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coffeesp00ns · 3448 days ago · link · · parent · post: Simply Acknowledging Trans People Isn’t Enough. The Media Needs to Change Its Language, Too.
I worry too, about clawback, about the "gentrification" of the trans movement. I count how lucky I am every day - supportive family, living in a place where surgery is covered and HRT is cheap, being white. There are so many trans people who don't have what I have, and I've got nothing compared to Caitlin Jenner. All i can do is try to amplify their voices as much as I can. However, one has to be careful to amplify the right things, and be critical of the right things (as you're pointing out, I think). I think your point's totally valid. I guess it was just nice to have the media pissing into someone else's face for once. Sounds like I need to temper my Schadenfreude.