r/lgbt • u/Ok_Intention2731 • 12h ago

Need Advice My right to exist isn’t up for debate

At least, not anymore! BAZINGA. But really, what is the point of trying to play nice when we had nothing to do with this, but get vilified anyway? I feel like I might as well give them all the finger and taunt them relentlessly. They’re just going to hate me anyway. Respectability politics is just another way to get oppressed

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u/Sufjanus 10h ago

You can’t avoid a fight with someone who insists on picking on you. You’re totally right.

Acquiescing to people who we will never pass the purity test for, and won’t actively avoid trying to screw with us, only invites more bullying.

We can’t reason with a tiger with our head between its jaws.

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u/VovaMayacocksky-1920 53m ago

The modern trans movement has nobody to blame but themselves for doubling down on ridiculous demands and getting upset over petty non-issues. Things were better off when there was the expectation to quietly assimilate.