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ecib · 4641 days ago · link · · parent · post: Things I’m Expected To Do for Cis People in Return for Their Not Hating Me: An Angry List
I used to work at a rather massive 2,000 person capacity nightclub years ago. It eventually closed and the two owners eventually opened another club and asked me to work there as well. The second one was a gay club, and being one of only two straight guys working there it was really interesting. As a barback, I was often in the basement where we kept the liquor and the dressing rooms for trans performers that ran the whole gamut of the trans spectrum. I was always struck by how different the trans individuals were in their language from the gay dudes. Waaaay more pc and respectful. More thoughtful in general it seemed to me. The bartenders would toss around the word 'faggot' with each other much like some black people use drop n-bombs left and right. The trans performers though didn't really do that, and after reading your post I wonder if it's because they may take labels a lot more seriously? I dunno.