Is it harder to write DEI-focused stories at the moment?

[PennyThompson]

You cannot empower any group by elevating them above another.

As they say, "When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."

It sounds like your only experience with trans people is what political pundits and tweeters tell you, not conversations or contact with actual individuals.

I hope some day you'll get to know an actual trans person as a human being, instead of as a scary abstract concept

 

[TheRedChamber]

For what its worth, I did once write a story where two teachers snuck out of a DEI seminar to go screw.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

As they say, "When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."

It sounds like your only experience with trans people is what political pundits and tweeters tell you, not conversations or contact with actual individuals.

I hope some day you'll get to know an actual trans person as a human being, instead of as a scary abstract concept

I just think that if both sides weren't afraid of shutting up the extremes instead of letting them dominate the field, it would be so much easier for the moderates to find common ground and set some standards acceptable for most. As it is now, the extreme left and extreme right are bullying everyone inside their own ranks into a perpetual state of war. It's always us vs them mentality.

Ironically, I believe regular people - hetero, gay, trans, etc., would rather not be in the trenches all the fucking time. My own limited experience with ordinary diverse people is that they just want to live their lives and not be in the spotlight. My experience with activists from both sides is terrible.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Well, I would point to the ways that politicians in the US and UK are currently trying their hardest to make it impossible for trans people to even exist in society. Arrested if you try to use a public bathroom that matches your gender identity, assaulted if you use a bathroom that matches your chromosomes.

Eleven years ago it was illegal for gay people to marry their partners in most of the US. Would you say that at that time, writing a story about two men falling in love and getting married would be a politically neutral act?

How exactly are they making it impossible for Trans people to even exist? Can you cite any specific examples?

Colorado just passed a law making "deadnaming" people a crime. That's definitely an attempt to control the speech of others.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Ironically, I believe regular people - hetero, gay, trans, etc., would rather not be in the trenches all the fucking time. My own limited experience with ordinary diverse people is that they just want to live their lives and not be in the spotlight. My experience with activists from both sides is terrible.

I reckon you're right. Many people want to wear badges, wear coloured scarves, but equally many just want to be accepted for who they are without having to fight for their rights.

The world might be better than it was fifty years ago for human rights, but sadly, it's still far from ideal.