Yo, yo, yo, yo! I have some important news, this is like, a legitimate PSA.
TRANSGENDERS ARE DESTROYING OUR WORLD.
Ha, more like, TRANS-FORMING our world! Get it? Yeah? No? Alright, well, let me get to the point of this post.
For you all who don't know what being transgender means, it's simply the transition from your born gender to the opposite one! (ex. from male to female, from female to male) A female transitioning to a male is a transgender male and a male transitioning to a female is a transgender female! Pretty interesting, huh? Let me give you a few rules though when encountering a transgender person:
1. Treat transgenders as you would other people, with respect! They aren't any different from you and I.
2. Use the correct nouns and pronouns! If they are MTF, they may want you to use "she, her" and if they are FTM, they may want you to use "he, his." DO NOT, by any means, call a transgender "it, thing"! Most transgenders change their names after their transition. Don't ask them what their born name was. It's rude!
3. Do not ask personal questions unless they give you the okay! Make sure you keep your questions appropriate and respectable.
4. Don't "out" a transgender!
5. Don't make assumptions!
Anyway, here is the exciting news. A transgender model by the name of Carmen Carrera is petitioned to be the first transgender Victoria Secret model. Here is a picture of this lovely, lovely lady:
Isn't she absolutely stunning? No, shhhh. I know she is. I don't need your input.
Now you're probably wondering: why is this exciting? It's exciting because it's revolutionizing the way LGBTQIA persons are looked at in the media! Victoria Secret is taking a big step to end discrimination by letting this transgender woman be herself and they're respecting her dreams to be an VS model. This is definitely going to make it into the history books, and I'm so lucky as part of the LGBT community to be a witness to such extraordinary and historic event!
Hooray! Social justice posts! Everyone deserves representation and respect! I 100% support this! :D
ReplyDeleteThis is such a good and informative post, thanks T! <3
ReplyDeletealso yes she is so gorgeous wtf wowoowowowow
Yaaas. Ms. Carrera is the whole bae.
ReplyDeleteI would just maybe change "transgenders" to "transgender people" and "a transgender" to "a transgender person".
Otherwise, it reads a little weird. Like saying "a black" or "a gay" instead of "a black person" or "a gay person" y'know?
This is great. I'm happy to see that the ignorance toward the LGBT community is dwindling.
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