never in my life have i been more cis-splained in the past 2 days of my life. never in my life have i been more exposed to the poison of privilege as it pertains to the power differential between cis and trans in my culture. i will only say the following in response to what seems to be an intense site of contention between myself, my friends, family, and others: if you, as a cis person, are more concerned about how my public displays hate, frustration, and exhaustion with cis privilege/cisness/cisnormativity appear in the eyes of yourself (my oppressor) than with the lived realities of trans lives, the very sociocultural climate which bears the bitter fruit of unfair power dynamic of cis vs trans to begin with, then you are not my ally nor do i think you are able to sufficiently empathize with me as a trans person expecting me, a trans person, to ONLY partake in behavior/activism that has your stamp of approval as a cis person in being not offensive to cis people or fair is bullshit because i simply do not do trans activism FOR YOU. it is for myself and my own trans family. and furthermore, historically and contemporarily if i expect the same from you cis people, you are UNABLE to do the same thing even WHEN i get your stamp of approval or not cis people can never understand what is or is not fair when it comes to cis/trans power relations because they have created a system of unfairness from the get go due to history. this is not any individuals fault but never the less is the doing of cis people at the expense of trans people. why is this? because due to cisnormativity cis people are UNABLE to adequately account for their wrongdoings to trans people on a systemic level, cis people actively have to work against their privilege that whether they like it or not they have, and it is this very privilege that more oftne than not prevents you from understanding where i am coming from in this post and others that makes your own uncomfortability that i cause by illuminating such facts seem more important than you taking it upon yourself to work towards changing not only yourself and your own relation to trans people/trans activism as a cis person trying to be in solidarity with me, but also your own people (cis folks) LEARN from this and open your eyes and critically engage with yourself and ask why that may be ask yourself how are you implicated in the oppressive systems of my culture such as heteronormativity and cisnormativity ask yourself if the behavior i describe here really truly is fair or not read the words, writing, and stories of trans people besides me about their own oppression and about the relationship between cis and trans people in my culture and learn from this this is the last time i will take time out of my day to spend effort and energy on responses to posts i make...if my politics seem too radical for you remove me and be done with it because i assure you sweetheart if im too radical for you then you are most certainly not worth my time trying to engage with
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 18:10:45 +0000
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