I am an acrobat and a dancer who just happens to be trans. I've been fortunate enough to be in spaces where that last bit is mostly irrelevant.
However, the degree to which the world generally has its head up its ass about this kind of thing does make me want to drop in a word or two about it sometimes.
There's an article from the Associated Press a couple of days ago that I think may be worth reading, because I think it shows just how absurd all of this has gotten.
The representatives of the state -- like West Virginia's attorney general -- come off, to me, as pedantic, obsessed antis on TikTok, blowing up problems and shoving them into the zeitgeist.
This sort of stuff hurts. It won't stop me, or anyone with dedication, from achieving more, from finding the joy in movement and the rush of achievement.
But I think it does show the sort of perverse degradation in the minds of people who think using the power of the state like this is okay. They're sick, creepy motherfuckers, and if you can "see their point", maybe you are too.