Originally Posted by
Elin
Yeah, it's pretty terrible. It's a big part of the reason that I want to escape from the west for at least a few years. In Japan, there is seriously almost no transphobia. Granted I sometimes face racism, but it usually just takes the form of dumb stereotypes and ignorance, and most people are pretty okay with you once they realise that you speak Japanese and aren't compliant with their stereotypes about foreigners, so it's not too difficult to ignore.
In the west, by comparison, I'm genuinely afraid to go outside a lot of the time, have very limited job prospects, and am regularly treated badly by people I have done absolutely nothing to wrong. And I live in, according to recent surveys, the most LGBT-tolerant country in Europe, and have had all sorts of good fortune come my way, so the situation for others is even more grim. I guess you could view it as running away, but it just takes too much out of you to live like that.
Anyway, this is the hangout, so I'll avoid any more srs bsns. :'D Sorry.
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