archived-twigwise:

I can totally do that to help you!

Basically, if the government legally recognised nonbinary genders, it would mean a lot more gatekeeping and restrictions for trans people, especially trans people of color.

How do you know you’re really a woman? You must just be a nonbinary camab person, you don’t present in the way you should by our guidelines. Are you sure you’re REALLY nonbinary? You’ll need to fill out these forms and see these doctors to prove it. And you can only get access to these things if you’re in an area that has these particular offices/if you have enough money- so not in the inner cities or in predominantly black communities. Gotta go to the ‘burbs to file for being nonbinary, not to mention have all the money for processing fees.

In addition, it helps support the whole “keeping people filed away” thing that the government does. Another way to keep tabs on queer people and people of color. It allows for regulation of identities, which has always been a super imperalist/white colonialist thing to do! 

So, to sum THAT summary up: The nonbinary petition seems like a REALLY GOOD IDEA on paper, but in the end, it’ll just cause more unfair restrictions and rules for trans women and QPoC, as well as make the government even more present in everyday life for these groups.