“As a trans man, I have the immense privilege of blending in. But these laws force me to choose between safety and obeying the law.”
“As a trans man, I have the immense privilege of blending in. But these laws force me to choose between safety and obeying the law.”
I believe the adage is ‘you can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into.’
also,
Upton Sinclair
Nobody’s salary depends on randomly oppressing trans people, though, except to the extent that it’s a distraction tactic from grift elsewhere.
counterpoint: the kansas police
Their salary depends on oppressing people, but there’s no particular reason it has to be trans people. The choice of victim is entirely arbitrary and therefore that choice can’t be motivated by money.