Life is too short to waste

fully agree with this piece..only bit I might add is while RW/fund religious/GOP etc do intend to use destruction of trans rights as "wedge" to further attack all lgbtqi+, but truth is it's even worse as they intend to use trans rights to set groundwork to undermine ALL civil/human rights, esp women

that's great! good you changed it! be really amazing too if so many others could manage to go back and correct/edit/rescind all the countless articles they played along with wes and BS concerns over trans healthcare which has directly enabled this new attack..it's same bigoted pseudoscience playbook

they believe all of these are "preventable" if they can find some mythical "cause"..which by no evidence but strong belief now they launch all sorts of truly unethical trials/experiments to "prove" things like trans identity/ND etc is "curable". ppl need to get this is genocidal/eugenicist mentality

one solace I take is basically ALL the panic is based in fear/bias/bigotry/hate/LIES etc and takes advantage of genuine ignorance of average people..On the other side in basically all aspects actual FACTS (and compassion/empathy) are on trans folks side and the ignorance can't be maintained forever.

particularly galling imo is how many seem to ignore the UKSC ruling opened the door and EHRC "guidance" attempts to codify trans people, esp men, can potentially be banned from BOTH their transitioned and birth sex facilities/services. it's a campaign to forcibly out and segregate ALL trans/nb folk

Sign the Petition Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK

please sign to at the very least show support and to put some pressure on the purely harmful decision from girlguides. trans youth in no way deserve to be treated this way. this only serves the purposes of bigotry and with clear intent to segregate trans from society www.change.org/p/allow-tran...

imo 1 big prob is these are kids not even doing "competative sports" or w/e pretend justification ignorant (benefit of doubt) dolts claim as if some "unfair advantage". this serves no other purpose but pure, straight-forward bigotry and segregation. NO kids are made safer by this, but WILL harm many

yes they absolutely are..however it's absolutely NOT an actually justifiable excuse to abandon their own principles and allow this scapegoating of trans to continue. history doesn't tend to look favorably on those complicit in ostracizing of a minority from society. This cowardice won't be forgotten

there does come a time when this isn't merely minor policy disagreement, but actually subjecting yourself to incessant lie-based hatred/manipulative bigoted BS (which they won't hear let alone consider counter-facts) becomes detriment to me and my family..at that point, it's time to say goodbye imo

maybe..but truly regular conservatives are now unrecognizable in modern GOP base which has been deeply radicalized to cult-level and fully based in animosity toward "others". not sure your meaning, "bad at politics"? these parents push away kids because they're bigoted sociopaths who INTEND ill-will

sorry but at this point people like this are NOT "extreme/rare" cases but literal majority of entire GOP/REP base which has since morphed into very cultish "MAGA". A rare truth Trump said: he could kill someone on 5th Ave and not lose his base, now that project 2025 base is the party running USA GOV

America is approaching fascism. people need to wake up before it becomes permanent. Institutions like colleges outright capitulation to whims of 1 leader, who somehow has power to unilaterally withhold federal funds based on personal policy preferences, is a KEY historical sign of a fascist nation.

Imo Every last person involved in bringing FWS case and its ruling/conclusion belongs in prison or at the very least should never have a single moments peace and their lives permanently made miserable to point they experience such societal shame they self-exile. Truly F vile world they are creating

doesn't play to "normal" voters, but dominates core RW..imo it gives bigots of all kinds cover (anti-DEI also) to express their bigotry w/o admitting it..see a black person working? DEI/WOKE! woman, lgbtq etc? same. it's unifying banner for all bigots RW can't win w/o. it's THEIR "intersectionality"

maybe one day insane and bigoted policies like this will be deemed such...that is whenever rationality rather than religion manages to take back over majority of Appeals Courts/SCotUS etc. Until then, I expect this to become the norm in pretty much all red states for the foreseeable future

hopefully people start realizing what often starts as transphobia/anti-trans hate almost always masks a type of mentality which is absolutely susceptible to other forms of bigotry. Professors, in COLLEGE, need "permission" by state law to talk about trans/sexuality/race. can ppl wake tf up please?

astonishing to me how gov like UK and NZ (increasingly USA too) can have singular political appointee with such unitary power to literally override all known facts/science in blatant pursuit of an agenda. People pushing these bans eventually belong in jail. ONLY motive here is malice, not fact-based

oh shoot..then we also can't forget the part where mainstream media not only doesn't debunk the provable lies, but instead actively run at a rate of like 10:1 articles attacking anyone who dares point out the moon is NOT made of cheese..and that :1 is also actively suppressed if not outright hidden.

True..but can't forget part where mainstream media (now mostly owned/infiltrated/taken over by among most bigoted dolts around) platform idea the moon is made of cheese compared to factual analysis of the moon's composition at a rate of like 100:1 and never actually debunk the lie. it's orchestrated

while I agree, I think point might be just how deep into cesspool of hatred/bigotry USA (UK too) has fallen in that if a PotUS (either party) at any point in most our lifetimes said things like this, it'd be covered as if it was outright horrific..it IS "exceptional" how this is now entirely normal

also, imo just a small bit to maybe add there: because Harris was VP at the time, it'd have created its own set of serious issues within dem party should Harris have actively campaigned positions that might be seen as in opposition to what Biden was already doing and she was appointed VP to support

I agree, but also at worst this WILL further ostracize/isolate those like Brianna from support networks while through desperation pushes them to even more dangerous areas of both internet and society. This will INCREASE risk for trans youth. imo? it's actually SICK to use Brianna's murder to do this

SCotUS has made an absolute fucking mockery of Rule of Law and USA as a whole. Absolute deference to Trump using unexplained emergency "shadow docket" rulings for things which are in NO way emergencies all while ignoring absolutely real and provable injuries will be permanent stain on history of USA

fully agree! it's a freedom/bodily autonomy issue not to mention just GD gross how obsessed bigots are with always knowing/referring to other people's genitals..also wouldn't hurt if dems would actually bother learning some quick facts to actually debunk/refute the incessant RW lies about trans ppl

I'd fully bet "pro-trans bias" they are talking about in terms of censorship is that BBC so far still refuses to allow anchors/journalists/articles to outright call for full eradication/genocide of trans people..until they get that, in GC/TERF eyes BBC is too "pro-trans" and silencing perspectives

just a thought, but I had to LOL at idea GOP would consider this a "self-preservation moment" in context that they would do anything other than double down on authoritarian tactics. to them "self-preservation" is creating a dictatorship. Reps are ready to sacrifice literally everything to do so atp

imo should always be noted as much as possible MANY precocious puberty cases, there is no known medical condition/cause and ONLY proven "negative effects" they're meaning here concern mental health due to stigma/bullying/ostracization from peers etc..iow similar medical need and reasons as for trans

while I LOVE watching greens grow, I'm still astonished how UK had 14yrs disastrous RW Tory rule, replaced by Labour gov which turned out equally disastrous and in some ways even more RW, yet somehow large portion UK populace STILL thinks answer is move even more RW with reform? truly wtf level dumb

imo ALL trans/NB etc should have right to individualized GAC..prob is way gov/orgs etc use it is pretty much so: if "true trans" you sacrifice all/overcome every obstacle to medically transition, then are "transsexual" and worthy of protection as trans as they were able to endure our torture program

literally start of this thread was about what do ppl think using term transsexual for who medically transition..I think question, in this time, only helps add to divide/conquer mentality/narrative when anti-trans/gov are not even interested in making such distinction VS want ALL trans ppl eradicated