Thread by @AlyssaM_InfoSec

OMG my Twitter Fam!! You guys are freaking amazing! My mentions were blown the hell up with support this morning and I can't express how much it means. Thank you. I know I don't owe anyone an explanation but I decided I'd like to share more details. A thread: 1/

Last night I retweeted one of those "Why aren't people attracted to you" threads. I chose to highlight stats from real studies about the struggles in dating as a trans person. Anyone that's been following me for any length of time knows I don't tweet a whole lot about 2/

trans issues. Mostly because I'm a woman first and foremost and I chose to make my focus the issues women experience as a whole. Lately I've opened up a little and have discussed some trans issues but I still save most of that for other spaces. My visibility is my advocacy 3/

in that respect. So anyway, it was a vulnerable moment for me to tweet that last night. As a result, it was particularly painful when someone who I thought was a friend, who I've met IRL and have been mutually following for a while DM'ed me making comments about me having 4/

a "pity party" on Twitter. It was a betrayal of sorts and ultimately made me feel like I should just go back to not talking about those issues at all. So I crawled into my shell and logged off Twitter for the night. I ended up having a long phone conversation with a wonderful 5/

friend last night about the situation and it really settled me and got me re-focused and ready to face today.

I blocked the person that sent the DM without responding to them. IDK if I will reach out to them to let them know how they made me feel or not yet. Time will tell. 6/

I do think that in some perverse way they thought they were trying to build me up, but their words did the opposite. I won't name and shame, you know that's not typically my style. While I put it out in the open last night it's ultimately between me and them now. 7/

So again, thank you everyone. The support I got from so many really meant the world to me and reminded me that my family here on twitter is truly amazing. Now let's get back to work and go crush some APTs, pop some shells, and just cause some mayhem!! I LOVE YOU ALL 💜💜💜/FIN