I've never seen a more perfect example of "someone proving in their apology that they learned absolutely nothing from their mistakes." Yeah, FUCK Brianna Wu more than ever before.

You can have a conversation about your (our) specific needs as medical transitioners without pussyfooting around the fact that you clearly think people who don't medically transition aren't really trans.

I've said this many times over the years, but I'll say it again: If you think you need a word to separate you from Those Other Trans People, you're being a dickhead. No, they aren't less trans than you because their transition looks different. No, you don't need your own special word.

That's something that drives me nuts about being "cancelled". These people can go on and just live normal lives but no, they feel they deserve the thing that being cancelled proved they did not And the more rich the worse it is. like Mel Gibson could just do nothing the rest of his life and be fine

"Oh so there's no path to redemption?" Sure there is. Most paths to redemption don't run through the U.S. Senate, though. Go, live a good life. Farm oysters. Diminish and go into the East and be an always improving Graham Platner. Do not be a Senator. And remove that fucking tat.

the centrist news slop machine is dogshit? colour me surprised!

Hey transgender people! Are you tired of this website that is owned by a virulent transphobe? Come to blue sky!! [two years later] so…about that……. 😏

The belief of many developers and engineers that their work is morally neutral, apolitical, and in some way distinct from physical reality is one of the reasons tech has been able to do so many of the horrifying things it has.

That provision would effectively ban trans health care for people of all ages everywhere in the country. If Dems can't stand up to that, then they deserve to lose forever.

I think my fave example of the BBC as a whole being kinda fucked is that one summer when like four different BBC staff compared trans healthcare to nazi torture which may have also been the same year a certain comedy writer went on Newsnight and did the same. No apologies were issued. None.

A transfemme walking down the street in a dress shouldn't have to be an act of societal rebellion. She should just be viewed as a goddamn clothed woman going about her day and running errands. The world will be a better place when that view is achieved by the masses.

it's so funny that there's been SO MUCH carping about journalism disappearing and about how we have to support the outlets we have left or it'll be gone forever and this is what we're supposed to support

I guess I don’t understand the whole “If we abandon our values we’ll win elections” thing. Kind of seems like it misses the point but I’m just an actor.

I just feel inclined to remind everyone that when trans people raised concerns about harris stating she would 'follow the law' with regards trans rights at a time more states than ever were enacting anti-trans laws, libs shouted us down insisting she was an ally. Listen to trans people.

*A Centrist restaurant consultant walks into a pizza parlor* "I can't understand why you're not doing more to get people who hate pizza to come in here to complain about your menu"

I keep blocking every account I see suggesting that trans people are morally obligated to sacrifice ourselves at the altar of political convenience and yet there are always more. they're like ants I just can't get rid of them.

I truly believe that electing a transphobic Dem could have the same effect that electing a transphobic Labour party in the U.K. had: the worst possible outcome where being anti-trans is a consensus view bsky.app/profile/park...

It also betrays a view of trans rights as a "nice to have" issue in the way that it portrays those demanding trans rights as spoiled children who won't play if they don't get their way rather than a population desperately trying to survive in a world increasingly hostile to them from all sides

reposted this today because the inverse is also true: if you abandon trans people right now, you are abandoning civil rights period. if you can't stand up for trans people when it matters, no one should, or will, ever trust you when the bullseye moves to the next target.

Hey for real, South Park contributed more to transphobia being normalized in the pre-Rowling era more than any other media I can think. Garrison alone. Them doing a Trump video where he has a tiny dick and is sleeping with Satan is not something you gotta applaud them over. They're assholes.

This is basically an object lesson in why Big Tent ideology is worthless dead-end bullshit, you can't have a coherent party with a coherent platform when one of your guys is making a queer rights legal hotline and the other is doing podcasts with nazis and agreeing that they have some good points

its obviously just a transparent attempt to stalk everybody online more than they already do but i really want to know what logic they'd spew is like. how does Me (adult) uploading My Passport to PornHub protect the children from anything. what is that achieving. please explain.

It's amazing how little it takes for liberals to abandon civil rights. Conservatives poured money into making trans people a culture war fixation and transphobia still isn't actually an electoral winner, but liberals are ecstatic to "make a tough sacrifice" and mulch us to run right and lose again.

honestly it's getting harder to not just dismiss the field of journalism outright with how eager people and publications are to platform bigots uncritically or with the most halfhearted 'but some disagree' balancing imaginable. it's so tiring.

I don't think this is a *good* statement but it was an inevitable one. They clearly had no interest in ditching John Boyne after burning themselves so thoroughly clinging on to him, but also knew continuing at this point would have been a farce that would have permanently destroyed the awards.

It's over - The Polari Prize has been halted for 2025. Sunk by the decision to longlist a proudly anti-trans author. Credit to the other longlisted authors who were willing to sacrifice award nomination to instead stand in solidarity with their community. This really meant something.

the 'male loneliness epidemic' is such a misleading phrase. when I first saw it mentioned I thought it was talking about how men struggle to make and keep friends because toxic masculinity has tricked them into thinking showing emotions is a weakness. but no, instead it's about finding partners?

While yes, transphobia has knock on effects that will harm cis people too, you should care because it's harming trans people right the fuck now

encouraging people to read classic literature (or otherwise broaden their reading list) doesn't make you a snob but dismissing other works as not being "real books" 100% does.

My earnest advice to Labour supporters concerned about the new left party is to accept that: 1. The Labour Party leader told those people to leave 2. Those people are now gone. 3. You will not scold them into returning. 4. You have 4 years to get your party to attract them back into the fold.

LGBTQ+ rights are not a “Ieft wing purity test” and if you think that way, you’re part of the problem.

I don't know why this post is making the rounds & people are agreeing with it. It's not that far removed from "don't say queer" No. This is NOT what the two elder activists meant when they said "shut the fuck up"

No

i get where this is coming from and make no judgments of how others stay safe but the same could be said about being trans online and i’m not about to pretend to be cis personally

If not being prepared to throw myself or other marginalised people under the bus means I don't have a party to vote for, so be it. People can scream "tactical voting" all they want, but I've seen the consequences, I won't play the game any more. If we don't stand for justice, we stand for nothing.

kids: woah you mean this device can connect me to a universe of information, experts in that information and also makes its easy to communicate with my friends at literally any time? adults: yeah but you can only use it for 2 hours a day because im nostalgic for when i was a kid (which sucked btw).

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: the quintessential liberal.

And to the many, many, many people who went, "But even a Dem who is bad on trans rights would be better than a Republican!" I want you to talk to some trans people in the UK to ask them how things are going under the current Labour government.

"As usual, leftists have championed a doomed cause." I think this is the part that makes me the most mad. She's trans! She should understand that most of our fights are initially unpopular. Black people's freedoms, women's rights, gay marriage. Should we have just given up on all of those??

Honestly I've been critical of her work for a very long time as a trans person and it drives me a little insane that cis people have never listened to trans folks' criticism of her and it's perpetually lumped into this narrative that "yes of course she recieves a lot of overblown criticism"

it brings me some small comfort in this terrible world to know that at the very least glinner will never be happy. even when the terfs are winning, somehow he is always losing.

It's a huge indictment of our terrible UK journalists that the fact everyone's age will need verified everywhere online is coming as a surprise to people. Coverage of online "safety" legislation should always have made that clear, instead of just repeating "it's to protect kids!!"

welp, I won't be doing this. if I can't find a way around it then I guess I'm going back to mastodon. what can I say except fuck the UK government.

You, a low IQ fool: cares about things. Does not like seeing people suffer Me, a 10,000.1 IQ sensible liberal brainlord: emotionally detached. Indifferent to suffering as long as the status quo is maintained

confused about where contrapoints assigns agency, in her post. democrats supported a genocide - but it is the left's opposition to that genocide that helped reelect trump? the left distributing pictures and videos of atrocities in gaza has people in a rage - but what about the atrocities themselves?

as the harms caused by capitalism become more obvious and unignorable, the leaders charged with keeping capitalism running must by necessity get more cruel and more ignorant. if all but the most clueless goon in society would recognize the need to change course, they will put him on the throne

always grinds my gears in particular when terfs complain about how many trans women still have penises. cool, personally I would love to not have a penis anymore. I would have had bottom surgery 5 years ago if I could. but that would require accessible trans healthcare, which they won't support.

during the trial transphobes asserted and maintained the claim that Brianna wasn't murdered because she was trans. Even as details emerged where the killers made transphobic remarks between themselves about her. Even as the judge ruled that her trans status was a part of the reason she was targeted

Imagine if the Democratic Party actually helped Zohran instead of trying to kneecap him at every step. A better party is immediately possible if they stop shoving money into the anti-trans combination Racism Dial/Money Toilet and instead get behind candidates people actually want.