Enjoyed reading this; I think Hope Peroni makes excellent points. I read her piece - and the coverage by The Law Dork’s Chris Geidner - with nothing but concern and empathy.
I wish LGBTQIA people, especially transgender children and adults, were not under microscopic and often distorted scrutiny right now. We are seeing many journalists and organizations like Uncloseted Media working against the right -wing lies and hateful rhetoric—thank you to all.
And there is widespread concern over the U.S. prison system, another important conversation lost in this administration. Incarceration should still allow a person, including a transgender person, their dignity, humanity, and safety.
That is exactly the part people keep trying to bury — trans people are being forced under a microscope while the basic question of dignity gets treated like a debate.
And yes, once a system can strip someone of safety and humanity in prison, it is showing you what it believes rights are worth everywhere else.
I was incarcerated in a male prison when my egg cracked. Fortunately I'm in Canada where we have the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and have enshrined in legislation that we are a vulnerable minority. This assumes violators of those rights are in the wrong and will be prosecuted under the law, whether in prison or out.
I know of a CSC officer that came out as transgender while incarcerated at a medium security institution. I came out when I reached an Indigenous Healing Village
I committed a horrible act of violence 37 years ago. Although it remains part of my everyday life, it doesn't define me as a human-being.
Prior to my coming out, I was angry, confused and broken.
In hindsight, I can now perceive times where my inability to self identify as indigenous and as a transgender woman, caused myself and others harm.
My answer to people that think we're sick and depraved and bad people: You certainly dan’t want the old me back. That guy was twisted
Today I am kind compassionate, and quite frankly filled with joy about life. I hold no enmity towards anyone, and actually care for marginalized and disenfranchised people in my community as a volunteer
I think the visible argument here, is that I love myself, and those harboring hate and vitriol are the ones needing help
X is attacking a woman based on appearance while claiming to be defending women.
I hate misogynistic trash like that. It's like the people who listen to Kendrick and call him a "thug" because he faithfully relays stories from disadvantaged Americans.
Exactly — the minute someone’s rights depend on being flawless, they are not rights anymore. That standard is only there to make exclusion sound reasonable.
Respectability politics has always been a trap because it concedes the lie that rights have to be earned through moral purity.
Once a movement accepts that frame, the target is never just the “bad” trans person — it becomes trans existence itself, with the rules rewritten every time to keep exclusion looking justified.
Enjoyed reading this; I think Hope Peroni makes excellent points. I read her piece - and the coverage by The Law Dork’s Chris Geidner - with nothing but concern and empathy.
I wish LGBTQIA people, especially transgender children and adults, were not under microscopic and often distorted scrutiny right now. We are seeing many journalists and organizations like Uncloseted Media working against the right -wing lies and hateful rhetoric—thank you to all.
And there is widespread concern over the U.S. prison system, another important conversation lost in this administration. Incarceration should still allow a person, including a transgender person, their dignity, humanity, and safety.
That is exactly the part people keep trying to bury — trans people are being forced under a microscope while the basic question of dignity gets treated like a debate.
And yes, once a system can strip someone of safety and humanity in prison, it is showing you what it believes rights are worth everywhere else.
I was incarcerated in a male prison when my egg cracked. Fortunately I'm in Canada where we have the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and have enshrined in legislation that we are a vulnerable minority. This assumes violators of those rights are in the wrong and will be prosecuted under the law, whether in prison or out.
I know of a CSC officer that came out as transgender while incarcerated at a medium security institution. I came out when I reached an Indigenous Healing Village
I committed a horrible act of violence 37 years ago. Although it remains part of my everyday life, it doesn't define me as a human-being.
Prior to my coming out, I was angry, confused and broken.
In hindsight, I can now perceive times where my inability to self identify as indigenous and as a transgender woman, caused myself and others harm.
My answer to people that think we're sick and depraved and bad people: You certainly dan’t want the old me back. That guy was twisted
Today I am kind compassionate, and quite frankly filled with joy about life. I hold no enmity towards anyone, and actually care for marginalized and disenfranchised people in my community as a volunteer
I think the visible argument here, is that I love myself, and those harboring hate and vitriol are the ones needing help
What your life makes plain is that humanity was never the threat — repression, denial, and dehumanization were.
The people calling trans people broken should have to reckon with the fact that honesty, self-knowledge, and care made you more whole, not less.
X is attacking a woman based on appearance while claiming to be defending women.
I hate misogynistic trash like that. It's like the people who listen to Kendrick and call him a "thug" because he faithfully relays stories from disadvantaged Americans.
That contradiction is the whole scam. They use misogyny as a weapon and then try to rename it protection once the damage is done.
Agreed, Trans people are just people, flaws and all.
Why must they be treated any different just because they aren't Cisgendered?
Exactly — the minute someone’s rights depend on being flawless, they are not rights anymore. That standard is only there to make exclusion sound reasonable.
Totally, it just makes keeping your rights conditional rather than a basic human need.
Thank you Hope!
You’re not even human.
Respectability politics has always been a trap because it concedes the lie that rights have to be earned through moral purity.
Once a movement accepts that frame, the target is never just the “bad” trans person — it becomes trans existence itself, with the rules rewritten every time to keep exclusion looking justified.