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"All Zen-Contented": Who is Marten Reed?
rschill:
Perhaps off-screen he read a few articles and books about trans* issues. Maybe he read a thread or two in an online forum?
BenRG:
Marten is fundamentally a decent man. He may not have started out particularly sympathetic to trans* persons or trans* issues. The point is that there is a huge gulf between no particular empathy and the level of casual malice that would make him 'out' someone without their specific consent.
AprilArcus:
Marten and Vicky thought nothing of disclosing the trans* status of her friends to Faye in a jokey, cavalier way. Why would he hesitate to do the same vis a vis Claire (in a situation that involved him much more directly and presently) unless he had substantially rethought his position?
Kugai:
Source please ApirlArcus
Or any other Archive-Fu Master
Penquin47:
--- Quote from: AprilArcus on 07 Apr 2015, 22:13 ---Marten and Vicky thought nothing of disclosing the trans* status of her friends to Faye in a jokey, cavalier way. Why would he hesitate to do the same vis a vis Claire (in a situation that involved him much more directly and presently) unless he had substantially rethought his position?
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Marten said that several of his mom's friends were trans*. He didn't name names, Faye doesn't know any of them, and I doubt Faye will be thinking "I wonder if this is one of the trans* friends Marten mentioned" if the occasion happens where she does end up meeting someone from Vicky's social circle. It's not good behavior, but it's thoughtless rather than malicious.
Claire is someone highly connected to Faye's social circle through Marten. Faye knows her, and if Marten disclosed her status, there's no ambiguity. Claire could easily end up getting hurt by this, which takes it from "maybe that wasn't the best thing to do" to "that was a jackass move, Marten".
There's no real evidence for this one, but given Vicky's social circle, it's likely that her trans* friends told people readily. Claire has asked Marten not to volunteer that information. Very different level of openness about it, neither being wrong, but having an impact on whether you should talk about it if something brings it up.
Marten can do thoughtless things sometimes. But he doesn't intentionally pull jackass moves.
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