To be honest, before I even read the screenshots, when I first read the post , I literally said out loud, “Let me guess, they’re trans?” And I say that as a trans person myself who transitioned about 15 years ago. I know trans people can face very real discrimination, poverty, family rejection, and barriers to employment. But I also think there’s a growing tendency in some spaces to stack as many marginalized “cards” as possible and use them almost like armor against criticism. Everything becomes framed through identity, and anyone who questions the situation risks being treated like they’re attacking that identity. Personally, I find it embarrassing. Being trans is part of who I am, but it does not automatically make me helpless, incapable, or entitled to sympathy. I don’t want to be infantilized or treated like I have no agency because I’m trans. What bothers me most is that I think this kind of mentality ultimately hurts people who genuinely do need support. It also reinforces this stereotype that trans people are perpetual victims who expect everyone else to accommodate or rescue them. I hate being lumped into that. Sometimes people are dealt a genuinely unfair hand. Sometimes people also make bad decisions, avoid responsibility, or develop a sense of learned helplessness. Those things can both be true, and someone’s identity shouldn’t make them immune from having that conversation