"Mixed feelings about this. On the one hand there is no doubt in my mind that the workplace was the frontline of gay political advancement"
Yeah, the problem isn't trans inclusion. Having more people meet trans people is a good thing. Just as, as you say, having more people meet gay people was a good thing.
"Mixed feelings about this. On the one hand there is no doubt in my mind that the workplace was the frontline of gay political advancement"
Yeah, the problem isn't trans inclusion. Having more people meet trans people is a good thing. Just as, as you say, having more people meet gay people was a good thing.
The key difference, the reason I hate it when trans people compare themselves to gay people or black people, is that gay people and black people weren't asking for anything,. You didn't have to change the words you used, you didn't have to lie about biology, you just had to interact with that person on a human level.
It's all the stuff behind that, which you're absolutely not allowed to talk about, that's the issue. Refusing to put pronouns in your bio will get you in real hassle in some companies. It's stuff like that that's ridiculous. Gay people never required companywide behavioural changes.
Right now impressions of "trans" people are being made by those people with all the demands and the instantaneous accusations of "transphobia" who make such nuisances of themselves.
Well, before people like me who came to work candid about being gay but without the facial hair statements, sadomasochism gear, and cock rings, impressions of gay people were set by bondage buddies with faces like armpits who put on that horrid voice when others walked by.
So, yes, meeting some "trans" coworkers who didn't spend half their time in HR whining about being "misgendered" might do some good.
Because I doubt many companies are doing cartwheels about having employees like the girl in the video.
Any company that insisted I have a pronoun pair in my bio could have my resignation, But I haven't worked onsite since mid 2010 and never will again.
"Mixed feelings about this. On the one hand there is no doubt in my mind that the workplace was the frontline of gay political advancement"
Yeah, the problem isn't trans inclusion. Having more people meet trans people is a good thing. Just as, as you say, having more people meet gay people was a good thing.
The key difference, the reason I hate it when trans people compare themselves to gay people or black people, is that gay people and black people weren't asking for anything,. You didn't have to change the words you used, you didn't have to lie about biology, you just had to interact with that person on a human level.
It's all the stuff behind that, which you're absolutely not allowed to talk about, that's the issue. Refusing to put pronouns in your bio will get you in real hassle in some companies. It's stuff like that that's ridiculous. Gay people never required companywide behavioural changes.
Right now impressions of "trans" people are being made by those people with all the demands and the instantaneous accusations of "transphobia" who make such nuisances of themselves.
Well, before people like me who came to work candid about being gay but without the facial hair statements, sadomasochism gear, and cock rings, impressions of gay people were set by bondage buddies with faces like armpits who put on that horrid voice when others walked by.
So, yes, meeting some "trans" coworkers who didn't spend half their time in HR whining about being "misgendered" might do some good.
Because I doubt many companies are doing cartwheels about having employees like the girl in the video.
Any company that insisted I have a pronoun pair in my bio could have my resignation, But I haven't worked onsite since mid 2010 and never will again.
My Twitter pronouns are hey/you :)