![]() ![]() I have been called Austin “queer scene’s” number one enemy. And when we dare to call people out for their transmisogyny, we are labeled crazy, hysterical, divisive. We have a hard time finding dates, finding support, finding community. I have seen more than one cis queer say that we have nothing in common with them, that our issues are completely unrelated. ![]() And I’ve seen more than one cis queer say that trans women are “appropriating” the gay rights movement, totally ignorant of the fact that we started the damn thing. Women’s spaces are frequently hostile to us because we aren’t “real women” but trans men almost always get a free pass. Trans women are pushed out of queer spaces by cis people, dfab genderqueers, and trans men, just to name a few. The names of trans women of color will be in the mouths of the queer community after they’ve been murdered, but support for us while we are still alive is sporadic at best. There’s an interesting phenomenon that I’ve witnessed over the past few years. The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema. ![]()
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