Thank You, TERFs, I’m Cured
;Since choosing to publish on this platform, I have encountered TERFs more than I ever could in the real world because of the community fostered here for them. Medium.com is a place of discourse — good and bad, and TERFs have learned how to respond to trans folks in polite ways that will often piss off a trans person, but have your average cis person cocking their head in confusion. This is a gaslighting technique that puts trans people on the defensive. In my last few works, you might notice that I’ve ceased giving a fuck about trying to reach ignorance with knowledge.
The funny thing is, TERFy tactics have rather desensitized me to casual transphobia in a way that I cannot help but thank the TERFs for. Their ridiculous, undercutting, “boo-hoo, woe is me, but what about the cis?!” methods have shown me that their disconnect from humanity isn’t exactly curable by someone like me, and arguing with them is more than fruitless.
I can only ever teach people who want to learn, and so, I cannot be bothered to simplify down discourse for an ignorant, closed off mind. Coming out and beginning my transition has been a difficult journey in many ways, but it’s one that I had to embark on to save my own life. It’s also one that I had to open my own mind for and do research to properly understand. Working on oneself is hard, and if TERFs have shown me anything it’s that you cannot…
