“old friends” is an underrated relationship dynamic because it’s such an innocent boring sounding term for what is usually some of the wildest shit imaginable. it’s always like ‘oh yeah we go way back, we have history’ and then you find out that history includes sex, drugs, murder, divorce, war crimes and The Incident
Into reports of the sudden and wonderful blossoming of the #CisWithTheT twitter hashtag in Britain.
Some say it was a toxic BBC article spreading TERF lies that created the uproar, while others point to the Dave Chappelle tragedy.
Regardless, suddenly a lot of cis people had had enough of the transphobia and came out in strong support of trans people.
Here are a few of the tweets:
@SMichaelsonn: Cis lesbian here; I am not threatened by trans women using female spaces (where they belong) or using the term ‘lesbian’. What I /am/ threatened by is people constantly weaponising me against my trans sisters and policing gender non-conformity.
@SpillerOfTea#CisWithTheT currently trending at Number 4 in the United Kingdom.
Because, as nearly every poll shows (except the ones conducted amongst 80 hand-picked transphobes), the majority of cis women support trans inclusivity, but are silenced by a minority of hateful bigots.
@KateHeywood8 I’m a CIS woman and am furious on an almost daily basis by the increasingly absurd actions of the toilet obsessives. Trans women are most definitely welcome to use the same spaces as me. Love to our trans sisters #CisWithTheT
@hotmessica__ I’m a cishet woman and I’m genuinely terrified of the GCs [gender critical feminists] who try to reduce my womanhood to just my genitals and organs. I’ve been questioned in a toilet once because I’m tall, broad shouldered and dress tomboyish. GC ideology is a threat to all people #CisWithTheT
@rhipratchett: Hate can not be allowed to win. Be better humans. Choose kindness, understanding and inclusion. I stand with the trans community today and always. #CisWithTheT
@AffleckEmma: I am a cis lesbian and I am so sick of seeing people who normally don’t give a damn about lesbian rights (and who are outright homophobes) tweeting #IStandWithLesbians because they want to claim all trans people are predators. Your bigotry is not progressive. #CisWithTheT
@23rdspiral: I’m a 40yr old cis woman. Until last year I had an amazing elderly relative who transitioned when I was a teen. It never occurred to me she was anything other than herself. I miss her.
Trans women are women.
GCs don’t speak for me their ‘feminism’ is not feminism. #CisWithTheT
It seems good cis people have had enough of the constant barrage of transphobic falsehoods produced by trans-exclusionary radical feminists and right wing extremists. Good people see and feel the suffering this propaganda is causing among trans people. Many of them also understand that this is a repeat of the homophobic rhetoric of yesterday.
Keep up the good work, cis allies. This is helping!
If you’re a UK resident please sign the letter and complain to the BBC! We cannot continue to let the TERF stronghold on British media continue.
