Republicans: were gonna make our entire platform bullying children Democrats: now first we need to acknowledge that there are real questions about whether it would be fair to not bully those kids

I think one of my all-time favorite facts is that the universe exists because empty space is unstable

Men largely are outwardly transphobic because they see trans women as the way to get the 1950s dating experience again; women who cant get jobs & no one will care if you hit them

"They doing the anti trans stuff to distract from..." No, its literally because Jeffrey Epstien thought the hate would make trans women easier to traffic

The way that the supreme court ruled actually makes ot seem like it'd be a title 9 violation for them to ban trans men from women's sports, so like... low key

This is bone-chilling. A conservative hedge fund manager wants to require little girls to pass genital inspections for their “safety.” And it’s only for girls’ sports. There’s a clear link between transphobia and child sexual abuse.

There is no appropriate, non-offensive, use of AGAB terminology beyond specifically referring to a past moment in time.

I mean yeah, like, cis women have a prostate (but its called something different), its just not really active, but testosterone can make it active in trans women the prostate can become inactive to the point where it may even be difficult to detect

Now that we have liberal supreme court justices siding with conservatives on the idea that "well gender and sex are different, so sex is immutable" we really need to start policing the use of that phrase.

You can change your sex.

This supreme court ruling really highlights exactly why the term transsexual is necessary

the devastating consequences of allies and their "genderbread man"

Whats even more disheartening about the news about the Supreme Court ruling on trans people, is coming here to see more about it and finding very little

"So you see the police have this smart camera network that lets them track people all over the place" "So they must use them to solve a lot of serious crimes & get murderers and pedophiles and stuff?" "Okay haha, so I can see why you'd think that but no not at all"

1960: Yeah I lied about my age so I could join the military 2029: I need my birth certificate to log in to youtube

The things is, in order to take away specifically trans rights, you sort of have to shred the entire constitution as it is, the problem being, that it seems the court may be willing to do just that.

In all honesty, I just don't think you understand transphobia unless you seek out feminist theory that centers the experience of transsexual women specifically. Not that there isn't much to learn from other perspectives, but it would be like trying to learn physics without math.

The UN (yes, the UN) put out a graphic in support of trans women that depicted us as... women. Feminine women. Much of Xitter was up in arms about that being "bad rep" (what) because you "couldn't tell". They'd just "drawn women and called them trans". And it's so revealing.

During her response praising the supreme court for 'clarifying the difference between biological sex and 'social gender'' (??), she says again: -"Sex and gender ARE different" -"Trans people are ABSOLUTELY valid™️!! It's a valid..thing, to be!" Validity, S ≠ Gen discourses, failed in liberal hands.

I know many find it annoying to put words under a microscope like this, but the truth is, TERFs have caused meaningful damage by changing the understanding of the law through the distortion of the meanings of words.

This narrative during Pride month was absolutely intentional. The corporate media is fully in for fascism and desperate for you to agree.

Over the past 2-3 years the term "passable" has been increasingly used in place of "passing" and genuinely, I need people to understand the importance of the difference between a verb and an adjective here. It really needs to stop

knowledge of v-coding as a matter of explicit policy is a psychological nuke, and how someone reacts to learning about it tells you a hell of a lot about them. i don't recommend any trans people look it up, if they don't already know, but cis people should.

Just so we're clear on the gravity of this, putting trans women in men's prison is all but guaranteeing that they will be raped Such a policy is explicitly pro-rape, as it truly has no other function.

Truly wild to be saying all of this given what they've been doing to trans people for the past couple years

I had to pull this from FB, as obviously they aren't here. From The Labour Party, 2d ago. They're segregating trans people in toilets, social clubs, sports, hospital wards, prisons. Repealed Section 28? Instituted another one, for trans people. The GRC? They've murdered it. This is depraved.

If you think about it, it should give people hope that more people aren't nazis given how much major platforms like YouTube, Facebook, etc. are all pushing fairly overt nazi propaganda on a daily basis

Learning about all the different historical, anthropological, and sociological elements of white supremacy really is a curse of knowledge because soooooo much of our society is built on it "Why is traffic so bad" Probably bc the highway was optimized around maximizing racism not minimizing traffic

"Women have it harder than men" Obviously, of course there's no doubt "So trans women probably have it harder than trans men" *one million Janice Raymonds rush to the comments*

Trans woman: hey doc I'd like a slightly higher dose of estrogen bc I feel miserable atm Doctor: youre crazy and thats so dangerous what about [lists risks associated with birthcontrol] Cis woman: Doc I think i have endometriosis Doctor: impossible no one has endometriosis, here's birth control

forever living under the delusion that one day we will get another season of bee and puppycat

Sci-fi rock opera movie where all the music is written by sleep token & its directed by Christopher Nolan

As I’ve said before, any serious attempt to ban conversion practices in Britain has to confront the fact that the NHS never stopped doing it. This draft bill not only fails, it explicitly gives “healthcare providers” permission to continue.

The real underlying reason so many people feel the need for a strict legal definition of "woman" is the same reason governments spend so much time doing land surveys and issuing deeds. Fundamentally, people still haven't moved beyond the idea that women exist foremost as a type of property

Nothing is funnier to me than when doctors unironically, and with a straight face say "we don't know what the long term effects of exposure to estrogen are" Like, would you believe me if I said that I can think of about 4 billion people who could tell you

TERF: Men are GIGANTIC compared to women, sooo much bigger and stronger almost always Me: So you're telling me there's not a wealth of men complaining about women not dating short men?

Every time I read a research paper about trans people I am reminded of the story about how the Yucatan peninsula got that name

As a trans woman, it is very hard not to laugh at centrists acting like the sky is falling because of one primary in new York considering their general ambivalence towards the extreme anti trans policies that get pushed through on a near daily basis

NYT Op Ed: Is Mamdani too handsome and charming? Some say it sets a dangerous precedent

Doing what voters ask for is actually the same thing as an artificial movement propped up by the Koch brothers if you think about it

Truly amazing how dem leadership keeps trying to force feed people Pete Buttigeig when Mamdani is literally right there. Honestly its like theyre going "noooo we can't be too obviously better than the republicans, its gotta be debatable!!!"

Anthropologist in the distant future trying to figure out which goths they were supposed to be studying

Computer nerds: remember to use a different password for everything, otherwise it's not secure Me: yeah thats fine I only have like 3 accounts online *years later* *buys a new lightbulb* Computer nerd: We're gonna need you to make an account for that

Now when you say "traditional" do you mean "rooted in a history of cultural practices" or "invented by advertisers in the 1950s"?

The thing is, not that I want to see them succeed or anything, but TERFs really missed an opportunity with the phrase "radical gender ideology" when [judith] Butlerian Jihad was right there

So I see you have made some sort of claim about the biological differences between men and women, do you have any sources for that? It was revealed to me in a dream

My hot take is that in order to drive one of these monstrosities, you need to obtain a specialty license and be a registered tradesperson. Otherwise, they need to be banned entirely from our roads due to the dangers they pose.

Further development on the push for 'birth sex' overriding all other records: Today we learn that among the advisors for the govt's planned universal Digital ID is an exec at one of the most concentrated hotbeds of feverish transphobic mania for a decade: Mumsnet. I wish I could force a laugh.

Next they're gonna say that trans people should get a special mark on their liscence, and pretty soon they'll be suggesting we be required to wear some sort of patch or something