So I hope I can offer some thoughts on this being pre-transition. I think a lot of the activism benefits those who are going through transition and those that transition and remain visibly trans. The reality is that those who are cis-passing have a little bit of protection against the anti-trans crowd (TERFs and religious zealots). Pre-transition, I probably come off as weirdly involved in trans discussions on social media (mostly twitter). None of my friends have said anything and I have some plausible deniability in that I have always been passionate about social liberty in general.

As for afterwards... I have plans up here in Maine. I plan on going back to school either after or during transition  to become an LCSW. I won't be a huge advocate in public but I like doing the work behind the scenes. I had an experience with a therapist when I was 17 and they were clearly not equipped to handle my trans issues. My goal is to help people like me so that no one has to go through what I have had to go through with gender dysphoria.

Quote from: KatelynBG on November 01, 2015, 11:00:41 AM
So I hope I can offer some thoughts on this being pre-transition. I think a lot of the activism benefits those who are going through transition and those that transition and remain visibly trans. The reality is that those who are cis-passing have a little bit of protection against the anti-trans crowd (TERFs and religious zealots). Pre-transition, I probably come off as weirdly involved in trans discussions on social media (mostly twitter). None of my friends have said anything and I have some plausible deniability in that I have always been passionate about social liberty in general.

As for afterwards... I have plans up here in Maine. I plan on going back to school either after or during transition  to become an LCSW. I won't be a huge advocate in public but I like doing the work behind the scenes. I had an experience with a therapist when I was 17 and they were clearly not equipped to handle my trans issues. My goal is to help people like me so that no one has to go through what I have had to go through with gender dysphoria.

There is also a great degree of "soft" anti Trans bigotry as well. People who secretly or not so secretly want to treat you as equal but separate.

This is like people who say they support gay rights but only civil unions and not marriage.

It's basically people who will never view you as a real woman but are polite to you.