any fellow trans struggling within society?

[sage ferry]

aside from the fact that a lot of us is having internal problems, like mental issues, high rate of (you-know), drug-abusing, poor health, tougher time comes employment…

even other pride group feels free to rebuke or discriminate us. i’m happy to see homosexuals or bisexuals are widely accepted by major societies, but as for us?

people might never say it out publicly, but their thoughts have already written in their heart — we are just… not welcome. religiously, sexually, and sometimes just unworthy.

i do have some close ties, and they love me deeply, i’m lucky to have them but that’s it. i’ve seen worse: many of us is having more serious problems and got disliked by almost all people in their life, hence their situation could only get worse and worse.

[knotty jungle]

yea, i can see it in my school. a lot of kids are being hateful just for no reason. i know a few trans people and theyre all closeted.

while LGBTQ+ people still get hated on generally where i live, the hate is much worse on trans people. prolly cus of social media; im seeing a lot more specifically trans-targeted hate than LGBTQ in general. its like theyve sorta moved on from "the gay agenda" to "the trans agenda" (but still homophobia is common, just transphobia slightly moreso)

[low scaffold]

At least I think this discrimination may pass with time. They used to tout the narrative about “the gay agenda” and other homophobic things a couple decades ago, but now the world has (mostly) moved on from that and being homosexual has been accepted a lot more now, especially with new laws being passed giving more rights for homosexuals.

Of course, homophobia is still common, but definitely not as common as, say, the 1990s.

I predict the same will happen for transphobia- in a few decades, more laws will be passed, and trans people will be more accepted.

I am fortunate to live in a very tolerant and loving community. However, even when living in a community like this, there’s still always a polarizing effect about coming out where people go “oh my gosh, wait, are you [insert queer identity]?” And subconsciously treat you a lot differently (immediately asks you a bunch of questions/do some “funny” jokes like “hey, [same-sex person] says they like you” because their nervous/embarrassed self is overreacting- can’t really blame them, they haven’t really had experience with queer people and they are teenagers so their brain hasn’t developed fully yet).

And I’m not even trans- I’m just a bi femboy. I have trans friends who share this experience too.
Honestly, people for the most part won’t care if you’re trans in my area, but yeesh, the few that do…yikes. I can’t imagine how bad it is for you guys.

The worst I know about personally is that my best friend’s mom is transphobic and doesn’t believe that trans people are real, let alone genderfluid people, so she won’t get a binder for my best friend (genderfluid) who suffers from severe dysphoria about their chest especially.

[sage ferry]

thank you both for replying.

the way i see it, the law has already permitted trans-rights, even more widely accepted than same-sex-marriage worldwide.

so it’s not about laws or policies but people’s attitude of trans people. one of the reason i’m posting is someone told me how deeply they hate trans-woman and he even wants to cute the T off so it becomes a “normal” group. and he’s not the only one thinking that way.