One thing the internet has really helped with is establishing online personas for trans ppl.
For cis people, anonymous internet IDs are imaginary personas that we use to live in a make believe world.
For me, as a closeted trans person, I think it's the opposite: The physical world gave us an undesired physical persona that we cannot control, the internet allows us to create virtual personas where we can really be ourselves.
When I see trans people online, these are their real selves. Our online personas ARE us.
The average cis person may think "it's a dude playing a girl", but after experiencing what is it to be trans, I can no longer see it that way.
When I see trans people online, their online aliases feel way more real than their physical counterparts. I see a trans girl, I imagine her voice, her appearance to match their profile picture, and somehow... it clicks.
This is who they really are, and I can only hope that they find the means to bring that ideal to life, through surgery, hormones, etc.
So, thank you for this one, internet. For giving us a space where we can really be.
One thing the internet has really helped with is establishing online personas for trans ppl.
For cis people, anonymous internet IDs are imaginary personas that we use to live in a make believe world.
For me, as a closeted trans person, I think it's the opposite: The physical world gave us an undesired physical persona that we cannot control, the internet allows us to create virtual personas where we can really be ourselves.
@yuki2501@hackers.town it’s good that these spaces exist. it’s sad that they have to be built and defended.
the thing that infuriates me is how men in particular give each other so much shit for expressing or even just exploring any measure of femininity. using the wrong words too much or showing interest in the wrong things can apparently bring one’s entire manhood into question—or worse. people, even kids, get beaten to death just for wearing the “wrong” clothes, ffs.
it’s tragic that so many trans people have to escape to virtual worlds just to have a space where nobody denies them their identity, where they don’t have to fear bodily harm, and where they don’t have to censor their own thoughts because everyone keeps telling them how wrong they are.
@yuki2501@hackers.town it’s good that these spaces exist. it’s sad that they have to be built and defended.
the thing that infuriates me is how men in particular give each other so much shit for expressing or even just exploring any measure of femininity. using the wrong words too much or showing interest in the wrong things can apparently bring one’s entire manhood into question—or worse. people, even kids, get beaten to death just for wearing the “wrong” clothes, ffs.
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