characters written in this style feel like they're wearing my suffering like a cloak with all the ugly bits cut out

deeply messy pain is tucked just out of sight so the facsimile can be held into the light instead

look, everyone! this is what you can be! this is how you *should* be! do better <3

but we do know that trump's massive anti trans push mostly caused him to lose ground, so people should really not be afraid of standing up for trans people.

but even so...if someone is getting accommodations, they're almost certainly disabled. and if they aren't...who cares? it doesn't actually hurt you, but policing it will hurt a lot of people.

The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.

When they finally make a movie about this guy it'll be the first biopic where everyone complains that the movie star they cast to play him isn't nearly as hot as the real deal

When your opponent takes over and starts overreaching, that is precisely when thermostatic public opinion will work to your advantage ... if you can just maintain your spine.