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So it was Trans Day Of Visibility a couple days ago. A time every year that I forget all about, till it happens, then I remember why I hate it so much.
It's a pointless opportunity for people and groups who have privilege to basically say "Look at my privilege." Conventionally attractive trans women and the people who profit from them put themselves all over the internet as if to say "I'm a trans woman and I'm not ashamed of that" while wearing full makeup, after getting hundreds of thousands of dollars of plastic surgery, and after changing their voice through various means. There's nothing visible about the transness of a wealthy trans porn star who has had every facial surgery possible in an effort to look like the fake, exaggeratedly feminine women that I thought we had agreed was unhealthy for cis women to aim for in the first place. If you want to contribute to Trans Day of Visibility, post a picture of yourself looking like fucking hell. Give me your facial hair, give me your unflattering angles, give me the real you - the you that goes to the corner store at 9am for cream. Not the perfect, curated version of you. They already get to see that - that's the version of us we create every time we go outside to feel safe and self confident. But that's not what that day is about - it's about being VISIBLY TRANS. The struggles of being trans if you are conventionally attractive are just not the same if you are not. It is easier to be accepted by society if they think you are attractive, so what is to be made of the people who are not conventionally attractive? Aren't these the people who need our help and support, not those of us who can afford the things we need? But nah, lets interview a trans porn star who looks like a barbie doll, and not in the flattering way, I can't wait to hear her opinion on being "Visibly Trans". I can't wait to hear about her penthouse apartment with her douchecanoe of a boyfriend. Sweet, conventionality - just what trans people needed and wanted - to be like everybody else. Ew. Let's talk to this other attractive trans woman who can afford to wear full makeup every time she leaves the house, she must know what it's like to be visibly trans, lets talk to her in professional makeup and with professional lighting. Let's talk to this other trans woman who was able to pass since day 1 with very little effort, gosh what does she have to say about it? She must know the struggle of passing in a judgmental world with constantly shifting goal posts. Let's not talk to disabled trans women, to poor trans women, to closeted trans women, to trans women who can't afford surgery of any kind, never mind the extremely privileged realm of FFS and electrolysis. Who cares about the trans women who can't afford voice lessons or electro or surgery, who didn't have a background of privilege to build their identity from or practice safely within, and who didn't get to stop their testosterone puberty. So yeah, "happy" Trans Day of "Visibility" to everyone.
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AuthorChristina Hitchens is a trans female writer living in BC, Canada. She loves computers, animals, and a good argument. Archives
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