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It is really rough to look at the quote posts and see how much so many trans people (especially but not exclusively trans women) are struggling. I know it's not an easy time for anyone who isn't pretty rich (although I am fortunate enough to be in an okay spot at the moment) but oof.

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

I'm finding myself irked by the "it's kayfabe" takes. I don't think it is, I don't think either of these people have the savvy or executive functioning or self-restraint to pull that off but even if it is so what? If you think we should be doing something concrete differently say that!

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

They won't pay to house and shelter people but they want drones to protect cops from experiencing the very conditions in which they're forcing people to live

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

"Don't be distracted by the internet fight" is not actually helpful even if you think it is a distraction; if you feel like it's a distraction from something, talk about that instead. It's not helpful to tell people what they shouldn't do, it's helpful to tell people what they should do.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

If this is the case I think the disconnect might be that the center-left says "join us!" and thinks that's being welcoming without working towards mutual ground with the left. I also see how centrists always compromise right and I think they are upset the left doesn't offer them the same deference.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

I know posting that "It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible" Onion article is a cliche at this point and that fact is so depressing

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submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments

These consultants are literally just calling minorities and gay people "bad groups" now. If you don't understand this comes down to "let's crank up the racism dial" I simply don't know what to tell you.

submitted 2 days ago • 63 comments

Vote Blue No Matter Who crowd: *throws trans people under the bus* Trans people: Okay if you are not going to support us in any way in the face of the ongoing horrors we're not going to support you Vote Blues: That's very selfish, don't you care about other people?

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

This group exists for the specific purpose of trying to get Dems to throw trans people under the bus.

submitted 2 days ago • 77 comments

I saw a cishet person say, in reference to recent news, "I will keep being an ally, but I don't know how y'all cope" which is begging the question frankly, there is no evidence that I am actually coping

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

People are (correctly!) pointing out how stupid and dangerous this is and I'd like to point out as well the phrase "retain our Constitutional right to peaceful protest" -- if your right to protest can be taken away that easily, do you actually have a right to protest?

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Wishing everyone an Ode to Billie Joe Day full of complicated emotions

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

jesus fucking christ the whole skyline today is hate crimes, genocide, suicides, news of the wealthy weaponizing their blessings against us, and desperate friends begging for help... happy pride everybody 🙁

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

I think about the encampments in DC and people I know and organizations like Food Not Bombs spending a lot of their own time and money and effort to try to get food to people who don't have it and the Democratic party has set up a free taco truck for Republicans for some obscure dunk?

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

This one is challenging as a parent because you can't escape Harry Potter; my kid went to a birthday party which I found out after the fact was Harry Potter themed. What do I do? Tell her she can't go? I can't keep her away from it altogether, all the other kids talk about it, and it feels awful.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

I really appreciate this because I think a lot of well-meaning cis people will say "trans people are safe with me" and what they mean is "I support you" or even "I will stand up for you" but they're not actually equipped to create a safe space for trans people

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Ah yes it's time for "straight men at Pride" discourse again, my favorite time of year (I get it, just, as a straight man who is queer (trans) I don't enjoy it)

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

AI stands for "Afflatus Incompatible" because computers lack the divine spark of creativity

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Sometimes I think about the phrase "a broken clock is right twice a day" and different ways it could be broken. It could go so slowly it's only right once a day, or so fast it's right four times a day, or infinity fast so it's right infinity times a day (but wrong 1439 * infinity times per day).

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

I think this is a good point and I also think there's a stereotype of angry trans people that means that when we do something with moderate annoyance like correct someone who used the wrong pronouns they get super defensive and act like we blew up at them; I think we're nicer than we get credit for.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

I think when this woman says "moms" she means "women who meet my approval"; she's defining the term to herself in a specific way. She's still seeing an in group and an out group, she just wants to set the boundary between these groups very slightly differently than what's currently happening.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Genuinely thank you to all the people, trans and cis, replying and quote posting about how garbage and shitty this is -- it sucks to be under attack constantly and it helps to see lots of people pushing back

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment