Gay London Life | Sept '24 Edition - Magazine - Page 24
LGB
Divorcing
TQ+?
The RIFT in our RAINBOW community
Here we are, the glitter is settling as Pride 2024 is coming to a
close. A picture goes VIRAL of a Progress Pride flag with the
Trans part sliced off. What is going on? Before we dive into
the messy divorce of LGB and TQ+, let me properly introduce
myself. Hello! My name’s Alexis Blake and I am a transgender
woman who shares her life, stories and opinions on social media
and now and again in here!
First of all, where is this coming from? Over the last 5 years I have started to
see some of the LGB starting to distance themselves from the TQ+ due to the
negative press and bad reputation the Trans and Non binary community is
getting. So why the bad press? To sum up in a nutshell the Trans and Non binary
community are first of all being used as political warfare to get politicians votes.
Stigmatising Trans women is a device many politicians are using as they can use
the prejudice some people in society have to get supporters, it’s that simple. Mix
that with the outspoken and radical trans/ non binary ‘activists’ we are all seeing
online and combined that equals a bad reputation the TQ+. Please note I use the
word ‘activists’ there loosely.
So where do Lesbians, gays and bisexual people fit in to this? In all honesty I
am pretty sure they are getting tired of being dragged into this negative narrative.
After out LGBTQ+ ancestors fought so hard for equality and to be treat fairly by
society they are just over the drama. I think some feel like they need to disconnect
from trans and non-binary people to not get the same bad reputation.
It breaks my heart to see the community that once was so strong and
together… crumbling. Not that I blame LGB however. I just want to take this time
to remind those individuals of something. Not all trans people are like the ones
we see screaming on Tiktok, many of us just want a ‘normal’ life and to fit in with
society. Yet, social media, politicians and anti-trans people would have you
believe otherwise. Looking back at Stonewall and the earliest pride marches I
see the fight those trans women had in them, because they had too. They had
to loudly protest and fight back against police brutality to survive and demand
the trans rights we have today. I think today’s society is so different to that, and
screaming and shouting isn’t the way to find acceptance- it in fact does the
exact opposite of that.
Politicians may be coming for trans people right now but, they will soon run
out of negative things to say about us and where will they turn next? Of course,
the rest of our rainbow community. They chose trans women first as its and
easy group to target (plus the crazy ones online don’t help). So where do we go
now you might ask? In all honesty I do not know, and I am getting increasingly
worried. They are coming after trans rights bit by bit and the future is unknown.
What I do know is, most trans people are like you and I, with hearts and feelings.
Not just a screaming monster on your screen.
Until we chat again… Alexis Blake XOX
Find me on socials: Alexis Blake on Tiktok & Alexis_Blake00 on Insta
and YouTube