Ahaha I'm assuming 'transcended' was auto-correct from the phone? xD
And yeah that is true, but generally trans people are more willing to learn what they're doing wrong IME.
And TBH I've found cis people who are otherwise very nice people can be very dangerous to trans people. Although - living in America - I sometimes define 'dangerous' as just 'voting Republican' since conservatives in a lot of places are doing their best to take rights away from minorities lately. But anyways ignorance is a big part of the problem IME, so a very nice person can end up unintentionally hurting trans people (by outing them, unintentionally supporting people who attack trans people politically or legally, etc.) just because they know very little about the situation. And it is true that a trans person can do these things as well, but overall they're likely to be more knowledgeable about the situation, just because it directly affects their lives.
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Date: 2012-01-10 11:21 pm (UTC)And yeah that is true, but generally trans people are more willing to learn what they're doing wrong IME.
And TBH I've found cis people who are otherwise very nice people can be very dangerous to trans people. Although - living in America - I sometimes define 'dangerous' as just 'voting Republican' since conservatives in a lot of places are doing their best to take rights away from minorities lately. But anyways ignorance is a big part of the problem IME, so a very nice person can end up unintentionally hurting trans people (by outing them, unintentionally supporting people who attack trans people politically or legally, etc.) just because they know very little about the situation. And it is true that a trans person can do these things as well, but overall they're likely to be more knowledgeable about the situation, just because it directly affects their lives.