Willow, Venus Pirate 🏳️⚧️
@Willow@chaosfem.tw
Dear cis women who genuinely want more trans women in your club/company/organization,
Why? Why do you want trans women to feel comfortable in that organization? Let that sit a moment, we’ll come back to it.
Trans women (and do you mean women? What about trans people who identify as… not women, but not men? What about trans women with beards? I’ve barely scratched the surface with these examples) learn fast that talk is cheap, only actions matter. If you want trans folks to feel comfortable with you, do things to help marginalized folks.
Teach technical skills to non-stereotypically technical people.
Publicly pressure local officials to make statements supporting the local abortion clinic.
Shun TERFs. For goodness sake, don’t promote Harry Potter books. Why not your beloved HP? JK Rowling is a famous and well-funded TERF.
Believe people when they choose to speak.
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