Misgendering Feels Like Cutting Concrete

When we tell you it hurts us when we are misgendered, this is what that hurt looks like Having a mental breakdown in your car because you feel invisible Or like you have to pass to be valid Or that you’re not trans enough It doesn’t matter if you personally use the correct pronouns... Nice and slow wins the race If you know someone prefers you correct others but you stay silent instead

A crying person in a car explains how misgendering and trans invalidation feel, while the video cuts to a power tool slowly grinding through a large piece of concrete. The exaggerated sawing footage turns emotional pain into absurd physical “hurt,” making the clip a reaction to people who stay silent instead of correcting others. The grinding tool and its slow progress provide the punchline, especially alongside the phrase “Nice and slow wins the race.”

understand what is so hard about correcting other people when they

• @eternalclassic / 35438 2023-07-10