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I'm a trans latina who fled the US.
One of our other friends from the US wanted to do something for the 4th, and literally none of the other people from the US she asked were game (including my partner and I lol).
For me, it's a celebration of capitalism and nowadays fascism. It's celebrating a country that doesn't want me to be alive. It celebrates a country that forces me to still pay taxes but won't let me renew my passport. It may have had a genuine start, but it's been perverted like a teddy bear in a Trump beauty pageant changing room..
Hey Firewitch, I really understand why you're feeling this way. Trans+ people are the new scapegoat, and it's seen as somehow moral and justified to "have concerns" about your very existence. The kind of people who hate difference (gay, black, disabled etc) have a group they can pretend they're attacking cos they care, when really it's cos they HATE. Plus you're Latina which is another level of shit. !WomensStuff@piefed.blahaj.zone is fully and totally behind the trans+ community and although we don't allow politics cos it's a safe space you can always get support for your feelings. We got you ❤️