transjeanluc:

this whole thing with danica roem is bothering me not so much because i expected conservatives in virginia to not be transphobic, but because this is a clear example of conservatives using liberal rhetoric as a tool to explain away something so clearly discriminatory, and liberals fucking bought it.

do you really think that the same conservative virginia lawmakers who called danica roem a man on the campaign trail suddenly read up on nonbinary genders and decided to abolish the gendering of lawmakers to make their legislature more inclusive? do you really think that this was done for any reason other than to avoid gendering danica roem as a woman? they’re continuing to delegitimize her and discriminate against her under the guise of “gender equality” and the fact that some liberals are celebrating this as a victory is mind boggling. you’re not a trans ally if you can’t think outside your bubble and consider the very obvious context that makes this a problem.