Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
NO to Fascism & Dictators 🚫
YES to socialism, universal health care & Human rights ✅️
No one is an illegal immigrant on a world we all share 🌍
Gay man here 👋🏻
The LGB Alliance does not represent me or any LGB person I know. Its work is overwhelmingly focused on attacking trans rights, and it aligns itself with those who oppose LGBTQ+ equality.
The government should not treat it as a credible voice for LGB people.
When a car goes 25 mph nobody cares. That’s what it was designed to do.
When a human being runs 25 mph, it’s an accomplishment because a HUMAN BEING achieved it.
Nobody gives a shit if a machine spits out the code, art, and animations and creates a game. The reason games are successful comes from people experiencing the developer’s own vision. It’s not just about the product and the profit, it’s about seeing people’s ideas come to life through their own work.
Here’s a hard-to-swallow pill for people who support AI: Having dreams and ideas is not actually impressive, everybody has them. It’s putting in the effort yourself to make them happen that makes it impressive, and if you think people will still appreciate that when you used an AI to do the hard work for you then you clearly don’t know what it means to truly create.
Nobody wants data centers everywhere. Nobody wants flying cars. Nobody wants a city on Mars. Nobody wants AI in every app. Nobody wants a robot butler. All we want is clean water, we want bees to survive, and we want a habitable planet.
Transgender people are not pedophiles.
Transgender people are not groomers.
Transgender people are not predators.
Transgender people are not terrorists.
Transgender people are not mentally ill.
Transgender people are not a trend.
Transgender people are not a political ideology.
Transgender people are not a social contagion.
Transgender people are not...
Transgender people are musicians, lawyers, scientists, doctors, plumbers, mechanics, electricians, truck drivers, nurses, cooks, veterans, wives, husbands...
They are your sons, daughters, moms, dads, uncles, cousins, neighbors, and friends...
Transgender people are people just like you.
We have hopes, dreams, fears, doubts, and feelings. We just want to live our lives in peace, and be happy.
Just like you.
I’m a gay cis man, and I support trans rights completely and without apology.
I know what it feels like to live in a world where people have opinions about who you are and who you love. I know how hurtful it can be when people question your right to simply be yourself. I won’t pretend that means I understand what it’s like to be trans, but I don’t need to. I know what it means to want to be accepted, respected and allowed to live your life in peace.
That’s why I find the way some people speak about trans people so upsetting. Behind every debate is a real person, with feelings, family, relationships, hopes and dreams.
As a gay man, I don’t see trans people as a threat to me or my identity. I see people who deserve the same freedom, dignity and happiness that I want for myself.
I don’t have to understand every aspect of someone’s life to stand up for their right to live it. And I certainly don’t believe that showing compassion for one group means taking something away from another.
I’ve always believed that being able to live openly as yourself is something to be valued, not something to deny others.
I refuse to believe that kindness, equality and basic human decency should be controversial.
Trans people deserve to live without fear, shame or having their existence constantly debated. They deserve to be heard, respected and accepted for who they are.
I stand with them because I know how important it is to be accepted for who you are. And because, at the end of the day, we’re all just human beings trying to live our lives and be happy.
That really shouldn’t be too much to ask. 🏳️⚧️❤️
Caring what people think is the death of joy.
Not dancing because of being judged.
Not wearing the clothes you want Because people judge.
Not being your true self because people tell you its too much.
Long & short of it, screw what people think, have fun & experience joy 💖