eftychia: Female (Venus) symbol, with a transistor symbol inside the circle part (TransSister)
(As originally coined (1980s IIRC), "transgender" included crossdressers and drag queens as well as transsexuals and nonbinary folk. Currently, whether it includes the first two groups seems to depend on context -- I argue for a more inclusive reading when not clear. "Trans" is tricky because it can be short for "transsexual" or the broader "transgender", which is why a lot of folks used to write the latter meaning "trans*", which unfortunately looks distractingly like a footnote. In context here it's unclear, but given the author's path of self-discovery it probably doesn't matter whether it's the narrower or broader meaning in the paragraph I quoted.)

I don't think you can untangle diversity-positivity from "justice issues". The flip side of your observation that making diversity positive fixes a lot of issues, is that it's hard to fix other issues long-term without valuing diversity and inclusivity. Otherwise, when you patch injustices in one place, new ones will sprout up beyond the patch. (Often you have to work on one angle for a while, then use the gains there to work on the other side of the problem for a while.)

I think [personal profile] blueeowyn is right about why understanding self-hatred matters. Also, it helps understanding why some folks fight so hard before "coming out to themselves", and (partially!) explains a lot of fear and skittishness some folks have as they start coming out to their community. Understanding self-hatred makes it easier to understand how much harm community leaders who make anti-trans (or anti-otherstuff) proclamations are doing to younger trans members of their community.

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