gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 14 hours agoSeattle Area Trans Women Are Being Attacked by Groups of Men - In the Last Year, the County Prosecutor's Office Has Filed Charges in Four Such Caseswww.thestranger.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·11 hours agoAnd hunker down. If I was trans I’d basically be a ghost right now for self preservation. It’s abhorrent that things are at this point, but you gotta protect yourself.
minus-squarerainwall@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-29 hours agoThey are being attacked in a gay mecca. Hiding the fact that they are here and who they are is exactly what these fucks want. Arm up, get allies on board is more in the line with the seattle ethos. We don’t put up with that shit around here:
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·9 hours agoNo, these fucks want all trans people dead, not for them to be unseen. It’s easier to participate in a resistance if you’re not broadcasting that you’re in the group they’re trying to exterminate.
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoI don’t think thats an option for everybody–even cis women who dress wrong or are very tall get caught up in transphobic fervor sometimes. You get your rights by making people afraid to take them from you–not by hiding. Doubly so when fascists are involved.
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoSometimes retreating is the best strategy, such as when the government is ramping up to exterminate you. I never said that trans people shouldn’t fight for their rights, but you have to be alive to effectively fight fascism.
And hunker down. If I was trans I’d basically be a ghost right now for self preservation.
It’s abhorrent that things are at this point, but you gotta protect yourself.
They are being attacked in a gay mecca. Hiding the fact that they are here and who they are is exactly what these fucks want.
Arm up, get allies on board is more in the line with the seattle ethos. We don’t put up with that shit around here:
No, these fucks want all trans people dead, not for them to be unseen.
It’s easier to participate in a resistance if you’re not broadcasting that you’re in the group they’re trying to exterminate.
I don’t think thats an option for everybody–even cis women who dress wrong or are very tall get caught up in transphobic fervor sometimes.
You get your rights by making people afraid to take them from you–not by hiding. Doubly so when fascists are involved.
Sometimes retreating is the best strategy, such as when the government is ramping up to exterminate you.
I never said that trans people shouldn’t fight for their rights, but you have to be alive to effectively fight fascism.