Paris should be leading the battle for specific trans healthcare. Paris should be owning her trans battle. I can’t relate to what she’s been through for fucks sake, I have no idea. But it doesn’t mean I am without empathy. I just wish the TRAs would stop trying to appropriate and fit into womanhood. If trans people took ownership of their trans status I have no doubt that women would share their struggle and fight with them and for them. We’re good at that shit.
Trans women need to recognise what being a woman means. Threats of violence? Battling for health care? Being beaten? Sexual violence? Harassment? Yep, that’s being a woman. Get used to being a second class citizen. Learn to deal with it oh-so-politely.
The one good thing about it is it bonds women. Women are fucking amazing. We’re strong, clever, considerate. We know what matters. We push human beings out of our vaginas. It’s no wonder men are so scared of us they feel they need to oppress us, show us who is boss with their fists.
I’d have a modicum if respect for Paris if she retracted and apologised for the shit she wrote for Vice.