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You remind me of my mother-in-law. She came out as lesbian about a decade ago and I can't even imagine the struggles she's been through in her life. She married a man and raised two amazing daughters while grappling with her own sexual orientation, identity, and society's expectations of her.
Today, she complains about trans activists and Pride participants "drawing too much attention and making the rest of us look bad when I just want to feel normal." She's concerned about the backlash, just like you. But the thing is, her second marriage wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for loud, visible, robust activism.
At one point in time, the policy demands of outspoken gay activists were probably viewed by more conservative members of the gay community as "overreaching." But their efforts uplifted the gay community and, by extension, the entire human race.
The fight for trans and genderqueer rights is the fight for human rights. This is my position.
Now, if there are specific policy demands that you'd like to point out as truly unreasonable and harmful to the LGBT+ community, or if you feel like I've made a fallacious argument, I invite you to let me know and tell me why. Until then, I take issue with the assertion that our trans brothers and sisters are making things worse for the rest of us, when they just want to be safe and comfortable to be open about their identity.
They can't back up their position, which is why they said they wouldn't get sucked into a debate.