i feel bad for not understanding cis/detrans pride, so what do you think of it? (thelemmy.club)

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so obviously, there's a lot of headcanons where people will say certain characters are trans or non-binary, and a lot of people will say "trans pride" or "trans rights".

well, what about the cis people and the cis detransitioners who say "cis/detrans rights" "cis/detrans pride"? i've been lately seeing more things where people will headcanon their favorite characters as cis detransitioners.

im fine with detransitioners and cis people, i don't really mind. but i guess i'm confused for some reason as a trans man... also, i don't really understand the cis pride/rights thing because they're not a minority, but detrans i can sorta understand because they're cis but they have experiences that aren't unique to all cis people but also not all trans people (since they detransition)

i guess, maybe deep down, i wish i could be cis... i wish detransition worked for me...

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[-] tae_glas@slrpnk.net 23 points 4 days ago

cis rights aren't under attack, trans rights are, so it feels pretty irrelevant to everything. what rights specifically are they asking for that they feel they don't have? 🤨

detransitioning also isn't under attack, people always have the right to detransition, and transphobia actively encourages this of all trans people, even those who have no desire to detransition. idk the percentages globally, but it's not unheard of for trans people to detransition solely due to lack of support/healthcare & fear for their safety.

any discrimination people face during/after detransition over their appearance/voice/etc is a result of transphobia. similarly, cis people (particularly POC cis people) who don't fit the cis standard being questioned about whether they're in the right bathroom, whether they should be allowed to compete in XYZ sports, etc also comes from transphobia.

idk, it feels to me like the "but what about men's day?" that gets trotted out endlessly every international working women's day. if they actually cared about men's day, rather than just loudly being a distraction, they'd have looked it up or would celebrate it every november, y'know?

[-] may_be@thelemmy.club 2 points 4 days ago

i agree. i do especially know of some people who are desisters, which is like detransitioning but never having taken hormones or surgeries. so basically reverting back to your original pronouns and clothing style, maybe a haircut.

but i hear a lot of people, despite them being cis or looking like their "birth gender", say stuff about "cis rights" or "detransition rights"

[-] tae_glas@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago

if cis people / detransitioners want to campaign for specific rights that they feel they don't have, they're allowed to do that.

if they only bring this up when speaking over trans people talking about or campaigning for their rights, they're trolls.

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