I’m the anon who sent the “cis = transphobe??” ask. I’ve stumbled upon ppl who say being cis inherently makes you transphobic bc you instantly benefit from transphobia. They’ve gone on to say it don’t matter how much of an ally you think you are bc no matter what your still transphobic from benefitting from it. It’s confusing and upsetting tbh.

lgbt-moodask:

They’re wrong. Cisgender people do have this “privilege” that us Transgender and Non-binary folk don’t have, where they’re not being mocked and bullied and purposely misgendered because of their gender identity. But that doesn’t make every Cisgender person Transphobic. Privilege doesn’t equal Transphobia because Transphobia is discrimination of Transgender and Non-binary individuals, and privilege in this case is an advantage of sorts that Transgender and Non-binary people don’t have; the luxury (Yes, it is almost a luxury for us to wish to have) of not being constantly bullied because of our gender.

I think the point that these people were trying to make was that no matter how loyal of a Transgender ally you are, you’ll always have that privilege. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be a good ally! Recognizing that you have that said privilege is a good start, next what you can do is spread awareness about us, and just be there for our support. It could be as small as reblogging a few Transgender/NB educational and positive posts. Or it could be politely correcting somebody who used the wrong pronouns for somebody else.

~Mod Ginger