Thread by @tuckwoodstock

Listening to an NPR story about the concept of a trans woman transitioning and I’m just wondering why we’re still doing this!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Yes it does start with describing her outfit and yes it does include excerpts of Walk on the Wild Side!!!! In 2021!!!!!)

I genuinely love and respect whoever this woman is. But yikes, she deserves better! This story is hitting every single trans stereotype and I don’t understand why I’m listening to a radio story about trans women existing in 2021.

Sorry but if your trans radio story includes me listening to Lou Reed as a trans person talks about how she always knew she was a girl in the wrong body, you owe every trans person $50.

Anyway if you want to hear radio about trans people that had a plot beyond “have you heard of trans people existing,” might I suggest:

@queersplaining
@gendereveal
@translashmedia
@MarshasPlate
@transcriptspod
@WhatTheTrans
@morganmpage (OFTV)
@caitlinbenny (NB)

Shout out to MANY trans friends who work at/with NPR. Y’all deserve better too. 🖤

It does include the line “she was scared and didn’t see a way forward so she stayed in the body she was born in” as if transitioning is an Invasion of the Body Snatchers situation.

It is almost beautiful that every single line in this 4:20 (nice) story is a cliche.

Gonna say this one more time: plenty of trans people work at NPR. (Hell, I’ve worked with NPR.) They just aren’t in positions of power where they have editorial oversight over, say, all of Weekend Edition. If your response to this is “well NPR sucks” then we are not friends!