• Powderhorn@beehaw.org
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      By this logic, anyone who isn’t Black shouldn’t talk for all of Black History Month. It’s an absurd expectation.

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        That’s a false equivalent, Black History Month is a full month, TDoV is one day.

        No one is suggesting a total ban on speech. We’re pointing out the difference between participating in a conversation and directing it. The goal of a day like TDoV is for trans people to be the subject of the conversation, rather than the audience for someone else’s memories.

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          You’re still saying your supporters have no right to a voice unless they’re exactly like you. That is a very slippery slope, since, ostensibly, the point of a day of awareness is to promote conversation. That’s exactly the sort of argument people make to oppose trans rights in the first place.