Also weird that the article title says ‘for trans’ instead of ‘for being transgender’

  • aaro [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    I do believe that it is wrong to hate crime someone because of perceived trans status and I side with victims of transphobic violence unconditionally. I’m a little sad that I have to clarify that as a trans person and can’t just be given the benefit of the doubt there but if making it explicit helps the discussion and increases people’s comfort levels then I’m happy to.

    I’m also operating on the assumption that someone who is willing to beat up a woman because of perceived trans status is not concerned with the legitimate differences between being transgender and being transvestite and the active reappropriation of the latter, and instead just wanted to use the one that sounded like more of a slur. I’m open to being checked if that was an unreasonable assumption.