50/50. I live in a trans sanctuary city with a large LGBT presence. Pride events and businesses are welcoming, and people are generally nice. The cis friends I have left are really accepting. One of my best friends, who is a cis lesbian, stopped interacting with me after I came out. There’s a local TERF activist who lives down the street from me who has a radio show that’s fairly popular in our state. She does everything she can to make us feel unwelcome where we live. One victory: She used to vandalize stickers on road signs and buildings, put razor blades undernearth, and then the trans folks and allies put trans stickers over them – this went on for years. Then I had the idea to put stickers of adorable kittens over her stickers instead, and that put a stop to the sticker war, seemingly for good. It’s been almost two years now since we’ve seen any stickers.
I’m sorry your friend rejected you like that, wtf would THAT be something to end a friendship over? It’s bigoted and awful. The terf activist sounds awful, how horrible it must feel to be so filled with hate. Nice plan with the stickers!
50/50. I live in a trans sanctuary city with a large LGBT presence. Pride events and businesses are welcoming, and people are generally nice. The cis friends I have left are really accepting. One of my best friends, who is a cis lesbian, stopped interacting with me after I came out. There’s a local TERF activist who lives down the street from me who has a radio show that’s fairly popular in our state. She does everything she can to make us feel unwelcome where we live. One victory: She used to vandalize stickers on road signs and buildings, put razor blades undernearth, and then the trans folks and allies put trans stickers over them – this went on for years. Then I had the idea to put stickers of adorable kittens over her stickers instead, and that put a stop to the sticker war, seemingly for good. It’s been almost two years now since we’ve seen any stickers.
I’m sorry your friend rejected you like that, wtf would THAT be something to end a friendship over? It’s bigoted and awful. The terf activist sounds awful, how horrible it must feel to be so filled with hate. Nice plan with the stickers!