You will not be treated any differently if you mask. Black people cannot mask. I'm not saying that that is an ideal situation, but stop pretending that your struggle is the same.

[–] millie@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you able to book a hotel in another state and be sure you'll be able to stay there when you get there? Do you have legal recourse if they decide to deny you? Are you able to pee in public bathrooms without being arrested? When's the last time there was a ballot question explicitly asking if maybe it would be good to take away all your rights? Not some shady bill that effectively harms your rights, but one that comes straight out and says it's targeting black people?

We definitely go through different things, that's for sure. But you're acting like the job's done for us. It isn't. Gay folks have made significant headway, but trans people? We're literally the favorite political scapegoat of the era. If we happen to live in one of the few areas that deems fit to grant us basic rights, awesome. But many don't, and even in those places where we do have rights that doesn't mean we're actually welcomed. Massachusetts is great, but there are towns where I certainly wouldn't be safe.

There are definitely different elements to the struggle of black people and the struggle of trans people, but we live on the same street.

But hey, divide and conquer right? Might as well play into their hands like a crab in a bucket.