Quote Originally Posted by Badtranny View Post
I can also tell you that those who are out and vocal in said community don't have a problem with CD's per se, but they DO have a problem with closeted people in general. Especially those that want the fellowship of the community when they're in the mood, but deny them at every opportunity so as not to out themselves. The animus towards CD's is mostly about their secretive, closeted nature coupled with the fact that most of them are militantly straight. I have many straight friends and I didn't know most of them were straight until I'd known them for awhile. Those that are comfortably straight rarely announce it, unlike the average CD'r.
I think that if people want to remain closeted, they need to put forward a public face of being LGBT ally. That's the least they can do.

But being downright homophobic and/or transphobic while being a closeted CD is unacceptable. I don't even have words to describe how angry that idea makes me. I spent a long time denying to myself that I was a crossdresser, and in that entire time I vocally defended the rights of people to wear what they want, seek surgery if that's what they needed, and so forth. Because at that time, it wasn't about me, it was about what was right!

You can keep your identity a secret, but you can't use your cis privilege to hurt the rest of us.