why is it always “blame the voters” when trans people won’t vote for a specific primary in a candidate but never “blame the voters” for the rest of the coalition alienating them

Anyway, it's all really unfortunate that all the media coverage of this story and the new IOC policy is being described in terms of banning trans athletes. It completely overshadows that there a number of women (who are not trans) who are going to be banned from competing as a total surprise.

It's not hyperbole, either. There was an Indian swimmer named Pratima Gaonkar. Born a girl. Raised a girl. She trained her whole life, competed, etc. And then she failed a "sex verification test," and ended up killing herself. indianexpress.com/article/spor...

Besides the point, his framing of what Alejandra actually says in the screenshot is pretty misleading. The "suicides and ruined lives" line is specifically referring to women who end up failing the DNA test after not knowing they had an intersex condition.

revelations 13:17

Of more than 500 federal databases affected by Trump’s myriad executive orders, nearly three-quarters were revised because of the Defending Women order alone. Most of the cases involved removing trans-inclusive gender identity options from survey forms.

look, *something* has to blow that's just the rules

fwiw I see both the bad shit around Newsom and Platner as symptoms of a misdiagnosis of what went wrong in the 2024 election and the kind of stuff that is going to quickly fall away as we have to deal with the very real crises that are looming for America

Did a quick writeup of the new Olympic policy, which essentially bans trans women from Olympic competition. It also bans any women who test positive for the SRY gene, which has happened in the past. That's why the practice was abandoned more than two decades ago. Now, it's back. Gift link:

Cis people will really be like "ohh, new Harry Potter" stuff on Wednesday and on Thursday be like "ah well, that sucks about trans women banned from the Olympics" on Thursday and not be able to connect the dots

it's wild to me that john cho played hikaru sulu in tos and in the kelvinverse man just does not age

I hate this so much. I knew we were going to get an avalanche of lesbophobia and misogynoir over this season, yet it still manages to shock and disgust me. Also this was very clearly set up in season 3, but these viewers are still acting like it came out of nowhere NOW. Incredible media literacy.

It’s very funny how straight people who fetishize one section of queer experiences never hide their hatred of other queer people They love the gays when it’s two men knocking boots from a story that uses racial stereotypes for an East Asian man, but heaven forbid anyone be a lesbian

Interesting that all these women who made Heated Rivalry a smash hit are now crashing out about the upcoming season of Bridgerton. Just interesting! Just interesting.

Trans people: hey, can y'all please not engage with this one property out of the entire universe worth of content? Cis people: this is an attack on my human rights and a free speech issue. Here I stand, i can do no other

"I believe so utterly in male supremacy that I think a woman can't ever beat a man at anything, and the mere presence of a Y chromosome is an overwhelming advantage at sportsball. Therefore, we must eradicate trannies from ever participating in society. Buy more wizkidlit." -- This website of late

“in mini-puberty of INFANCY.” is an actual thing that was cited by the IOC for why trans women have an innate advantage except mini-puberty is not well understood at all and mostly has to do with postnatal organ development and we otherwise know fuck all about it. it’s “T is a super hormone” shit

Democrats need to win the comment war on AllRecipes dot com

when institutions like the IOC make proclamations banning trans women from the olympics and give poorly cited “research” to justify the decision… including erroneously saying “there’s no evidence that testosterone suppression or gender affirming care reduces the advantages of testosterone puberty…”

okay i’ll be real, i need people to stop being like “this trans sports ban isn’t going to affect any trans women, it’s going to affect mostly cis women because there’s no trans athletes…” like 1) there’s a reason for that and 2) it’s not actually about sports and yes it does affect trans women

“Safeguarding” has becoming a fucking magic word for reactionaries in this country. A means of imposing their agenda, including through censorship.

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what a strange thing for ioc experts to say given they have the same public data we do, which is that no trans woman has ever medaled, let alone placed, since we were allowed to compete in 2004 and there have been so few of us to even get to the olympics

it’s cool how trans issues were framed as a distraction for decades but now that we’re in a global energy crisis there’s none of that energy

yes this has a lot to do with me finally transitioning, but i notice that transphobia seems to often be the hinge that turns people from relatively normal into frothing would-be genocidaires

of course it's a fucking breeder

I think everyone who’s had a dick in their mouth needs to not be talking thinly veiled homophobic shit but that’s just me being a dicks in mouths respecter

I read a lot of sci-fi/fantasy garbage as a kid and you don't see me whining about it.

personally i really liked ender's game and its original sequels (speaker for the dead, xenocide, children of the mind) but also, like. i grew up and realized the politics. and then i found out about the author's politics. probably helped that the homecoming series weirded me out on osc

better destiny 2 than a podcast, m i rite???

I analyzed over 10 years of anti-trans legislation. Over 330 bills have passed, with ~300 of them in just the last 5 years. There is no precedent in American history for so many bills to target one particular minority group like this in such a short timeframe. www.thedissident.news/the-ratchet/

Putting together an analysis of all the anti trans laws over the last few years and there's never been anything like this in US history. The total number of state laws passed in 5 years (300+) approaches the total number of Jim Crow laws (400+) passed over a 100 years.

every time i see an asian ice thug, i can only hope that their ancestors curse them and that their dishonorable, corrupted, blighted lineage ends with them. as well as their cow's.

It’s shocking how the motivation behind almost every single bad tech bill is about hating LGBTQ people and specifically trans people

absolutely gorgeous in 70mm at the music box in chicago, if you get the chance

I don't follow Online Discourse on purpose but it's hard to miss the legions of het women whose BRAIN CHEMISTREEEYYY WAS ALTERRRREEDDDD repeatedly rewatching two men get it on who seem to be *struggling* now that season five (5) of another show will be sapphic? and I think that's so interesting. +

anyway, it's hard not to see the recurring bouts of hate sent roan's way as a case of a lot of people having "bitch eating crackers" syndrome

if anything like this actually comes to fruition it is inarguable that donald trump started and comprehensively lost a war in less than a month this is an absolute body blow to the idea of american hegemony

Freedom of navigation is one of the big things that US hegemony guarantees and is absolutely critical to global trade. We absolutely picked a fight that didn't have a military solution and the cascading effects of are incomprehensible.

she was utterly justified and right, which is why she is immortalized as a hero

'AM I BAD?' is a grand and cosmic question that is well beyond our scope. fine. here on the ground, the DAY TO DAY effects are that your actions contribute to hurt and suffering in small or large ways, and those who hurt and suffer because of you are allowed to not like you because of it. SORRY BUD.

whenever folks talk about harry potter and separating artist from art they always have this indignant 'OH SO IM A BAD FOR BUYING THESE BOOKS?' but thats not the real issue. the reality is that many will BELIEVE you are bad, and that is VALID. its not your choice what others think of you

all the bureaucrats for the eic, rac, belgian congo, gestapo, the stasi, the kgb, ice/cpb, whose only job is to review and process paperwork that enabled the horrors, but were utterly uninvolved with inserting bullets into brainpans, are they bad people too? is this even a serious question?

It would not only change the meaning of Guernica as an artistic piece from a protest of war to a tool of oppression, but it would fundamentally change what the collaboration between the art and the viewer is, and it would fundamentally change the relationship between viewer and artist.

If I knew viewing Guernica would put money directly into the pockets of a still living Pablo Picasso, who had announced publicly that he would be using that money to terrorize, harm, and kill women, not only would I not go view Guernica, it would fundamentally change the meaning of Guernica as art.

the girl guides in the UK just kicked out all their trans members specifically bc they were threatened with a lawsuit from a rowling-funded group

Harry Potter tattoo regret rate is an order of magnitude higher than regret for Gender Reassignment Surgery and yet no one has been brave enough to suggest we legislate Harry Potter tattoos.

Giving it up is easy because THE AUTHOR IS EVIL AND TRYING TO KILL PEOPLE. It’s easy even for people for whom it was once an important part of their lives because THE AUTHOR IS EVIL AND TRYING TO KILL PEOPLE. That’s the answer.

There was never a mask. I don't understand people pretending that a single lie was told about what these racists wanted to do.