Hunter Schafer faces backlash for engaging with a problematic post

[ginainabottle]

"Damn, Hunter Schafer is really supporting blaming other trans people for the bills that right-wingers and fascists are pushing to restrict and ban trans healthcare. How disappointing," one person wrote. https://t.co/BFNx5Nref4
- BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) August 27, 2022
- Hunter is facing backlash over liking (and replying with a bunch of exclamation

Comments

[procedurals]

As it says in the Bible: "Let he (or she, or they) who hath not engaged with a problematic post cast the first stone." 🗿

[pciam]

Stop blaming other trans people who don’t want to undergo surgery (for whatever reason) for what should be levied at transphobic lawmakers. She’s scapegoating and blaming transphobia on other trans people rather than placing the blame on who it SHOULD be placed.

[wonheaux]

that's what truscum do though, lol.

[my_moloko]

I have hope that Zendaya will remain unproblematic. She seems to be very good about not engaging.

[mizzyoung]

Lemme say this before the transphobes roll in.

1. Nonbinary people didn't "win" anything. These laws are going to affect us too.

2. A lot binary transpeople have always invalidated non-binary just like cis people do.

3. This isn't cis people being on our side, they're weaponizing our identities against OUR community as whole. The best way to dismantle a community is to cause inter-conflict which is exactly and always the gameplan of oppressors and the sooner binary transpeople / transmedicalists realize that, the better for all of us.

[wonheaux]

they're going to wait until everyone's done commenting and then they'll swoop in as usual so they won't be called out. also, the op is a little weird because they also misgendered ezra recently. ezra is still shit, but it's a little weird that op did that and then made a post about this.

[mizzyoung]

hmmmmT 👀

[ginainabottle]

I disagree that I misgendered Ezra bc when using pronouns, I always refer to them as they. My initial comment was poorly worded but my point stands - Ezra benefits from passing privilege and that's literally all the studios care about, and it's delusional to believe otherwise.The chances they were given would be vastly different (or none) had Ezra been a trans woman, for example. But here's the Ezra thread where I supposedly misgendered them so whoever's interested can take their own conclusions.

[winx]

‘Problematic’ oy vey.
Look, I’m cis, I don’t know what trans people go through, I don’t pretend to know, but good lord the number of cis netizens who are absolutely chomping at the bit to take this opportunity to #cancel Hunter, a trans woman, for a trans community issue is just WAY too high rn.

If ever there was a time to just stay in our lane and not pretend like we know it all, especially more than trans people, it’s now

[wonheaux]

a lot of the people calling her out are trans/nb, lol. she deserves to be called out for this; especially as a privileged white trans woman.

[winx]

Oh I’m not saying she shouldn’t be, it’s just an observation across all my feeds that a bunch of cis people are elbowing their way in like the koolaid guy with opinions

[wonheaux]

okay, i got you. i just wanted to mention that so it doesn't seem like all the backlash is from cis people solely. sorry if i seemed aggressive.