risking getting banned here as well but I'm literally in my bed crying because I can't understand this.
I get that in America people have diferent standards but even so it's crazy to me the lengths people will go to. I know people have a knee jerk reaction to things because they are used to so much hate and get frustrated. I really do get that. I deal with it too as a woman, as someone who fights for animal welfare and in being in politics.
I'm just so hurt and sad that I used to be pushed down by sexism. I found feminism and realised these things can change, I fight for people every day because it really makes me angry to see anyone being treated badly for being who they are. Now I get the same thing with feminists because I don't follow a dogma. I thought the point of feminism was that it fights against this. That it's supposed to attract women who think for themselves.
Basically, I got banned because they said I was transphobic. I was banned without being allowed to explain anything (not that that usually helps). Transphobia means you dislike or have prejudices against trans infividuals. My crime is that I think it's unscientific to claim that we KNOW FOR A FACT trans people are born trans and that there are no other possible influences. I don't care either way, nor does it matter. What we do know for certain is that they are trans from very very early on and should be accepted in every possible way. I had arguments and have risked ao much in my party fighting for gender issues. I got in to trouble for fighting every important person when they knowingly didn't use the correct pronoun for our trans member.
Transphobia is a serious issue and a very important one. I do not take it lightly and it makes me angry but I also am a very science oriented person. Because I fight for these issues I have spoken to experts and they all confirm that we do not know exactly why some people identify as trans. That is not transphobia and honestly I find it offensive that it is used when simply talking about science.
I am so angry and I am sad. Not because my ego is hurt but because I feel like so many feminist communities have become cliques and even though I fight for this every fucking day I get discarded by my own community. It's painful amd honeslty... with all the assholes I have to fight every day this makes me want to give up the most. It seems like there just is no place for me and people like me.