#queermosexual

Cis person: I don't get the whole "trans thing" why is it so important. I just feel like it doesn't matter that much, trans people just need to chill.

Me: Alright let me brake it down... what if some random day someone said alright we're putting you through full hormonal therapy and changing your physical body to the opposite as it is now. You have no choice. They just do it. New unfitting name, physical form that not only doesn't feel like/ isn't you but people mistake you for someone you're not every day, all the time. Wouldn't you be mad? Wouldn't you feel uncomfortable? Maybe even sick? Wouldn't you want your body? Wouldn't you want people to respect you for who you are? Use your name and pronouns?

Cis person: Wow...

SHIT TYPO it’s reprofuturism which comes from reproductive futurism

it’s a term developed in queer theory circles (edelman, halberstam) that describes the cultural obsession with reproduction and the future. the easiest/obvious example is “but think of the children! we want to leave a better world for them” - which isn’t untrue but it implies we should be making our choices based on the best future for a not-yet existing population. this obsession, even when used for positive change, reinforces and stabilizes the idea of women as child-making devices first and foremost and minimizes change for today’s sake, not tomorrow’s.