An interesting look into the mind of a transphobe

So, i was browsing substack recently looking for some blogs about being trans. So far, entirely unsuprising. What was interesting was this blog that was among one of the first search results called “anon trans parent”. Now, before you ask: yes, they are a transphobe, and they suck just as much as the name of their blog might need you to believe. For the most part, all the standard anti trans bullshit rhetoric. What intriuiged me is one post in particular: “Behind Closed Doors: A Trans-Parent’s Battle with a Hidden Crisis”

I’m intentionally not linking it here because fuck them, they dont deserve the SEO gains. (this blog isnt indexed anyways, but screw it, i wanted to make sure they dont get anything from this)

Anyways, why do i think this is interesting? Well, in this post they talk about the relationship with their child. ~~I’m assuming their child is a trans guy because the author keeps referring to them as “her”, and i dont exactly expect transphobes to use the correct pronouns. They could also be nonbinary though, i don’t know. For the sake of not accidentally misgendering them I’ll just be referring to their child with they/them. ~~

Quick update: Their child is in fact a guy. Ive confirmed this by having the displeasure of reading another one of their posts. At least i’m using adblock so they dont get paid from this shit.

But yeah, its really interesting to see the thought process that goes into this kind of bigotry, i guess? Like, they seem to want to have a good relationship with their kid, but at the same time are deliberately being a transphobic idiot to him. Like, half of the post is about them talking about their relationship with him and how they’re glad its finally getting better and the other half is them calling him mentally ill? Its just so fascinating to see them pull mental gymnastics to justify to themselves that them having their kid suffer for no reason is the morally correct thing to do. One sentence in particular really stuck with me. “She’s the one who has threatened to call child protective services on us because of these supposedly abusive conditions in our home.” I’m sorry, but holy shit. I honestly just feel bad for their child. It is honestly really interesting to kind of get a look at what goes on inside these peoples heads though. Seeing how they justify this stuff to themselves is pretty fascinating. Their blog does have an email adress listed, so maybe ill shoot them an email for fun.

…Probably not though, i enjoy keeping my sanity. If i do think of something funny to do with that though I’ll definitely update you about it. In the meantime: I do really hope their child gets the help he needs. Having to deal with transphobic parents is awful, especially when theyre seemingly still quite dependent on them. In the post their parent literally talks about how they think its funny that their child would try to go out of their way to visit a university they dont know so they, presumably, stop harassing the people that are actually supportive of their son. They do talk about trying to get one of the lgbtq supporting teachers at the school fired.

Anyways, this has been Kami, I’ll cya whenever i decide to make another one of these. In the meantime I’m gonna go do a blood sacrifice to the evil transgender gods or whatever the fuck these people think trans people are doing with the way they demonize us.