Because children aren’t mature enough to give consent to have their penis or breasts cut off. Just like they can’t give consent to have sex. Let them be kids without you assigning labels.
Holy fuck... You claim to be a navy vet and still voted for a draft dodging felon that shits on Veterans??
Supporting a sexual predator alcoholic for the head of the DoD...
There are laws referencing children’s age of consent in every state in the country. These laws are designed to protect children because they aren’t mature enough to make those decisions for themselves.
You’re almost there. Kids aren’t having genital surgery. Kids aren’t going to school and coming back days later with a procedure. They get blockers to pause puberty to give them the time needed to understand themselves so they can consent appropriately.
I’m not sure I understand your ire. I was okay with the puberty my body went through. If I wasn’t, I would have had to CONSENT to have treatment to pause or change that. I don’t consent to my heart beating without me having to think about it. If there was an issue, I’d get treatment to fix it
Let’s show mercy. He’s been infected by the maga mind virus. Hallucinations are a common side effect. He’s been told children are going to school one gender and coming home another. How hard it must be to make sense of our younger generation and their rejection of cultural regulations.
Saying “allow a child to grow up as they feel fit” is kinda ridiculous. Same idea as letting your kid drink soda and eat candy all day every day because that’s how the CHILD “sees fit”
The amount one must throttle back intelligent thought to equate eating habits to how a person personally identifies as a human being is staggering and quite simply... On target for a conservative.
So you’re saying you wouldn’t let you’re kid eat junk food all the time if that’s what the want but you will let them identify as trans before their brain even fully forming?
Here’s the difference with the junk food. Do the kids feel suicidal if they aren’t able to eat the junk food? Do they get bullied for drinking soda all day? Why would anyone CHOOSE the treatment trans people get from the world? It’s awful!
I had to remove my daughter from her school after she was repeatedly threatened and told they would punch her in the head until she died. I promise if I had the ability to make her change her mind I’d do it because I fear for her life daily. I don’t want this for her
I never think about trans youth in my daily thoughts and neither does anyone else who doesn't have serious sexual and/or mental issues. How many are there? The GOP would have you believe it's pandemic. Maybe it has something to do with them looking for romance at rest stops on the interstate? 🙃
First they came and told us “don’t ask, don’t tell”, then they told us “we just want to be tolerated”, next they said “we’re here, we’re queer and we’re in your face”. Next was “trans men are women” and now they tell us “pedophilia is just a minor-attracted person”.But sure the right is the problem.
Nobody is saying pedos should be part of society. Pedos deserve death. What we're asking is for trans people to be accepted and to let kids know that it's normal to not be cis or straight.
Also, are you implying that all of that is bad? Isn't society supposed to progress and be better?
Also, if the right were really against pedophilia, child marriages would've been illegalized and the age of consent would've been 18 nation wide years ago. But guess what? Republicans voters seem opposed to that.
the amount of trans people is equivalent to the amount of people who are twins. sure it isn't as common as identifying as the gender assigned at birth, but how about lift up your comrades instead of tearing them down. you are separating yourself from a community of antifascist folk that could help.
During the safety procedures on a flight, they specifically tell you to put on YOUR mask first in case of an emergency before you even try helping others.
We are in a similar situation in our nation. You help the masses first. The hundreds of millions deserve more attention than the thousands.
False equivalency. Take care of yourself first, yes, but if we don't help all our comrades & particularly stand for minority rights, we're creating a shitty, discriminatory society. Which is where we're starting from. Let's try to leave this place better than we found it.
Nice words, but limited resources in real world & we will NOT sacrifice the masses for the mentally ill fringe.
People are hurting - lack of food or lack of a future. Inflation, medical $, tuition $. REAL problems, not some made up BS in people's heads that think they are something they are not.
I disagree & stand firm that ALL PEOPLE should be treated with Respect - Everyone has the RIGHT to pursue Happiness - Trump won with Hate & Bigotry- He creates imaginary Enemies for People to Hate daily - We lost because Biden did not announce he was not running after the 2022 Mid Terms - Period
My observation is Hate & Bigotry are intoxicating, Violence “ feels “ good, perhaps lingering in our blood from a time before civilization that life required it for survival - But Hate & Bigotry always end in Destruction & Death, circling back to devour it’s parent eventually
Indeed. Sadly, there are very dark parts of human nature that I have been led to believe are impossible to erase with morality. The only way to manage them is to build ways of containing them.
ohhhh some people I will never join want to get together to tell trans people, who have been attacked for...ever, that we like them and want them around, horrible, death of democracy, why don't you focus on the stuff I care about which is not safety for all people
This is becoming way too much. Kids don’t even know what or who they are. Hell I didn’t know till my late 20s. Kids do not need to be labeled as transvestites until they can make legal decisions for themselves. Everyone wants a “poor me” excuse. That’s what this “movement” is..
My kid knew as a toddler, and told the kids at childcare he was a boy. It took his father much longer to accept it could possibly be true. He's just reached adulthood, and gender affirming care is the reason he did. Just cause you didn't know who you were doesn't mean everyone else is the same.
Fuck off already. My now adult trans kid knew who he was well before he ever told us. Kids are smarter than you give them credit for. They’re also far more self aware than you think they are.
Pretending you know more about trans kids than their parents and doctors is pretty upsetting to those of us living with the reality of medicine being taken away.
My kid was on a path to suicide. This medicine saved him from that. So you’re goddamned right I’m pissed off when that’s threatened.
I’m very sorry to hear that. Genuinely. I have had a daughter hospitalized for suicidal thoughts as well. These conversations with folks like you have changed the way I look at things quite a bit.
I'm glad you can relate to why we advocate for our kids' right to medical care then. So many of us only still have our kids because gender affirming care saved their lives. Thank you for being open to having the way you think about things change. So many aren't.
When a child is born with more hormones of a sex that doesn’t match his inside, ages will not change our hormone makeup. Their own body fight itself and suicide is common. Thank God there is surgery today. Years ago they tested babies. Native Americans call it two spirit. They feel they r special.
Could be worse- our lives could be so empty that we have to fixate on the lives of strangers that in no way affect us... unless, it does affect us because we've got a secret we're too afraid to face due to being fed hatred and shame by the bigots we surround ourselves with...
sometimes having these kind of conversations can be exhausting so if i seem cranky that's the only reason. but honestly? if more people would talk to each other.. we might all realize that we've been fed a bunch of info that is half true and we all feel politically stuck between crappy choices
You mean gender-affirming medical treatments? I’m sorry but these are elective procedures. Not medical care or medical treatment. Same as a boob job or lipo. If a doctor isn’t comfortable with it then he or she is not required to perform an elected surgery and that is their right as a physician.
for example, in my small city, there are less than ten doctors who will prescribe hormone therapy even to adults. most doctors will not do it. a ban would simply make this handful of people felons if they worked with kids.
a lot of people think this means hormones and surgery, which are currently considered elective, for sure, but the kids and teens don't usually get access to those two anyway. also doctors already aren't required to do any procedure they don't feel comfortable with, even without a law banning it.
Medical treatment isn’t available? I’m not familiar with USA emergency treatment but I’d imagine they don’t discriminate - well, financial discrimination most probably.
i was referring to the inability of transgender youth to receive transition-related care and treatment, though. multiple states have banned youth from receiving care, meanwhile 47 has written an executive order pulling funding for youth trans care. https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/healthcare_youth_medical_care_bans
a qualitative study discussing the experiences of trans patients in emergency care, with providers' responses ranging from asking unrelated and invasive questions, to misgendering, all the way to abandonment. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8627922/
Being able to walk on the street without threats of violence.
Turning on the TV and not seeing the entire government trying to erase them from existence.
Life saving health care that literally doesn’t affect anyone but themselves
Currently the ability to obtain a passport
Get outside and play. Work hard, play hard so you are exhausted come bedtime. Tomboys Rule! Check out Indigenous Two Spirited people! It is a sacred honour to be born two-spirited. You are special. 😍
To answer your question as a parent of a trans kid, you don't. But doesn't every child deserve support from their community to figure out who they are in their own time? Judgment is not the answer
hey, as someone who grew up with this thinking pattern it did damage me mentally a bit. no hate but a good compromise is until like 16 ish puberty blockers if a teen or preteen is questioning. gives a cool down period to think about it and such. (i am trans and would probably have done this)
the point of trans healthcare for young people is typically to delay puberty so they have time to figure out their identity without the stress. they can stop taking puberty blockers at any time and then go through puberty, or choose to take hormone replacements when they have figured it out.
Unless you experience it personally, it’s difficult to comprehend. It’s a sense of self, you just absolutely know something is wrong - despite your best efforts to conform to what is expected, you just feel empty - it’s an internal pull until you finally give in & align yourself - it’s not fun
Because not getting this treatment causes suicidal depression which physically prevents them from living normally.
It's not just a choice. Someone who's diabetic "chooses" to take insulin, but suffers without it.
It's done because not helping trans kids is how they end up inconsolably depressed.
Usually they work through it with their parents and medical professionals who are knowledgeable about trans people. They also usually start with social transition (name change, pronoun change, different clothes/hair maybe) which can help them determine if it feels right to them. Puberty blockers can
(especially medically) including a lot of specific requirements and it's also usually over a long period of time. Also regret rates for transitioning are very low.
delay the onset of puberty while the child and family and medical professionals determine if the child is trans. It's safe and reversible and they usually don't even jump straight into that before socially transitioning first. So basically there's a lot that goes into a child transitioning
This type of demonstration does not help the very few who present this genetic difference. Better to express this as a rare, unavoidable biological but natural genetic mutation. The problem with the anti trans people is they think it is a perverse choice rather than an act of nature.
Trump punching down on the Kids is disgraceful - Leaders lift people up … I was always taught Jesus sought out those that others had rejected … maybe he should create a executive order from his Big Chief notebook directing people to support these kids
I feel so sorry for the children of the people who replied to this with such hatred and lies. The best I can hope for as far as Any of them having and raising kids is that their kids get away from them As Soon as they can. Passing on this legacy of hate amounts to abuse in my opinion.
Blocked. lol. They can't stand it when we don't let them in the room, thinking we are scared or incapable of having a conversation. They lack self-awareness and projection is there only real game. Buh bye.
It was pretty great. My 11yo spoke to the estimated 4K people gathered. Happy to engage if anyone actually wants to learn something and not spew bs they picked up “doing their own research” instead of listening to every major medical association.
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How's those egg prices?
That pesky war in Ukraine over?
I bet you take your kids to church, groomer
Supporting a sexual predator alcoholic for the head of the DoD...
Fuckin squid that hates Americans.
Wow
How many have you met?
Where do you get the idea you know anything about the subject??
You cut your penis off and you're still a bigot ass Nazi
That's so christian shit right there.
Very telling
Since that is the only way you get laid without paying for it.
So, per your bigoted thoughts, a parent doesn't have the right to do what they feel is correct for their child??
Nazi on, conservative bigot!
This is why the GOP fears the Department of Education. Free thought will collapse the church and GOP
Are you a youth pastor?
He's staying at the education level of his audience
But please do tell me more about me. It's fascinating
I feel sorry for you at the end of all this, truly.
Obtuse isn't a strong enough word for this situation
No one saw that coming
But it's an intellectual idea, so see your issue.
Also, are you implying that all of that is bad? Isn't society supposed to progress and be better?
We should not forget that a handful of these bullshit issues ushered in fascism to the US.
The needs of the masses come before the wants of the fringe, radical, mentally ill groups.
We are in a similar situation in our nation. You help the masses first. The hundreds of millions deserve more attention than the thousands.
People are hurting - lack of food or lack of a future. Inflation, medical $, tuition $. REAL problems, not some made up BS in people's heads that think they are something they are not.
step on legos
My kid was on a path to suicide. This medicine saved him from that. So you’re goddamned right I’m pissed off when that’s threatened.
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
Have you ever thought about getting that looked at? Professionally?
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Turning on the TV and not seeing the entire government trying to erase them from existence.
Life saving health care that literally doesn’t affect anyone but themselves
Currently the ability to obtain a passport
Please don't beat me up on this.
A lot of kids, especially early teens to early twenties, go through a lot of changes with their bodies and emotions , basically the stages of puberty.
How does one know if they are 100% sure they want to transgender?
Do us a favor and actually listen to what we say.
It's not just a choice. Someone who's diabetic "chooses" to take insulin, but suffers without it.
It's done because not helping trans kids is how they end up inconsolably depressed.
-Abraham Lincoln
Trump is a small, weak, inhuman, coward- of course he targets children.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/nyregion/nyc-trans-health-care-youth-protest.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vk4.gUa2.LYgaC8ZRB55r&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
It’s trump and his ilk who should be made to feel “other”.
No, wait. Those are Christians.
Asking for a friend 🏳️⚧️