• Jerkface (any/all)
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    edit-2
    1 day ago

    If people cannot understand your experience, it’s not because you are trans and they are cis. There is no universal trans experience and you still need to work to make yourself understood to other trans people, who have entirely different experiences from your own. People have the capacity to understand things outside their direct experience. Some people go 40 years thinking of themselves as cis, and then change their mind!

    • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      23 hours ago

      If people cannot understand your experience, it’s not because you are trans and they are cis

      Well, it’s not just that. As you say, even trans folk can’t understand other trans folks experience. But that still speaks to my point. Acceptance shouldn’t be gatekept behind understanding