I'm Native.
The US has already committed genocide against my people, and succeeded. We're beyond stage 10, denial
Now they want to genocide my people AGAIN. LGBTQ+ people
I feel powerless, much like my ancestors must have felt so many years ago.
Please, don't ignore us again.
@RooikatZA Holy strawman, batman.
I'm big enough to admit that I'm not informed on the situation you're referencing, but even so: just because I'm not educated on every conflict in the world doesn't mean I can't speak out against a genocide I am educated on and directly affected by.
Alright, I seem to have finally fished most if not all of my friends out to a different platform, so, I'm out. Sorry if I missed anyone.
I'll always treasure my time here spreading awareness about abuse dynamics and advocating for trans rights!
It's been real! ๐
So, we know untreated gender dysphoria leads to severe, acute depression. That's just a fact.
And it's just SO NASTY to me to force CHILDREN to handle something that proves time and time again to be too much for full adults to deal with.
As a reminder-
To the many people who call people in the LGBTQ community groomers and pedophiles, this is the behaviour you are encouraging. I hope you realize the damage and hurt to all kids this does. One day it could be your own child that gets this kind of treatment.
If your response to one trans person committing a violent crime is "trans people are dangerous, we have to do something!"
but your response to white supremacists & Christian nationalists openly calling for mass murder is "well, every group has its bad apples"
Reevaluate.
Civility in the face of oppression is a privilege. It means you're fighting for less than your right to live and exist.
It means the stakes are lower for you.
When you're unable to exist peacefully, you don't stop existing. You just start fighting.
I will NEVER believe a conservative or anyone anti-LGBTQ+ when they say they want to "protect kids", wanna know why?
Where was this energy when it came out that the SBC had been actively covering up sexual abuse (including child abuse) in the church?
I think this may be the best analogy I've come up with in discussion
Redheads are between 1-2% of the population. We recognize their humanity and rights
Transgender people are between 1-5% of the population. Society calls them all "groomers" and "ped0s". We debate their rights
@eluardmcdaniel@LGBwiththeT SOME people exploring their gender identity and realizing they're not actually trans doesn't mean the people who ARE trans have chosen to be.
It's insane to think that I might get dragged for this more than my hot takes about actual important things, but I'm just gonna say it:
I have never seen SO much hype for SUCH a thoroughly mid movie as Barbie. I simply do not understand it. It wasn't a good movie.
"MCU Bad" takes are a detriment to any film discussion and I hope to god we get through this period of "nothing good about any movie can be said without shitting on the MCU to prove I'm a *REAL* film lover"
"Gender Criticism" in the last 7 days:
- Helen Joyce quoting the bible on a Right Wing TV show.
- Harry Miller appearing on the Youtube channel of an anti-gay marriage org.
- Posie Parker and most GC people supporting removing lesbian parental rights in Italy.
Getting it yet?
These people literally think a book where two men/two women hold hands or kiss is porn, which is why they're banning them (which gives them a foothold to ban anything featuring any minority including accounts of slavery and the holocaust ๐คทโโ๏ธ)
This dude thinks schools that riot when there's a children's book that happens to feature a character with two dads or two moms somehow allows literal porn in classrooms LMAO ๐๐ซต
Pt. 2 y'all this is a must-watch
"How DARE you make them afraid because YOU are?" โค๏ธ
Thank you @Jackie4LAkids, for fighting for us and our right to exist.