Transgender Microaggressions: Family and Friends Hurt the Most
The microaggressions can just be questions
I recently wrote about transgender macroaggressions.
Macroaggressions refer to the systemic and institutionalized forms of bias and oppression that impact the lives of entire groups of minoritized people. They are embedded in the policies, procedures, and practices that oppress minoritized groups of individuals.
The TV ads by the Trump campaign attacking the transgender community are an excellent example of macroaggression. They are an attack on us as a group. We can always change the channel or mute the TV.
Microaggressions, on the other hand, are much more personal. Family, friends, and acquaintances commit them, sometimes innocently or sometimes deliberately.
They always hurt.
Microaggression is a term used for commonplace verbal, behavioral, or environmental slights, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative attitudes toward those…
