and just the that’s murders, let alone people who were pushed to suicide, um so like it sounds really dramatic, but like a war on there’s trans people” Publicity fabricates Adam (234-238) Publicity tries to sugar media likes to “Liberal transgender issues paint as progress for coat the issues that trans rights or for trans transgender liberation, but it’s, it’s individuals have to go not really, just come it’s through in order to up like a, almost like make transgenderism another way of shutting seem like not a big you down when you try deal. and point these things out and like they’re on T.V so what “well it’s do you have to complain or people about” ‘trans have like legal protections now so shhhh’” Shame is Adam (248-249) One conceals their ashamed of who “Being concealment of the you are, being made to true self to conceal the feel that way, being self shame that is bound to made to feel that what sexual identity. one’s you are is wrong, that what you are is something to conceal” Substance abuse Adam (254-258) People within the “Yea there’s a reason and physical why uh drug abuse is sexual minority are higher in the LGBT pleasure to cope more likely to take community than it is in with shame risks and abuse their like the general body as means to population, um and I numb the pain and think a lot of that does feel pleasure, however have to do with shame, it is only temporary. um certainly leads to it’s a lot of, not, even if not actively you’re going out your way to go and hurt yourself at least through a lot of risky behaviours, um such as like risky sex, like unprotected sex” Ashamed of Adam (261-264, Going through the “I feel ashamed about physical 266-268) that because I transition has made don’t know like you know, it’s appearance from the individual feel like just like gonna ‘Who’s transition an abnormality and wanna be with the abomination that no you know, not freak?’ one would want to be just sexually, but also around. like gonna ‘Who’s wanna stick around to stay with the freak?’” Pride used to resist Adam (351-354) Pride is used as way “It’s like a yea like oppression dignity and like of fighting against and like being oppression by
and that’s just the murders, let alone people who were pushed to suicide, um so like it sounds really dramatic, but there’s like a war on trans people” Publicity fabricates transgender issues Adam (234-238) “Liberal media likes to paint as progress for trans rights or for trans liberation, but it’s, it’s not really, it’s just come up like a, almost like another way of shutting you down when you try and point these things out and they’re like “well it’s on T.V so what do you have to complain about” or ‘trans people have like legal protections now so shhhh’” Publicity tries to sugar coat the issues that transgender individuals have to go through in order to make transgenderism seem like not a big deal. Shame is concealment of the self Adam (248-249) “Being ashamed of who you are, being made to feel that way, being made to feel that what you are is wrong, that what you are is something to conceal” One conceals their true self to conceal the shame that is bound to one’s sexual identity. Substance abuse and physical pleasure to cope with shame Adam (254-258) “Yea there’s a reason why uh drug abuse is higher in the LGBT community than it is in like the general population, um and I think a lot of that does have to do with shame, um it’s certainly leads to a lot of, not, even if you’re not actively going out your way to go and hurt yourself at least through a lot of risky behaviours, um such as like risky sex, like unprotected sex” People within the sexual minority are more likely to take risks and abuse their body as means to numb the pain and feel pleasure, however it is only temporary. Ashamed of physical appearance from transition Adam (261-264, 266-268) “I feel ashamed about that because I don’t know like you know, it’s just like ‘Who’s gonna wanna be with the freak?’ you know, not just sexually, but also like ‘Who’s gonna wanna stick around to stay with the freak?’” Going through the transition has made the individual feel like an abnormality and abomination that no one would want to be around. Pride used to resist oppression Adam (351-354) “It’s like a yea like dignity and like and like being Pride is used as way of fighting against oppression by
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