I need my cis followers to do more to share the voices of trans people. Anti-trans articles get 2,500 retweets while those trans people write are barely getting a hundred or two.
It's not enough not to oppose trans people. You must make our voices as loud as theirs.
It's not enough not to oppose trans people. You must make our voices as loud as theirs.
In my trans studies class, I teach students about 'cisgender mediation' - about how the shape and visibility of trans narratives is determined by cis people who stand between us and the audience.
The most obvious example is the editor who decides who gets published, makes suggested edits and picks the title of the article.
But it's also you. It's also every single cis follower when they decide to retweet or not to retweet something trans people say.
But it's also you. It's also every single cis follower when they decide to retweet or not to retweet something trans people say.
That's why @PsychSerg and I advocated for doctors to step outside of the clinic and loudly support and amplify trans voices. I think the advice holds for everyone else, too.
amjmed.com/article/S0002-…
amjmed.com/article/S0002-…
Right now, their hate is far stronger than your love for us. Make it the other way around. Love us more strongly, more vocally, and more gratefully than they hate us. Make our voices a thousand times louder than theirs.
We need you.
We need you.
(And yes, I unfortunately realise that this post will get a lot of retweets from people who feel interpellated, only for them to go back to rarely retweeting trans voices after an hour to a week. We all do it.)
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