It’s great when someone voices their support for trans people and our fight for equality both legally and socially.

That said, I’ve completely given up on trying to talk to people about “the trans issue”.

The problem is that no one researches anything before taking a position. They parrot whatever their echo chambers tell them to. They take moral positions on topics that they nothing but sound bites of. No one takes five minutes to look at stats or studies, nor do they take additional time to examine the authors of the studies and stats, to understand the motivations behind them.

I get it, most people don’t actually know a trans person IRL, so why take the time to educate oneself on something that does not effect them?

When trans people started gaining public support it was easy: trans people are people who deserve to live their lives. Trans rights are human rights! Easy.

But then came the bathroom bans, and now sports and youth trans care bans. These issues seem difficult, but they are just bad faith arguments used to sway public opinion away from support of us.

No one knows that we are like 1-2% of the population in the US, the amount of trans athletes is minuscule and trans children do not get “genital mutilation surgeries”.

But none of that matters, because people believe everything they read on Facebook or see on TV. It gets tiring having to repeat the same shit over and over again to people that ultimately will not stand by our side—especially when it becomes inconvenient for them.

I am wary of anyone who decides to let me know that they “support trans, but…”