Waving a trans flag at Capital Pride | Photo: Flickr/Ted Eytan
Transgender people are taking to Twitter with the hashtag #TransgenderPrivilege to reveal what reality is like for them. And they are not holding back.
Journalist Chadwick Moore prompted the hashtag.
Moore recently told Fox News that Christine Hallquist’s historic win this week was due to her ‘transgender privilege’.
‘She can get away with many, many things simply by being transgender,’ he said. ‘I mean, who knows if that’s even how she won this primary. But while the entire country is fixated on the fact that she’s transgender, nobody knows anything about her policies.’
Hallquist is the first transgender person to win a nomination in a gubernatorial race for a major party in the United States.
And if you want to know something about her policies, just take a look at her campaign website, which has a whole page dedicated to issues.
As the Victory Fund also details, Hallquist brings plenty of skills to the campaign, including 12 years as CEO of Vermont Electric Coop.
‘Championing the needs of marginalized Vermonters, she has place rural economic development at the heart of her vision for Vermont,’ they write. ‘Christine understands the importance of ensuring all children have access to a quality public school system. She has opposed the current round of budget and staffing cuts, aimed at closing many Vermont schools.’
So what is #TransgenderPrivilege?
In light of Moore’s comment, people began tweeting with the hashtag #TransgenderPrivilege.
All of the tweets prove to Moore what this really means, and what life is like for them.
#TransgenderPrivilege is never being fully content with your body/gender, being constantly misgendered and deadnamed, can’t even use the damn bathroom, and half your family are alt right, queerphobic asshats
— Zion 🏳️🌈 (@zion_xyz_) August 16, 2018
#TransgenderPrivilege is being terrified of dating guys because you’re not sure which ones might stab you instead of admitting they like trans women
— Jaye McBride (@jayemcbride) August 16, 2018
#transgenderprivilege
Is having a target painted on your back by right wing conservative and religious groups. That our attempts to have basic human rights is somehow an insidious global conspiracy to undermine the very fabric of society and possible the space-time continuum!— 🦋Madam🦋Butterfly🦋 (@MadamBFly78) August 16, 2018
Going to a funeral only to see her deadnamed, misgendered and made up to look like a man in the casket.#TransgenderPrivilege
— 🦞🏳️🌈 Mari Jacqueline🏳️🌈 🦞 (@maritronic9k) August 16, 2018
#transgenderprivilege is getting no legislative representation for centuries and then when one trans person is nominated being told that’s too much representation.
— Sean ‘it’s almost Halloween’ Conklin (@gayniffler) August 16, 2018
#TransgenderPrivilege is watching a bunch of cis people discuss if you deserve to have basic human rights and not being allowed to have a say in the conversation.
— Gabby 🌺 (@ItsYaGurlGabby) August 16, 2018
Wondering if this visit to a public restroom will be that one. #transgenderprivilege
— Mx Jen Durbent (@JenDurbent) August 16, 2018
#TransgenderPrivilege is a Black trans woman celebrating if she makes it past age 35 #BlackTransLivesMatter
— Monica Roberts (@TransGriot) August 16, 2018
#TransgenderPrivilege is the fact that there is no feeling in the world as huge or as satisfying as the moment when you remember that you actually transitioned.
— Magdalene Visaggio @ FlameCon (@MagsVisaggs) August 16, 2018
As many people on the social media platform have also noted, the tweets are heartbreaking, raw, and honest. They put into perspective the existences trans people live and it’s important to remember.
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