its very noticeable to me how lesbians are always getting heat for perceived transphobia when, as a group, lesbians are our strongest allies

@thereisnobeth Lesbians don't speak up because we don't want to be ousted from the community. In private, most of my lesbian friends admit don't really think TWAW. We're just being nice.

@doesnotconsent @thereisnobeth well that's probably because they're your friends

@MaliciousOnion @doesnotconsent selection bias

@thereisnobeth @MaliciousOnion I imagine your experience is much different as a male who passes for a girl, so I'll give you that for bias. The vast majority of TW do not pass. In my experience, 1 out of every 100 or so might pass.

@doesnotconsent @MaliciousOnion how could you tell what proportion of trans women you see pass? surely if they pass you wouldn't realise