Wish this weren't true

[laura_seabrook]

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[cmcmck]

Says it all, sadly :o(

[pocketofheather]

I remember when queer groups started adding the "T", and I thought, "Great! That means they understand my issues and care about them as much as their own." I found out it really meant, "You can come to our meetings and contribute your resources to our activities, and in return we won't help you with your struggles, or try to educate ourselves about your needs, or even get your pronouns right... but we're still the closest thing to a safe space you're going to find around here, so don't complain."

[laura_seabrook]

Sad but true, or it certainly seems that way. Have met a lot of Genderqueer professing folk in the last three years, but have yet to see how that translates into everyday life. I suspect it's a bit of a wank in some ways, and a further way to discount us.

[cmcmck]

I'm straight as you know and don't always see what benefit the LGB movement has for me (much as I have always supported and will continue to support the struggle for LGB rights- even in the face of the obvious- it isn't a two way street) and this sort of stuff also explains why I choose to remain woodworked (as, for all the professions of 'outness' so stridently offered on here, do the overwhelming majority of trans people)

[laura_seabrook]

Yes, I DO understand that. Somehow that's never been an effective strategy for me.