• alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.org
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    11 days ago

    What I did state was that they should be endorsed based on their merit and not a headline pushing them because of their transition.

    this is just chickenshit “I don’t see color!” rhetoric but applied to trans people—if you come back with this an additional time i will ban you.

    as an aside: irrespective of whatever nonsense idea of “merit” you have, it’s actually incredibly significant to be a visible, high-profile trans person of any kind, and most trans people embrace the role of being publicly trans. you can also be the most clearly “qualified” trans person ever and it just won’t matter, because existing as a trans person opens you to vitriol, hate, cries that you’re a degenerate diversity hire and grooming children, unprosecuted calls for your violent murder, and and increasingly state-sponsored misgendering and denial of your gender identity.