UPDATE: Union Pacific, one of the railroads that successfully fought off workers' demands for paid sick days, announced a record $7 billion profit. The company said it spent $1.7 billion more on stock buybacks in 2022 than on pay and benefits for all of its employees.
Being an ally to trans people (or anyone) means being willing to sacrifice. To give something up. So if you can't even give up the silly wizard game cause IT LOOKS SO COOL, how can trans people count on you to show up when it really matters? Don't pretend to be a trans ally.
@mightbeautistic So, I don't have an easy way to quantify my enjoyment of a book, but figuring out a system to handle it would take longer than normal to respond to a tweet. I'll answer with the first thing I think of now, and figure out the system later. Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
@PaulTassi It likely wasn't intended to be a, "Let's buff Whisper" moment. Rather more of a, "Heavy weapon snipers don't really need to be hard to use in the air" moment.
🧵We've pulled together some of the false claims about crime and incarceration you're most likely to hear at the Thanksgiving dinner table, and the data and facts to help you push back:
Hate has no place in our games, our community, or our world. Our hearts go out to those affected by the devastating events in Colorado Springs, CO.
Now through November, 100% of all profits from Bungie's Pride Pin 2.0 will support @TransEquality: https://t.co/p4hU7r3UlO
Banning books about trans people won’t prevent a single kid from being trans. Not a single one. It will prevent kids who are already trans from learning they’re not alone and that they deserve to be loved for who they are.
I said to my wife "Do you think anyone will commit suicide because they could not get an abortion?"
She instantly replied "yes."
Then she added "there will be all those boyfriends and husbands that murder them because they couldn't get one too" and that shook my fucking world.
the electoral college and the filibuster have to go
the supreme court has to drastically change so its makeup doesn't rely on who happens to randomly die in a given 40 year span when one party is in power
Transgender surgery is older than:
- The discovery of Pluto
- Modern toilet paper
- Chicken tikka masala
- Duct tape
- Ballpoint pens
- Ciabatta bread
- Velcro
- Tupperware
Now stop calling it new or experimental!
Groundbreaking new study in esteemed journal Pediatrics shows that only 2.5% of youth transitioners return to identifying as cisgender 5 years later!
This is the newest and most robust study on "desistance" among youth transitioners.
Far less than the 80% opposition claims.