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So the problem you're characterizing here is that many people think that they do not know any trans folks. It's the same excuse that allowed passive racism to flourish under segregation, "Not knowing any better." The problem is that people do know trans people, they just don't know they know them, nor realize that they'd probably look a hell of a lot more unusual if they were dressed as their birth gender. Why don't people know that they're trans? Because they're hiding in the shadows of society, because they're afraid of getting the shit beat out of them by bigots who hate anyone different than themselves.
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There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your
expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track.
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