My MeToo moment (part 2)

If I was to pinpoint when most of my colleagues and peers stopped seeing me as human, it would be when they chose to believe Stephen and Jake instead of me.

That's what happened regarding Stephen's accident: he jumped off the wall, but I felt like a lot of people blamed me for it. And when he said that Mum had abused him, people tended to believe him, but weren't too interested in believing me about the quasi-incest that went on between us. Regarding Jake, I don't think it was until late-2022 that people believed me. I'm guessing that he eventually told the truth. But, nevertheless, that's several years where most people either refused to speak to me, or believed whatever baseless rumours that my enemies were spreading. - Cis women tend to believe cis women, but that doesn't apply to trans people, even though we're statistically far more likely to be sexually assaulted (or generally assaulted). While I hate to speak for everyone, I'd say that trans Kiwis haven't had our MeToo moment yet. The new Counting Ourselves is supposed to be dropping soon, so that might move things along.