Dear #white #trans people,
Do you ever have those moments when you're in like a crowd of cis het non-queer people who know you're trans but it's like an elephant in the room? like they'll awkwardly step around the topic, or stop conversations abruptly when the discussion strays too close?
Have you ever thought about like what is going through their minds?
- "Oh, this doesn't affect me, I don't know what to say"
- "ah, I'll just avoid the topic, I don't want [her/him/them] to get upset at me"
- "I don't know enough to respond"
I assume they must have good intentions surely? but like it doesn't really make it hurt any less though...
Anyway, consider reflecting on what goes through your own mind when you see one of my posts about racism. (it esp irks me when people interact with my post-racism-vent posts, so they clearly saw the racism ones, and then felt comfortable reacting to a non-race-related post).
Is your sympathy reserved only for other white trans people? I guess so, but maybe be upfront about that.