Sundead Hellion

Okay, granted, it’s been a while since I’ve seen “all trans readers like one kind of fic, and no trans readers ever like another kind of fic, so it is Transphobia when you write the Wrong Kind.”

…but it hasn’t been that long since I’ve seen someone quietly wonder if they’re a Bad Trans Person for having preferences.

So it’s never a bad time to say: different people have different needs, and it’s okay to be fulfilled by different kinds of stories!

I don’t reblog things but this is literally so worth it.

There’s a thing that’s been going on pretty recently and forever where everyone assumes that everyone must see things exactly their way or they’re blankphobic/have some type of distaste or disrespect for whatever group. Which as a whole is something that pisses me off to an unbelievable degree.

First. Phobic means fear, specifically an irrational one. And I’d like to put out there that there ARE times someone could reasonably have an irrational fear of a group. Many women who have been abused by men then grow up to fear them (and vise versa) so it’s not insanely dramatic of a reach to assume something similar could happen with some other thing, ex. sexuality or race.

Second. I HATE when people are reduced to one aspect of themselves. That they’re just gay, or just black, or just trans, or just a man. People are insanely complex, and isolating one part of someone and proceeding to strip them of every other quality is possibly the most disrespectful shit. Not every trans person likes gender bends, granted. But not every trans person finds them offensive or inappropriate either. Those opinions should be respected, possibly not enjoyed. But respected.

Third. (My anger’s starting to peeter out…) I may be a gay trans dude, but I’m also white and of pretty decent economic standing. Tell me about things I don’t know. If I do poverty wrong and glorify it somehow, get mad at me for that. If I display a culture wrong, get me for that, but don’t come after me for things I’m that involved with… I will ignore you and things like this will happen.

And now for a short psa, if you’ve never done anything like the thing below then I love you don’t take the ‘you’ to heart down there.

A person should not have to work to conform to a standard of being that has been placed upon them by the views of people that came before. Otherwise, we’d have no progress. A trans person can choose to share their identity if they wish, and that should not lead to questioning on their part.