DEAR TRANS PEOPLE: I find I still after all this time, and all that has happened both in my life and in the discourse, find myself occasionally getting cornered into a lengthy mansplaination of my life/body/landscape. I finally realise what has happened, when this body reminds me via exhaustion, I just collapse and feel emotionally depleted. Wherein someone who believes themselves to be well-intentioned, keeps asking questions prefaced by is it ok that im asking, followed by Im just curious. This usually happens bc the inquistor has an answer they need confirmed, and when you cant confirm it, they keep asking, and asking and asking....I feel renewedly cursed, like by an echo in slow motion. In my case, this is often combined with the fact that people are often unconscious of the political implications of passing. The relentless inquiry, to me is the image of being eaten alive by ants. Please respond in the thread below, in order that more people can benefit from your emotional intelligence: How do you stop it before it starts? Or, once youre stuck in it: How do you deal with it? DEAR FRIENDS AND ALLIES OF TRANS PEOPLE: please like and listen.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 23:13:50 +0000
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