The "Trans Debate" is essentially just a bunch of transphobic cis people telling trans people how to appease them, while taking away our voices, life-saving healthcare and erasing our identities.
Conceding to fascists has never worked and I wish Liberals would understand that.
I just feel so gaslighted rn. Somehow trans issues are simultaneously not important enough to firmly stand up for but important enough that if trans people criticize it we will ruin the midterms for the democrats. The enemy is simultaneously strong and weak.
I find it funny how "its an 80/20 issue!" always gets brought up for why we should be okay with rolling trans rights back, but never for why dems should roll israel support back. Dems clearly don't have a problem sticking with unpopular 80/20 positions when it comes to israel.
@RuckerRrriot fascinating to see ppl in your replies be like "i don't remember that show so it doesn't exist", effectively proving your point but they don't even realize it...
Ten years ago, a trans woman was in a supporting role in the most popular television show of the era, and people loved her. She was on the cover of magazines, and now we have weak centrists saying it’s impossible to change public opinion. The right already changed public opinion!
Exactly this. People act like this “80/20” trans sport division is a completely new thing, it’s been astroturfed for a decade by the right wing, openly and intentionally and the only reason it’s slanted so far is dems have done nothing to fight back.
i’ve never had to close replies of pro-trans posts because of nonstop transphobia from liberals. only conservatives.
until this talarico discourse. lots of liberals were obviously just looking for a reason to throw trans people under the bus like they did with muslims in 2024.
the best way to engage with someone who's discussing their active suicide plans is not to moralize and say "it gets better," you tell them it's stupid.
sodium nitrate won't kill you, it just hurts. advil and benadryl won't either. a jump from that height would just paralyze, etc
Literally nobody is saying they want the dems to lose, why the fuck does every criticism of your precious party automatically mean we “want them to lose”?
No, we want them to better represent the people voting for them.
If you are LGBT and won't back someone over sports issues, you clearly have a fantasy about dying in a death camp. End of fucking story. Get over it.
I voted for Kerry in 2004 - you will vote Talarico now
I am not going to let my 🌈 community be political suicidal.