Putting trans celebrities on pedestals doesn’t translate into safety for those of us who are visibly gender nonconformingI often walk around the city wearing a beard and a skirt. This is when I’m most myself,but it’s also when I’m most afraid of people’s reactions. As a South Asian nonbinary person – someone who does not identify as a man or a woman I enjoy grown accustomed to people being disgusted by me, to strangers calling out on the street, and “What the hell is that?” Media outlets – like Time magazine on its 2014 cover featuring Laverne Cox –proclaim that were at a “transgender tipping point”,a time of unprecedented visibility for trans people. Yet at moments when I’m facing aggression or contempt from strangers, I recognize that putting trans celebrities on pedestals doesn’t translate into safety for those of us who are visibly gender nonconforming.
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Source: theguardian.com