i think in general the idea of the pipeline is bad. it carries the implication that the journey presented in the meme is the universal journey for trans people, and that’s not good regardless of whether it’s about coming out as “binary” trans or not.
I always read it as the author’s personal transition timeline but thinking about it now the ones I usually see are a good mix of completely different journeys.
So subvert this or nah?
He/Him -> She/Her -> She/They -> They/Them -> Xe/Xem
And the pipeline is to enby and truscum seethe
i think in general the idea of the pipeline is bad. it carries the implication that the journey presented in the meme is the universal journey for trans people, and that’s not good regardless of whether it’s about coming out as “binary” trans or not.
I think you’re right, it invalidates identity no matter who it’s referencing. Scrap that meme 😅
I always read it as the author’s personal transition timeline but thinking about it now the ones I usually see are a good mix of completely different journeys.