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This is the second post today I've seen from you about transphobic vegans. Personally, I've met way more queer vegans/vegetarians than transphobic ones, so I kinda question how much of an issue this really is.
For sure there's a subsection of vegans, the more granola "everything must be natural" side, that can tend towards transphobia (ever heard of the woo-to-Q pipeline?) but I don't think it's nearly as common as your posts indicate.
I'm trans and vegan and to me it just seems disproportionate to equate a vegan organization that has issues with misgendering to fascist political figures actively attacking our rights.
Hm, I think there are different subgroups of vegans that lead to this ambiguity. Many queer and other marginalized people tend to emphasize with other emancipatory struggles and have an intersectional awareness. Being vegetarian/vegan comes naturally with this.
On the other hand, many vegans I've seen online or that explicitly identify with veganism itself, are heterosexual cis men that made it their identity to be vegan. Maybe a secondhand marginalization they choose in "behalf of the animals" as a way not to confront themselves with their own position of privilege.
I feel like any vegan organization will be full of the latter sort because it is about identifying strongly with veganism. That's how Peta has made sooo many discriminatory advertisements and why vegan organizations often are shitty to marginalized people. If they had more of an intersectional point of view, this would certainly not happen!
I'm vegan and trans btw :)