transgender cuz im tradin u pussies in for a sack

I learned a very long time ago that I could post in English on the Anglo internet about my experience as a sexual minority in the #middleeastandnorthafrica region. I could vent about every slight or slur, every indiscretion, all the doors that might not have closed in my face had I not been who I am. But that all it would do is earn me a seat at a table half the world away, a seat that I would lose the second I said “but my people are still human. But we are Arab women before we are queer women. But we are muslim before we are trans women. But we are imperialised subjects of the periphery before we are bisexuals. But we are ‘combat-aged males’ before we are gay men and boys.” A seat that I could only keep if I show a willingness to betray my people. And I will not. I do not want it. The price is too steep and the value too low.

two of my trans friends from the US who applied for and got refugee status in canada have informational PDFs they wanted me to share for anyone interested in applying for refugee status as well, since there's been a lot of misinformation around online suggesting it's an impossibility. it's not effortless and they've had to work with a lawyer, but 245 people from the US successfully got refugee status last year, which was an increase from the year before.

"making them afraid will make them more racist" that's wild to me, because we live in a whole culture of social consequences for antiracism anyway. It is literally safer to be a racist than it is to speak up against it, socially.

"Predation is, in part, fortified by men who defend abusers not because they believe the accused didn't do what they're accused of, but because they want to protect their own right to abuse others. (...) These men do not give a fuck about no "miscarriage of justice". - Tee Noir, Of Flesh & Fear: The Pyramid of Predators (x) (46:00)

the video was mostly about black male celebrities and the people who come to their defense, but this very specific point echoes true in many circumstances. people who defend abusers just so they can foster an environment where their behavior is allowed to go unchecked. and that reminded me of ISFF's recent post defending a known rapist and abuser and openly condemning victims speaking out and telling them to stay silent about their abuse.