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i agree that CJ was the thing that made us comparatively hypervisible, at least as a 'community'. but we were already hypervisible in other ways. or rather honishness was hypervisible, it marks you and makes you stand out. i think CJ marks the moment of a new kind of trans politics, in which that tendency towards extreme visibility and the digital age butted heads. it was already happening low key (im thinking of 'die cis scum' girl for some reason) but CJ was the point that normies saw a clocky doll transition in front of them and it made that become a key part of modern digital life. seeing people transition. i believe prior to the internet the only way you'd see someone transition is if you were rly close to a trans person
so maybe it wasn't CJ but more just CJ was the point this trend became noticeable
i think the flip side of this is that the hypervisibility is still wrapped up in steryotyping. in many places, even if everyone now knows about trannies they still picture early transition weird looking uncanny people. so i think in a roundabout way its still quite easy to blend in - if you pass at all then you are someone most cis people still do not understand or believe exists. which i think is where most of us end up after a while.
