Cait the Encourageable on Nostr: Welp. It's #[0]. I'm pretty visibly trans all the time, thanks to my wardrobe choices ...
Welp. It's npub1cm5hq85zut0jvkwea9jjfr62a5c6kndtddyxkeshw7nhhurwjfcq39hr3a (npub1cm5…hr3a).
I'm pretty visibly trans all the time, thanks to my wardrobe choices and my hairstyle. Oh, and my choice to live as a public trans person all the time, so trans kids know they can do it in this city, and cis people know we're already here, and have been here for many years.
I want to take a moment and shout out my npub1j772jv5pgj47ap57ty36f7eh8twqzagrrjtakcdmdcscdmdtudnsas5yjt (npub1j77…5yjt) and npub1dqalyelrfxv7nktx3nz68mggka6uvahh35nhck7jakvh0x7jnsqs4l9df4 (npub1dqa…9df4) people too - too often, while we are hypervisible as trans women, they are invisible as trans men and nonbinary people. Cis people reading along, remember that transness comes in several flavours, and they're all valid and brilliant and wonderful.
Cis people...if you see a trans person being harassed, step into that if you're safe to. Walk confidently to the trans person, say "Hi, remember me? We met last week at that work function." Or some similar pattern of words that makes it clear you know who the person is, and yet you're new enough to maybe need a reminder on name.
Just seeing a cis ally step in will help a lot, both with being the trans person under attack, and with deterring the bullies from continuing. You can ask, for instance, "Sorry, did I interrupt a conversation?"
Sound risky? I know. But imagine you're the trans person facing it without an ally. Feel much, much riskier? Yeah.
We need you, right now. We need to know you have our backs, in real life, even when it's risky for you some. It's a risky time. It's accomplice time.
I'm pretty visibly trans all the time, thanks to my wardrobe choices and my hairstyle. Oh, and my choice to live as a public trans person all the time, so trans kids know they can do it in this city, and cis people know we're already here, and have been here for many years.
I want to take a moment and shout out my npub1j772jv5pgj47ap57ty36f7eh8twqzagrrjtakcdmdcscdmdtudnsas5yjt (npub1j77…5yjt) and npub1dqalyelrfxv7nktx3nz68mggka6uvahh35nhck7jakvh0x7jnsqs4l9df4 (npub1dqa…9df4) people too - too often, while we are hypervisible as trans women, they are invisible as trans men and nonbinary people. Cis people reading along, remember that transness comes in several flavours, and they're all valid and brilliant and wonderful.
Cis people...if you see a trans person being harassed, step into that if you're safe to. Walk confidently to the trans person, say "Hi, remember me? We met last week at that work function." Or some similar pattern of words that makes it clear you know who the person is, and yet you're new enough to maybe need a reminder on name.
Just seeing a cis ally step in will help a lot, both with being the trans person under attack, and with deterring the bullies from continuing. You can ask, for instance, "Sorry, did I interrupt a conversation?"
Sound risky? I know. But imagine you're the trans person facing it without an ally. Feel much, much riskier? Yeah.
We need you, right now. We need to know you have our backs, in real life, even when it's risky for you some. It's a risky time. It's accomplice time.