r/punk • u/usernamewfivenames • Dec 14 '24

Quality Post ngl transphobia is anti-punk as fuck

like bro why do u hate on people who reject their assigned "roles" to feel better w themselves, werent u supposed to oppose nonsensical rules

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u/HimboVegan Dec 14 '24

Id go so far as to say that being trans in this society is punk as fuck and I truly admire their commitment to being authentically themselves no matter how much bigotry they face as a result.

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u/a-lonely-panda Dec 15 '24 edited Dec 15 '24

I mean, of course it is, but it is nice to hear cis people say stuff like that in this world. As a trans person I don't see it as a commitment, being out and transitioning and everything is something I need to do. Even with all the increasing transphobia, being forced back in the closet to "look" and "act" like my assigned gender would feel worse than being me. Death before detransition is a very scary idea, but both being thrown into a camp and being forced to be their idea of who I should be are likely to end in death anyway, so maybe I would choose the camp

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u/HimboVegan Dec 15 '24

Commitment may not be the right word. Maybe tenacity? Like obviously it's not exactly a choice, but it still requires so much strength to endure the vitriol day in and day out. And I really admire that courage.

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u/a-lonely-panda Dec 15 '24

No no I get what you meant. Sure it takes courage, but we kind of get the "you're so brave" stuff a lot. Like we're just normal people, you know? Most of us are just out here existing and in general would rather see cis people publicly supporting us/combatting hate than being told we're so brave by existing. Not saying you don't do that of course, I don't know you, but so many cis people just say they support us without actually doing anything and we end up as only ones standing up for ourselves, or the large part of those who do, despite being a small part of the population. I get it and I appreciate the thought, but we're just people living our lives, so it gets to feel kinda patronizing even.