Steve QJ
2 min readJul 5, 2022

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You know this isn't how facts work, right? If I say that some Republicans support Trump, and you point out that Liz Cheney doesn't, that doesn't refute my claim. Nor change public perception of Republicans. I've said over and over again that I don't think this vocal minority represents trans people (though its seems to represent you quite nicely). But that's because I know trans people in real life and have spoken to many more and invested a great deal of time in reading about their experiences first-hand. Most people have done none of these things. So the internet is how they form their opinions.

As for Twitter, I'm not relying on Twitter for facts. Most of my Twitter links are for videos of the documentary. But if you think Twitter doesn't matter, or you think I'm juts scaremongering, consider the fact that just yesterday, Bette Midler tweeted to her 2.1 million followers warning about the erasure of the word woman. Macy Gary was on national television the day before saying that "changing your parts doesn't make you a woman."

I must say, they had me feeling like Nostradamus.

Attack me all you want. I really don't care about you. You seem like a deeply mean and unhappy person. All I'm doing is pointing out what's actually happening, and saying that a more open, less aggressive, more reasonable conversation about trans issues will get you much further than what you're doing. And indeed, that what you're doing can only hurt perceptions of trans people.

You think these two enormously influential celebrities just came to those opinions? Or do you think they were keeping quiet and now decided they had to speak up? You think they'll be the last? You think yelling at them and calling them transphobes will help? You think their influence doesn't matter? Okay, good luck with that. Well done for shooting the messenger.

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Steve QJ
Steve QJ

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