Respect Doesn’t Require Agreement
Respect is not obligation. And my existence is not a negotiation. I don’t expect everyone to understand my transgender experience. I don’t expect everyone to agree with me. I don’t even expect everyone to be comfortable with me. But I do expect basic human respect. You don’t have to believe exactly what I believe about gender to call me by my name. You don’t have to share my worldview to use my pronouns. And you certainly don’t have to understand my journey to recognize that
