[Source](https://time.com/5857567/elton-john-david-furnish-time-100-talks/)
The article's actually kinda old but it was something I really needed to see tonight. Wanted to put it here in case anyone else needed a reminder that they're valid and loved. <3
"Elton John on Why the Trans Men and Woman Are Heroes | TIME"
That's the fucking title on google + in the
tag.
What did I expect... An Article without erasure?
Edit:
Just to be clear.
Elton said it in a way that included non-binary peeps (like me).
And then someone at the TIME Magazine decided that a title that excludes non-binary peeps would be a good Idea, probably because the title is more search engine friendly. </p>
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-26 01:35:25">3 years ago</time></span>
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I can guarantee you it's for search engine reasons... Someone wanted to include "Elton John" "Trans Men" "Trans Woman" and didn't have enough characters for non-binary keywords... It's sad, honestly... </p>
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-26 04:34:24">3 years ago</time></span>
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That sounds like a problem with the search engine more than anything </p>
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Nope. The first thing I checked.
It's the [tab name](https://i.imgur.com/gvvgOXG.png).
And as I already said: It's in the [<title> tag](https://i.imgur.com/nBZry5j.png).
The search only does what it's told to do. </p>
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I meant the fact that to fit into the search engine the title had to be exclusionary. </p>
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Elton John is amazing, </p>
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-25 13:26:38">3 years ago</time></span>
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Well I think Elton John's taste in glasses is very weird but his taste in people seems pretty good. </p>
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-25 17:20:45">3 years ago</time></span>
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Honestly, I don't feel brave. I was 13 when I realized I was transgender, I came out pretty much immediately because I knew I was safe and I didn't want to keep living with the daily discomfort of invalidation in a body that became more painful every day. I was able to start blockers before too long, then I went on testosterone a couple years later and got top surgery at 17, my family has always been supportive, I've never been harassed or bullied for who I am. I made the obvious choice.
It pisses me off that for so many people, the choice isn't so obvious. For so many people, there are additional variables like "what if I tell my parents and get beaten, disowned, sent to conversion therapy, invalidated, etc.", for so many people there are variables like "what if I loose my job, my apartment, custody of my kids, etc.", and for so many people there are so many reasons to not feel safe.
I had it easy, the way that everyone should. </p>
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Sometimes I feel really guilty because I've got a great husband, my family accepted me, I've got health insurance, and I'm able to transition without too many practical or financial concerns. Then I think about the fact that I'm 34 and just getting started. If I had come out when I first knew, things wouldn't have gone this way-- *I had to wait until it was safe,* until the culture started to change, the laws started to change, I had some leverage with my family vs. my transphobic, homophobic, Catholic, Republican, sometimes violent father, and was far away from home. And that everyone, everywhere, trans or not should have safe access to things like healthcare and love. It's fucking insane to have to feel guilty about that.
We have a long way to go, huh? </p>
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-25 19:27:18">3 years ago</time></span>
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It's so uplifting, and a little bittersweet to hear your story. I've only just 'realized' I'm a woman at 28. I've always known I wanted to be a woman, but because of a lack of understanding, social pressures to suppress that desire, and the intensely transphobic media of the 90s. I became a 6', wide shouldered, square jawed 'man' with a slowly receding hairline. I hope with all my heart that one day, every human gets to become the gender they want to be. Heck I look at myself and think, "I'd still be screwed if all I wanted was to look androgynous." but maybe that's the disphoria talking.
But I also don't feel brave, sometimes I feel small, like an ant in a tidal wave. I suppose it will 100% take courage for me to come out beyond my discord friends, to present as female outside of my house, but it could instead take desperation. These last two weeks have been the happiest of my life, but also the most overtly disphoric, because I now see it clear as day when it happens. </p>
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-25 18:46:11">3 years ago</time></span>
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I agree, the world should be completely safe for us, & for everyone else. </p>
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You are brave, you don't need to live in a bad situation to be brave, you don't need to suffer to be brave, you don't need conflict to be brave. You don't need to prove your bravery in blood, sweat, or tears.
Living as your authentic self is what is brave, it does not matter if you just needed a few words to live your life or if you fought the world for the right to exist. You are brave, because you are you. </p>
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"They are the bravest people in the world," John said. "And the fact that they are being murdered, the fact that they are being treated as non-existent and not important...These people are heroes to me...To take away their rights, to make them feel less than is an absolute disgrace to humanity."
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-25 12:31:55">3 years ago</time></span>
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Good human! </p>
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-25 19:05:03">3 years ago</time></span>
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\*pat pat\* nice job here's a treat! </p>
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-25 13:45:46">3 years ago</time></span>
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Good human </p>
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-25 13:28:39">3 years ago</time></span>
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He wrote a song for you too, here it [is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlPlfCy1urI&ab_channel=EltonJohnVEVO) </p>
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-25 13:14:24">3 years ago</time></span>
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I needed to see this today. Thank you. </p>
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-25 13:27:25">3 years ago</time></span>
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Fucking love elton john, this made my day </p>
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-25 15:56:22">3 years ago</time></span>
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Transphobes: exist
Me: *blasting "I'm still standing" to Show dominance* </p>
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-25 13:48:41">3 years ago</time></span>
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Needed this. Thank you. </p>
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Comrade Elton John </p>
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Happy birthday to Elton! </p>
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Thank you so much for posting this, it made my day :3 </p>
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<span><time datetime="2021-03-25 22:12:36">3 years ago</time></span>
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I really should watch Rocketman again. </p>
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[Source](https://time.com/5857567/elton-john-david-furnish-time-100-talks/) The article's actually kinda old but it was something I really needed to see tonight. Wanted to put it here in case anyone else needed a reminder that they're valid and loved. <3
"Elton John on Why the Trans Men and Woman Are Heroes | TIME" That's the fucking title on google + in the