I’m trans and autistic as well. Those two demographics aren’t as universally misunderstood as they used to be but it’s still very bad because their oppression is under threat and reacting like crazed animals.
They aren’t the progressive endpoint. There are less palatable mental illnesses that are hated and misunderstood even by otherwise progressive people, for example. Like cluster bs. Public understanding of them mirrors public understanding of trans people 15 years ago.
I agree with all of this. But there are others. I think from the eyes of those 50 years from now even the two of us will be seen as bigots and that’s for the best.
I’m trans and autistic as well. Those two demographics aren’t as universally misunderstood as they used to be but it’s still very bad because their oppression is under threat and reacting like crazed animals.
They aren’t the progressive endpoint. There are less palatable mental illnesses that are hated and misunderstood even by otherwise progressive people, for example. Like cluster bs. Public understanding of them mirrors public understanding of trans people 15 years ago.
To me, being trans and Autistic affects me in every single way imaginable
I did not realize it fully at first.
I definitely do now.
Allistics and cis people hurt me though.
It’s not being trans and being Autistic that hurts me so.
It’s the stigma and the discrimination against me.
The lack of empathy, understanding, and the ensuing social ostracization.
Even being brown hurts me in so many ways it’s unfathomable.
But it’s not being brown itself; it’s the people who silently or overtly hate you for being brown.
I agree with all of this. But there are others. I think from the eyes of those 50 years from now even the two of us will be seen as bigots and that’s for the best.
I have thought about this.
Honestly, so be it.
I don’t want to “smile for the cameras” anymore.
My private life has already been taken away.
I am uncomfortable with this reality but I must persevere.
It’s fine if I have to crawl so that eventually others can run.