>>40944817
T4T isnt necessarily safer. Sure there is more understanding, but you also double the dysphoria in the relationship as well, which can be pretty awful. Plus people can have starkly different views on transness - eg I view my transition as a struggle for survival whereas a close friend of mine views it as a beautiful transformation and we kind butt heads over it. (Which is where my internalized transphobia ends up rearings its ugly head).
I personally dont like to paint broad strokes when it comes to groups of people. If you start going "all trans women" or "all cis women" you run the risk of making judgments of people without really knowing anything about them. A trans woman who has severe dysphoria might have more in common with a cis woman who has bad body image issues vs a trans woman who doesnt deal heavy in dysphoria. Or perhaps sometimes those commonalities can cause problems.
So
Dont other yourself, yk? You dont need to walk a mile in someone's shoes to support them. :)
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