Whenever I hear cis gays talk about their life I get really sad. I never got a place I could feel valued or wanted as a trans guy. Not even in trans communities. I’ve had gay people yell at me about ChilfilA and JK Rowling even tho I never brought those topics up. I’ve had gay people hit on me only to be grossed out even tho they knew I was trans. I just want to cry because people yelled at me wishing people like me could go away.
I give up in general because people are terrible and I don’t feel valued in any way. All I can do is save up to move and be a recluse.
“Cis lesbian” here. I guess. It sounds weird to say, even though “cis” has been around for some 20 years. I came out 40+ years ago. It wasn’t a thing when I came out, let alone trans, enbie, etc.
I get SO mad when I hear about any people hating on anyone for their sexuality or gender identity. Have we learned nothing from closets, AIDs, the Stonewall Rebellion, conversion therapy, witch hunts, mass shootings? WE were the Martians, the aliens, to be exterminated or at best hidden 40 years ago. I hear that feeling loud and clear, and I do not forget. Apparently, the haters have repressed our history.
I love you. Just as you are. And I will be first in line to point out the utter hypocrisy of any group with a history like ours that so much as raises an eyebrow at you.
None of us is free unless all of us are free. Anyone who says otherwise is deluded into thinking that they are safe, now that the line has shifted and “gay” is tolerated, if not completely accepted. We all need each other. Now, more than ever.
Hold your head up, brother. I got your back.