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Youtube - TW: offensive and transphobic comments

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TW: Offensive and transphobic comments.

Occasionally I go to Youtube for inspiration on my trans themed art work. There are some very inspiring videos from various trans people sharing their experiences with the world, and taking the time to educate by answering trans phobic comments as well.

I don't go to Youtube for this reason very often, because it can be quite soul destroying to read the transphobic or just plain hate filled comments on things. Especially when the time stamp reads 'a few days ago' rather than 'a few years ago' because as time moves on, we really want to see less and less trans phobia out there.

Here is a small compilation of some of the comments I was looking at this morning. When I see comments like the ones compiled above, I think about all the ways I would challenge them. As I lay in bed going over various words I've read, I think about how I can answer them with art and image.

I know it's no surprise that these comments are out there. They are easy to find and in a way I feel like it's odd to even bring some to light and not others because there are so many. These are just the ones I happened to see today, there is nothing special about them.

However, just because these kind of comments are easy to find and plentiful, it doesn't mean that they are any less disturbing to the mind. Transphobic comments have the power to push struggling people over the edge. For every single one of these, someone is hurt and made to feel a little more like there will never be any hope for them.

A montage of positive comments may follow in time, because luckily there are amazing people out there as well who are answering comments with intelligent elegance and sheer awesomeness. To the people who bother to try and educate others, I say thank you, because it doesn't go unnoticed. Some of us don't have the words to explain ourselves, and when you put yours out there it helps everyone else to know what to say with your words to build from.
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SwaggieVortex733VA's avatar
These users have a complete disregard..

They even hated Caitlyn Jenner just because she's a trans woman 
They even made fun of poor Sara Tonin (trans woman who is also a rapper) because of a video of her getting pissed off
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