I’m sorry you have to deal with so many ignorant and apologist people.
Everyone who exuses the hate Rowling spreads because of the Harry Potter cult is partly responsible for the harm and danger this causes to trans and non binary people.
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Maven@lemmy.zip 2 months agoI’m NB and quoting Harry Potter just sounds like you hate me
norimee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I guess it is bad in the sense that it’s not great pick-up line to use in your case, but I do like the creativity. Would’ve been better used to someone with some Harry Potter stuff in their bio though
whoreticulture@lemmy.world 2 months ago
wowwww a trans person sharing their experience being heavily downvoted.
let’s all say it together!!
Lemmy is transphobic as fuck!!
starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I think the people downvoting took “quoting Harry Potter sounds like you hate me” as “quoting Harry Potter means you hate trans people” (stated as fact). The OP said this is how it feels to them, we shouldn’t downvote people for sharing how they experienced something.
irreticent@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Being non-binary is not the same as being trans… and perhaps they were being downvoted for a different reason.
I always find it odd when people assume why someone is being downvoted. You never know why someone votes the way they do.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
[deleted]disgrunty@lemmy.world 2 months ago
How’d you get access to that? It seems to be a major pain in the backside (at least here in the UK as a person afab) getting anyone to actually take NBs seriously in terms of the medical side of things.
whoreticulture@lemmy.world 2 months ago
[deleted]irreticent@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not necessarily. One can be non-binary and not be trans. I know someone that identifies as NB and they never “transitioned” into their current self. They’ve always been that way and never transitioned.
Maven@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I’m not the gender I was assigned at birth. What’s your definition of trans then???
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Gender identity doesn’t get assigned at birth. There is no “gender” field on a birth certificate.
Sex gets identified at birth (at the latest, usually before, during pregnancy, unless specifically requested to keep it secret).
Two reasons this is important to point out:
- Assignment implies that the act of assigning is what makes it so. It’s not. If a doctor says that a male baby is female, it’s not now female just because they said so. “Identify” is a much more accurate description of what the doctor is doing.
- The whole premise of “transness” being a thing relies on the notion of sex and gender being two distinct, independently-variable traits. So be careful not to conflate them. It causes needless confusion, since conflating them literally undermines the whole thing–after all, if “sex” and “gender” are equivalent, then it’s objectively impossible to be trans.
irreticent@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I never claimed to be an expert. I am admitting now that I am somewhat ignorant as to what the exact definitions are, but from what I understand from what my NB friend explained it is that if you transition from one gender to another that makes you trans. NB are neither gender so there was no transition between genders.
I guess one could make the argument that they transitioned from being gender-labeled to being non-gender, but IMO that’s a stretch in an attempt to label NB people as trans.
That being said, there is nothing wrong with being trans. I was just trying to make a distinction as was explained to me by a NB person.
whoreticulture@lemmy.world 2 months ago
[deleted]irreticent@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I stand corrected; non-binary people are transgender. I apologize for my ignorance. I just didn’t know.
What I also don’t know is why you’re so angry. All that happened was I didn’t know something. I learned my mistake, apologized, and hope you’ll relax a little and realize that not everyone knows everything you do. Please don’t be mad at someone’s ignorance.
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 months ago
whoreticulture@lemmy.world 2 months ago
in what way was I an asshole in this comment exchange? pointing out transphobic behavior? I can live with that
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Victim complex. Maybe instead of making everything about you and your struggles, just take it for a funny post that has literally nothing to do with trans people.
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 2 months ago
wowwww a trans person making unfair assumptions/criticisms of people for quoting an extremely popular piece of pop culture.
let’s all say it together!!
Being trans is not a prejudice pass!!
whoreticulture@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Someone literally just shared their experience as a trans person, and it was downvoted.
whoreticulture@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The downvotes are because you dared to be trans.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Maven@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
And I’m glad you’re able to do that and have people around you that support you. This doesn’t change the fact that I don’t enjoy people who promote something that funds people like me dying.
If you’re able to get over that, that’s awesome and I believe you deserve good things, I am simply not able to.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Maven@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I agree completely. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism… You’re entirely right.
However, just like I choose not to use Facebook, I can choose not to talk to certain people. I don’t understand why that’s such a bad thing.
I also wouldn’t talk to someone who says their idol is Andrew Tate.