So, one of the very few things i have in common with my uncle’s shitty shitty sister:
We are very very white looking¹ and perceived as¹ cis. We have both been used to villify black men, because we ‘might be raped’. It’s all to protect us, you see.
We’ve also both been reasonably pretty by popular standards, and are very very tall. So we both have the experience of being used to demonize trans people and being accused of being trans and harassed on the way out of bathrooms that were securitized under a banner with our faces on it.
And you know, none of this makes either of us feel safe, and nobody seems to care all that much whether we do.
So, one of the very few things i have in common with my uncle’s shitty shitty sister:
We are very very white looking¹ and perceived as¹ cis. We have both been used to villify black men, because we ‘might be raped’. It’s all to protect us, you see.
We’ve also both been reasonably pretty by popular standards, and are very very tall. So we both have the experience of being used to demonize trans people and being accused of being trans and harassed on the way out of bathrooms that were securitized under a banner with our faces on it.
And you know, none of this makes either of us feel safe, and nobody seems to care all that much whether we do.
Almost like it was only ever a fucking excuse.
¹the part that actually matters here