#poc queer

I see this most often in discussions about transandrophobia, where someone will bring up how trans MOC are, in fact, in more danger than a white trans man in comparison. They seem to feel attacked and lash out instead of supporting or deconstructing why they feel that way.

Another way this seems to manifest is when white queers claim that Black culture was made from the LGBTQIA+ community. And while the Black and Queer communities have historically intertwined, this claim of saying that the Black community wasn't the origin of many parts of culture is pure erasure that they don't seem to understand. (Example: Clock it, Queen, most of AAVE actually)

It also comes in people assuming that their lived experience is equivalent to everyone's. The odd victim complex they have in where if something doesn't affect them it doesn't exist is.. worrying, to say the least.

this bill is not just about trans people. it is about a pattern.

How oppression usually works:

start with a small, marginalized group. (people with the least power, least public sympathy). in india's case, today, it is the trans community.

test the waters. take away a right. restrict something. watch the reaction.

if most people stay silent → it worked

move to the next group

and repeat.

every dictatorship in history, from 1900s Europe to modern-day autocracies uses the same "Divide and Conquer" strategy:

What the future could look like in India if we let the trans bill continue unopposed:

today → trans people’s identity is controlled

tomorrow → scheduled caste groups, tribal communities, rural poor get targeted policies

next → women’s rights (abortion, bodily autonomy)

lastly → the complete middle class suffers. restrictions on speech, jobs, education

and by the time it reaches you, there’s no one left to speak.

the trick is to make you think, "this is not my fight".

but it is.

because the core issue is this:

does the state get to decide who you are?

if the answer becomes yes, even once — it will not stop at one group.

So what do you do?

you don’t wait until it affects you personally. you speak up when it affects someone else.

because a lesson history has taught us time and again, even during Nazi Germany is that

silence is not neutral. it is permission.

and i shall not judge you for not knowing or understanding what's wrong about the bill or even the basics of what 'gender identity' is. it is not too late to learn. do it now, please.

what the bill actually does (in simple words):

earlier, people could identify their own gender. now → the state decides.

it removes self-identification and replaces it with medical boards deciding who is “really” trans.

it narrows who counts as trans. now excluding many people who don’t fit strict biological or traditional categories.

it gives the government power to approve or deny someone’s identity.

this directly goes against a Supreme Court judgment (NALSA, 2014) which said gender identity is a matter of personal dignity and freedom.

why people are protesting:

trans people may have to undergo medical exams just to prove who they are

it risks violating privacy and dignity

it can exclude entire sections of the community from legal recognition

that’s why protests are happening across the country right now. so please do the bare minimum, sign online petitions, educate yourself, spread awareness and speak up against this bill openly, online and to people around you. use your social platforms, tumblr, instagram, twitter and even whatsapp.