A thread.
If you’re a man, you have male privilege.
If you’re white, you have white privilege.
If you’re abled, you have able-bodied privilege.
If you’re cis, you have cis privilege.
(and these are just four small examples)
For example, a black man has male privilege over a white woman, who has white privilege over him.
Talking about privilege is talking about nuance.
I, for example, as an Asian woman, can claim a white man has white, male privilege over me.
I cannot claim a trans man has privilege over me because I have cis privilege over him.
That is why I, a cis-gendered person, do not get to separate Rowling from the HP series.
I saw her attack the trans community with her hate, and it is my duty to call her out and step in to support and defend her targets from a rhetoric that puts them in danger.
It is my duty to call her out.
This conversation isn’t about us, it’s about our trans and nonbinary siblings.
By “liking HP” you’re saying “your safety and dignity is less important than my entertainment.”
So now I’m calling out people who, like myself, have cis privilege and do not use it to stand up in support for the LGBTQ+ community.