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when the reality hits them (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 days ago by [M] to c/transmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[–] [S] 81 points 6 days ago (15 children)

It's harder for us to get more traditional employment due to discrimination, so more of us get desperate than baseline. Such desperation makes it more likely for us to be victims of human trafficking.

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  • [–] 30 points 6 days ago (9 children)

    So not specific to human trafficking, just the general reality of being a very marginalized and poorly understood group which society has made into a scapegoat

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  • [–] [S] 48 points 6 days ago (4 children)

    We're also heavily fetishized and even more likely to get trafficed as sex workers

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  • [–] 17 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    Nothing more validating to us trans women's gender than being disproportionately the victim of heinous acts and made the object of some fucko's sexual desires

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    What comes, like, four steps after ewwphoria?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    That'd be dread

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago*

    Hmm. Could it count as Awe? Often very close with dread.

    It's awe-inspiring how true and complete your transition to Woman is. Entire forces of society able and willing to obliterate you and ruin your life, because they, in all essence, see you as the woman you are.

    And by woman, they mean someone vulnerable, with a body worth exploiting for the appetites of the rich.

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  • [–] 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    Also a whole lot of men who are into dick but need to think of themselves as "straight" channel a weird combination of obsession and contempt towards us.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 days ago* (1 child)

    Wouldn’t that be thinking of themselves as terminally-closeted “gay”? or is it just another branch on the growing self-awareness bankruptcy tree that our hyperconnected era of limitless feedback from strangers has brought us

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  • [–] 7 points 6 days ago

    Homophobia, transphobia, and misogyny simultaneously.

    I would say the straights aren't okay, but I don't even think it's "the straights", it's just conservativism as a toxic mental health pandemic, perpetuating itself, as intended. The dumb, violent, fearful, ignorant, hateful, bigoted mind virus. Yeah I'm woke, I'm awake and aware of the unfortunately neverending stream of evil bullshit. I'm sick of it. Make it stop.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 days ago (4 children)

    I hate that so much. It's really the culmination of The Right Wing's strategy to kick down. Find the most vulnerable people who are least able to defend themselves, make things worse for them and then continue to blame them for everything. Fucking cowardly bullies.

    Solidarity with the trans community is incredibly important in the fight against fascism.

    I'm a tall, white, bearded cis guy and I want to be an ally. Is there anything I can do in my day to day to help? I don't have any irl trans friends but I try to be extra polite in my interactions with strangers because I'm really worried that the way I look could put a trans person on edge.

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  • [–] 1 point 41 minutes ago

    You would make some girls day if you as a burly man wore a "protect the dolls" shirt while walking in public downtown. I ran into someone from work who had a shirt like that and it instantly made me feel more secure at work. A lot of trans people don't have the option of being invisible so an Ally choosing to be visible can feel like awesome to see

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 child)

    Unless an opportunity presents itself, just be nice and supportive to any queer and neurodivergent people you may know. Everyone loves good people!

    If you want to be super proactive, go to civil rights protests and get involved in helping vulnerable people like the unhoused. A lot of us struggle with poverty, and injustice for anyone is injustice for all

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