I was honestly kind of on this path. Not to this point, but the self-hatred was definitely being directed outward in some not-so-subtle ways. Both convincing myself that trans people were degenerate so that I wouldn’t want to be trans, and also as a “cover” in a way, because I was terrified my friends would figure out I’m trans.
I remember seeing a post fairly recently from someone broadly apologizing to a trans sub, because they’d been trolling and harassing it for a while previously. Same story, they were trans, and took out the fear and self-hate on other trans people to try and displace their feelings.
I was honestly kind of on this path. Not to this point, but the self-hatred was definitely being directed outward in some not-so-subtle ways. Both convincing myself that trans people were degenerate so that I wouldn’t want to be trans, and also as a “cover” in a way, because I was terrified my friends would figure out I’m trans.
I remember seeing a post fairly recently from someone broadly apologizing to a trans sub, because they’d been trolling and harassing it for a while previously. Same story, they were trans, and took out the fear and self-hate on other trans people to try and displace their feelings.
Dang that’s really sad. When you see people do that do you forgive them and let them in or are they kept a safe distance afterward?
https://allwritealright.com/writing-redemption-arcs-what-you-need-to-know/
https://www.arja.ca/
Depends on the tools a given community has to cope.