Thread by @ElleLettMDPhD

I stopped posting vulnerable stuff about my transition because of my stalker but I’m gonna continue now. One thing I experience is bathroom anxiety . And when I really thought through it , it made me sadder for you her trans people . What I’m referring to is that, when I’m not

Dressing high femme and worry about passing, I go into the bathroom of the gender associated with the cis people whose disdain I’m most willing to handle in that moment. Usually I’m less afraid of cis men in the bathroom than cis women because of the type of harm they’ll inflict.

Men will more likely be physical or confused whereas in my experience women, particularly white women will say something crueler or put me in danger by suggesting their own victimization by my mere presence . Yesterday was an odd reversal because I was wearing a romper (ambiguous

And a Black woman sanitation worker flagged me down as going Into the wrong bathroom as I approached the mens room. Feelings around that are still complicated and there’s also a discussion to be had around passing in and outside of your own racial group for Black trans folks but

Thought I’d share these incomplete thought #trans #btlm #BlackTransLivesMatter #transacademic

Younger ^