Ethics of defending your personal trans rights
Is it ever ethical to defend your personal trans rights by throwing the broader trans community under the bus? This is not a question I thought I would be asking of myself, especially as I avowedly believe that all trans people should be fighting shoulder to shoulder to stop gender critical rot. Yet, in the coming weeks I possibly face a trolley problem where on one side people like myself who have transitioned and had gender confirmation surgery and on the other are non-medicalised/non-gender re-assignment trans bodies which account for over 90% of trans people out there. This is an ethical dilemma I really wish I was not about to face, especially because if I do deal with it the way it will likely go I will be putting myself forward as a very public face of a significant global trans issue.
Personal ethics are important to me, particularly in how I treat others. My one biggest dislike is for others not to trust me, so my usual approach to life is to have an honest approach to others that I do not cross. What matters to me most is equity between each other, an openness that allows for sharing, compassion, and trust that becomes implicit. Being deceitful is a sign of distrust in my eyes, a symptom of deeper issues that need work to fix or you simply have to walk away. With respect to my trans identity I have always been open about it when it is appropriate, and…
