#100possiblesongs 10: The Cis Are At It Again

This is going up late because I fell asleep.
•
They’re so scared, so they say, of the places we piss
(In cubicles, locked), but apparently this
Is as nought to the latest in anti trans fear
Our names might be spoken WHERE CHILDREN COULD HEAR
Yes, they’ve heard that afoot there’s nefarious plans
To tell little kids it’s OK to be trans
That what’s most important is love and respect…
Can you even imagine the tragic effects?

It causes me pain
To have to explain
That the cis are… oh dear, they’re at it again.

They have also encountered a worrying thought
What will happen if trans women dominate sport?
The real XX females will not have a hope
(Are there facts to back up these assertions? Well, nope.)
What they don’t seem to realise when voicing these fears
Is that trans women have been competing for years
It’s sad when a group has to point to the fact
That they haven’t won much, to avoid being attacked.

It causes me pain
To have to explain
That the cis are… how vexing, they’re at it again.

With the trans, many newspapers tend to be snide
But the Guardian used to be *kind of* onside?
But since Burchill and H-Lew gave Freeman and Orr
A taste of their Kool-Aid, it’s not anymore!
At TV debates, the TERFs turn up en masse
To yell at trans guests: and they’re horribly crass.
For them, men are from Mars and women from Venus
Which is almost as stupid as just shouting “PENIS”

It causes me pain
To have to explain
That the cis are… oh, really? They’re at it again.

Now I know that you’re dying to say “not ALL cis!”
And I know, YOU’RE all lovely, but let me say this
If you’re still more invested in ‘splaining to me
‘Stead of challenging them, you’re the problem, you see?
I hope we’ll look back on the whole twenty teens
In amused disbelief: were they really so mean?
But a part of me fears, and the rest of you should
That we’ll look back and say “God, we had it so good!”

Cause it causes me pain
To have to explain
That the cis… I’m afraid they are at it again.