The Trans Mafia Revisited: Hospitality & Messaging
Filed By Austen Crowder | February 29, 2012 7:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2012/02/the_trans_mafia_revisited_hospitality_messaging.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2012/02/the_trans_mafia_revisited_hospitality_messaging.php)
A few clarifications and assurances: I am still a trans activist, even if I'm not nearly as loud as I used to be. I still believe the original post is important, and I still believe that trigger-happy activists are turning potential trans allies into enemies. We continue this behavior at our own peril - the cultural conversation about trans people is happening, here (IN rep) and now (Maine Human Rights).
Screaming about the imperfections of the greater LGBTQ community, and by extension Gay, Inc., leads us into a terrible uphill battle we can't hope to win alone. Like it or not, the big-alphabet coalition has the money, boots on the ground, resources, and press cred we will need to achieve trans equality, and is already achieving victories for trans people as part of larger issues of LGB and gender nonconforming rights.