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Explain Like I'm Five

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Are good. And accepting the weird or different was the way to go.

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[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 days ago

A literal five-year old?

Well, you might be right. Some people hate others just because they're different.

Also, there are some bad people who want to make others hate trans people. Those bad people will make up lies that make trans people look bad. They'll tell stories that are lies, and make videos talking about those lies. And many people believe the lies, and start to hate trans people.

Trans people are an easy target because there are not many trans people. Well, there are many! But not as many as there are black people, for example. In fact, black people experienced similar hate and lies targetted towards them in the past. They still do today. Before, it was much worse. Thankfully, Black people grouped together to fight for their rights. They also had many allies help them in those fights. Trans people are doing the same now. That's why we need to ignore the lies, and be allies to Trans people.

Now, why did the bad people who spread the lies choose to lie about Trans people, and not some other group? It might be for three big reasons.

  1. Trans people cannot stop being Trans, and there will always be Trans people. This means the bad people will always be able to spread their lies.
  2. Trans people have a lot of things in their lives (like medical procedures) that are different and surprising to people who aren't trans. Things that are different and surprising can be scary to anybody sometimes.
  3. Trans people have started fighting for their rights, and some bad people don't want to give rights to people who are different from themselves.

I know that's a lot to take in. What are your thoughts about it?