(Content warning: Discussion of inflicting violence upon trans persons)
When I learn that the man who was always trapped in the prison of a woman’s body has successfully completed top surgery, I know that this is cause for celebration. I know that the correct emotion is joyful pride that he has been liberated from the crushing weight of our life-threatening expectations. Why, then, do I feel an echo of loss in my own female body?
There are parents who choose to mourn their children as dead, rather than accept the fact that their child has married the wrong person or…
One of the problems caused by the current political climate is that it’s particularly challenging to say “Hey, even though I understand the reasons, and even though I realize that Facebook, Twitter, Amazon etc. are private companies, I have some issues with what’s going on with the Twitter purges and the cancellation of Parler’s Amazon server hosting, and I’m worried that this course of action sets a bad precedent which we will regret later.” People want an absolute, “on Team A or on Team B” answer. If the response isn’t “this is Communism just like the CCP Virus and facemasks!”…
Ellen Ross
I joined to follow a friend and also to learn from others. I hope to find different perspectives here than what I usually see on Facebook.
