Hey everyone!

I have social anxiety and someone said something real dumb on a trans subreddit and I just closed off and stop being present in the entire reddit trans community.

I kinda want to see if I am allowed free speech in this community so I want to test the waters a little bit by saying something honest:

Dont know if I am allowed to have an opinion, but if I was allowed to host an unpopular opinion without constant criticism, I secretly am not comfortable being around almost all trans people I meet because an overwhelming majority smoke weed, are alcoholics, shoot up drugs, have STDs, and are engaged in prostitution & sex work of some kind.

There are a couple good role models who don’t those things and are not super rich, but honestly, other trans & nonbinary people my age are not good influences to be around.

A majority of trans people know suffering,I get it, I’ve been homeless and even assaulted, but the mood in the community always turns so pessimistic.

I wanna be around people with high energy, healthy lifestyle. Stuff has been very very hard for me, but I don’t like spending my days complaining about the oppressor because so much time and energy is already given to them.

Also, if I may as well, my ancestors got killed by colonizers and were enslaved too, but blaming the broad scapegoat of imperialist capitalism as the bane of our current existence does help me put food on the table or make me richer.

History is important to recognize, but dwelling in negativity just disgusts me.

I imagine a world where trans people, while yes, dysphoria is a thing, we live the fullest most confident part of their lives. I wanna make the most of the limited time I have in my life, and dwelling about an oppressor does not make life any better for me.

I know evil exists, but if we keep spreading negativity we’ll become lobsters in a tank, where we unconsciously pull ourselves down.

I want my role models to be Queens and Empresses, people to look up to, not crackheads and prostitutes.

(I hope this doesn’t get deleted, I’ll see if I am accepted here at all, and if this resonates with some people)