Me either. In fact, if I know any trans people, I'm not aware of it, and I don't care if they are or not. They don't bother me. False Christians bother me.
I think it is also worth pointing out that, just as being trans doesn't make a person dangerous. It also doesn't make a person safe. Too often, in an eager attempt to defend. We can all of us fall into a false narrative. That is part of the trap laid out by those who demonize.
The hundreds of hours my mom spent watching trans TV shows, with hosts proclaiming if you send $$$ now, your trans life will be so much more blessed. She’d cry and pick up phone, credit card in hand. (And she wonders why I’m not trans … err, sorry, miscomm … Christian … anymore.)
MAYBE. BUT MAYBE SMARTER RESOLVE TO THEIR ISSUES WOULD'VE PLACED HARRIS IN THE OVAL OFFICE.
EXAMPLE: MY IDEA 5 YRS AGO. START AN ALL SPORTS / TRANS PROGRAM IN THE US TO HELP PROMOTE THEIR ABILITIES/ATHLETICISM AND RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE, INSTEAD OF FORCING EVERYONE ELSE TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.
I don't have anything against trans people either until trans women compete with regular women in sports. That's not as cut-and-dried okay as trans women in the ladies room.
So actual Trans person here. Did you know that when we medically Transition our bodies change? As a Trans Woman I dropped much of the muscle I had before I transitioned, your body goes through a lot of physical changed when you transition. Most of us aren’t even athletes. I’m definitely not.
You know what (all) women athletes actually need? To be paid fairly. To not be objectified, sexualized, and assaulted by the cis male coaches, and doctors in our presence. To not be assumed to be weak and in need of "protection" from a non existent threat invented by the cis males trying to harm us.
I appreciate ur honesty. I think U may express what many feel but are reluctant to say. I try to be as fair minded as possible, but I’ve also wondered about natural advantages of male physiology. The only fair remedy I can see is to allow who needs to, to take puberty blockers when appropriate.
Hemoglobin drops to cis female range with 4 months
Lean muscle mass drops to cis female range with 1-2 years
Bone density drops within(I forget how long this takes)
A recent study indicates that we may actually drop below cis female avg in lung capacity
Standard practice is to suppress serum T levels below cis female range
And, if we're allowed to transition early enough we skip T puberty altogether and none of this matters
If you're truly "worried about male physiology" in female sports accurate info is actually available
Thanks for the info but I’m not medical at all. I didn’t say worried. Just taking it into consideration. U are making my point for me.
I base my opinion on the 2 trans people I kno (too small a sample, I kno) one had HRT early and has no trouble passing. It should always be between them and doctor.
It's devastating when this happens and I hope you can find a new family that shares your beliefs. I know this is likely to sound trite and preachy, but try volunteering for a cause you believe in. You'll meet people there who share your values and it's a good place to start building a new family. ❤️🩹
Probably after they went independent from LGBQ, and then had to make up for equal social exposure, after LGBQ had already saturated a cable television pandering to its largely women/gay-men viewership.
Hey, where are they going to get their OWN VH-1? 🤷♂️
It’s in his face because it’s something that doesn’t perfectly align with his world view or sense of self and sets off his intolerance meter anytime he sees it. “Not like me… does not compute…”
Yes, but where is he encountering it? Central Florida isn’t overrun with transsexuals. Must be the spin from whatever RW news source he is thoughtlessly consuming.
I will copy this and post on my door so when they come on Sunday morning knocking on my door to convince me with their fake christianity they will see it 👍🏽
It's amazing the amount of people that are so concerned about things that will never affect them...mind your own fuckin business and let people live their own lives ..being different isn't a crime
I had a church group (one of many) knock on my door on a Saturday and the main guy in a suit looks at my pajamas when I opened the door and says "not going to bother getting dressed today, huh?" I should have said "judge not lest ye be judged," but I was so pissed just shut the door in his face.
Republicans are perpetual victims of living in America. They're only happy if they can break the law as it suits them but every other person had better follow it! It's turned into a country of hypocritical bullies.
Yeah, we realize that. Please forgive us for being sensitive about "bad jokes" from cis people that reference our lives. I'm sure you didn't know this about RuPaul. Next time, substitute Elliot Page or Laverne Cox or some other trans celebrity
Sure, happens every day, send your son to school and later that day he comes home as a girl. The people watching Fox are so fucking dumb its beyond a chuckle, way beyond.
Talk to any of those people for more than a few minutes and your reaction will be "look, there's only so long you can pretend you didn't pick up the wrong kid at school".
In fairness, this is what you get for naming every member of a generation some misspelling of "Dakota".
Jehovah's Witnesses came to my door once. I made them come back and pick up the garbage pamphlet they left outside my door as I offered a Hail Satan as they walked away. No one ever came back!
Two men on bikes accosted me once while I was alone on foot. They eventually got bored of me & left, but my heart was pounding. Proselytizers are not safe people.
All of that is possible but extremely unlikely Jess, and I know you know that. If there was ever a group that just wanted to live their lives in peace it would be trans people
Trans folks have always been here in the same percentage as they are now. It’s part of the natural order. People who fear trans folks don’t know any trans folks so how are they being forced into anything ? I hate religion but it doesn’t make me want to lock up and punish every missionary who knocks
"Shoved down their throat" means mentioned on TV or whatever their favorite media is, and existing in various offices and job descriptions. Basically, existing.
How horrible for them, that something exists that they don't want to exist.
According to this administration and MAGA I shouldn’t even be able to back my car out of the driveway because there are so many illegal immigrants running around committing crimes and trans people sex changing children.
I just don’t get it. They are just humans. They always say it’s because of the kids. Kids are being talked into this. Giving them drugs, cutting them. Like yeah, that’s what parents strive for, to drug their kids and have their breasts or penis removed!
Morons, usually bible thumpers!
You can't even get those operations done under 18 unless you have cancer. Hell, even getting those surgeries as an adult if you are trans can be damn near impossible. Months (if not years) long waits, the sheer costs, recovery time, if you CAN take time off for work, etc.
Grooming should be left in the privacy of ones home.
Christians grooming zealots should not be part of American society.
American Christian have no respect for the Bible or our Constitution.
Same here. The trans persons I know have never felt like a threat, let alone threatened me or my family. They don't threaten me with Hell, death, rape, arson or go door to door trying to get people to hate other people.
I had a chat with an anti Trans person once. After the usual back and forth I asked, "So just admit it really has nothing to do with you except it makes you feel icky." He really didn't have a response for that.
That's really it. I genuinely think a lot of them aren't as secure in their own gender identity as they think they are, and our existence makes them existentially uncomfortable. (Not that I think they're eggs or anything, just fragile)
I've never had a trans person push and shove me at a demonstration. I've never had a trans person yell at me because my t-shirt has a rainbow on it. I've never seen a transperson checking out and beating up people going into the women's bathroom.
RW is seriously obsessed and til lw/dems get a salient pro-lgbtq counter, negativity Fox etc shove down throats is working. sad truth is "lgbtq lifestyles are shoved down our throats" was always dog whistle to complain of lgbtq just existing openly in public/having rights and having stories told etc
Nobody has. But haters don't need any excuses to hate,it's
born in, as regular as breathing, where you want to help,they
want to hurt; where you want a victor, they want a victim.
I agree. I've known a couple of trans people. One was a bit of a mess, not paying for her estrogen injections and expecting us to keep on giving them. The other is one cool dude who is quite creative and charming.
Every time I see a GOP house member or commentator trans- or queer-hating, all I think is... that guy is suffering homosexual panic (about themselves). Because of course they don't know the diff between homo- and transsexual.
Why else would they feel so threatened?
I watched "Will and Harper" today on Netflix. It's about Will Ferrell & his long-time friend (writer at SNL) who is transitioning from male to female in appearance. It's very heartwarming how they are now navigating their friendship. Bravo to Will, everyone should be as accepting. Highly recommend.
What I meant was that the way you feel on the inside has been hidden from fear, isolation, and appearance. Not everybody feels safe to dress as the sex they are on the inside. Transitioning in appearance... meaning womens/mens clothes, body augmentation... etc. I was acknowledging the person who
has been trapped inside... that person always existed, but because of societal norms, was afraid to outwardly present themselves as the person inside. That is what I meant as transitioning in appearance. When your genders mesh inwardly as well as outwardly.
No disrespect meant.
The joy of skate shoes. The crappier they look the comfier they are. Until you get holes in the bottom then it’s diminishing returns. I love Vans too! I had an old green pair that I lived in about a million years ago.
Hey, half my LGBTQI friends are from roller derby, so many are gay women, NB or trans men. Every one of them fabulous in their own way, no need for glitter or sequins to be fabulous.
Or stand in front of football stadia, baseball parks, malls, on public street corners, airports, grocery stores - to name but a few. Or pollute TV/Radio airways and make real and veiled threats on-line, tie people to the back of pick-up trucks and drag them to their death (looking at you, E.TX)..🙄😡
Bigots, homophobes and transphobes. They feel like they can just say it now. Why do we have to show tolerance with them? Their lack of respect should be turned on them. It's what I do now... always. People only get the respect they deserve. It has to be earned. "Get what you give."
I've never had to explain to a kid why there was a stylized symbol of what a trans person died on every 1/4 mile, or that a trans person died for my sins either, but here we are... 🤷
The only time I saw a trans person affect young girls is when the trans player on the middle school volleyball team taught the rest of the girls how to do a killer cat's eye with liquid liner and how to stuff your bra so nobody would know.
I remember thinking "Where were you when I was 12?"
Same. Usually I talk to them because I find them fascinating. Living their true life. Up here in St. Louis you will find trans people just minding their business. :)
lol, for these people, their very existence is the problem -- their hysteria masks their deeper issues. but in the meantime, they will help destroy this country
too many people
think they own & have a right to control all the space around them when really the only place where we do is in our home. once u step outside, u have entered a shared space.
We all might reach out to friends & neighbors. Try to persuade them to realize that while they are being trans-, homo-, & xenophobic, their democratic rights are being stripped away as we enter into an authoritarian regime.
1) call Congress: stop the BBB
2) peacefully protest June 14
Neither have I, I do however see people fixated by the small amount of people who suffer from this -
Why?
Why is it so hard to just be kind to everyone - all inclusions -
Thanks to MAGA's misinformation, the average U.S. citizen believes 20% of the population is Trans. Think about that. When you go to the grocery store, 1 out of 5 people you pass in the aisle would be transgender. And Fox News, NewsMax, all the damn right-wing podcasts have zero accountability for it
I have, like right now, have had a bunch of sad, unqualified, anti-American, so-called “Christian,” corrupt white men and women who work for FOTUS agressively shoved down my throat, however.
I hear this all the time. That the trans agenda is being shoved down their throats. I live in a blue city and still have no idea what they are talking about. Than it occurred to me while visiting conservative family, that it’s Fox and conservative media that won’t stop talking about it.
I never had a trans person try to make laws against what I could call myself or what I can do to my body or if I can use certain bathrooms or inspect someone's genitals when using the restroom.
Hey, look, I think the problem might be those hypocritical Christians in our government.
I can probably count the number of trans people I've actually interacted with on one hand.
Right wingers will act like it's some kind of epidemic but they are such a small subset of society that it's not worth getting worked up over. It's like being mad that guys who are 6'7" exist.
I have 2 trans people in the shelter I'm at and 🦗. The stabbing we had was 2 younger guys, most of the "disturbances " have been both white women and white/black men.
Trans people would rather not be recognized as trans unless it's for a reason. They aren't like bible thumpers that expose their dumbness want others to believe the same stupid shit they do for whatever reason. And christan nationals just want to "lord" their stupidity over "sinners."
That’s a huge generalization of a community. Some people are out and proud as trans. It’s not something we’re ashamed of, we just don’t want it used to discriminate against us.
Yarp. Leaving literature on a car. Just experienced this the other day. At first I thought, "The Trans are at it again." Then I saw the cross and the doomsday message. Man, was I ever relieved it wasn't a Trans conversion note...🙄🙄🙄
A friend and I have discussed this "inundation" of LGBTQ information plus art forms and awareness. My take is that it is like overdue, repression is like compressing a spring. Once you let it go it is very noticeable, after a while it is apparent that everything is as it should be.
Well, it's like this. Personal lives are our own under the Constitution. If you don't like another person's lifestyle, it's none of your business nor the government.
Honestly the whole issue was attached to us as if trans people were all woke leftists. Or, all woke leftists think this is the most pressing issue. The trans issue is real but it belongs to all humanity to accept reality and human differences. Isn’t it more American to be at least tolerant.
I bet the vast majority of people have NEVER met a Trans person. Or if they have, they did not know it. It is unconscionable that the right wing have made these people out to be threatening. They are just trying to live their lives.
If they are not bothering you stfu and leave them alone. The republicans are the ones trying to force vile and hate down people’s throats, it won’t work, you have indoctrinated your base that’s who believes you no one else.
🔔 WAKE UP CALL: Don't let them win! Restore dignity to our nation. The future depends on us! The moment is June 14th! 🛡️ Share to defend! #Democracy #Freedom #Hope
Not a Christian, but would suggest an excellent eleventh commandment would be And Thou Shalt leave People The Hell Alone! Much needed to say the least. After which I would add are we not "All god's children"?
A tenant of fascism is to rally the people against a "common enemy" real or imagined, in this case not an enemy! Hate is a core value of a fascist dictatorship.! It is used to fool the simpletons into locality to the king! Hitler used hate effectively against the Jews! The result is horrible!
And no trans person has ever basically demanded that everyone worship in that same rotten brand of " Christianity " that conservatives are so proud of ..that goes against everything that their Christ ever taught.
Part 4:That Jehovah witness didn't give up trying to convert him. She would call him, say some bullshit, he put the phone on the table and once in a while he'd say something. After over half hour he asked her to repeat what she said as he missed most of it.There was a click and she never called back
Part 3: My older brother had a funniest one on those strange people. Every day a lady would come to his door and was praying on her knees. He answered the door completely naked. As he opened the door his dick was almost in her mouth. She never came back.
Part 2 : I opened the door wearing just a towell. The lady witness asked if I found their paper and I said that I put it to good use and showed dirty boots on their paper. Her hubby gave her and me dirty looks as she was staring at my dick from my morning wood. They never came back.
Part 1 : The Jehovah witness are the ones doing that not gays or lesbians. I have a funny story on them. That goes way back in 1972 or 1973 when I was living in Toronto and was working at Sears where they manufactured their catalogs. I was working nights and a couple of Jehova Witness woked me up.
I agree with much of what you said - but I have been threatened with death and the ugliest forms of rape, repeatedly, for stating that there are 2 biological sexes (not genders). This despite years of fighting for trans rights. So, disagreeing does bring threats
I have family and very close friends in the LGBTQ+ community. Wanna know what I've learned from them? I've learned that they are just people. They want the same things and have the same dreams as everyone else. ❤️💙💜💛🧡
People that hate is what disgusts me, yet I'm not trying to take away their rights. Disgust of someone's life and/or lifestyle does not justify federal oversight. Even Nazis can live as they wish in the USA.
Since the perps who get unhinged have likely never known any trans person (let alone any other category attacked by GOP) they base all of this on “what they hear”. Amazing! They all hear the same thing !!!!!
I have had a couple MAGA repeat these same words to me. How about not listening to white wing extremist BS? About most everything THE NAZI GOP SHOVE DOWN IDIOTIC WHITE THROATS.
I know one trans person personally and she is one of the nicest most intelligent thoughtful people I know, I stand with the trans community wholeheartedly.
That’s the thing, so few people know us and so many people believe the idea that we’re violent predators. Propaganda is hard to refute, but less so if folks know us personally.
Hey Jess - this is a really great post but next time could you please copy & paste the text and then simply add it to the “alt text” of the image? This will allow many more people to see it. Right now it’s not accessible for them.
All authoritarian regimes need a group to target to divert attention from real issues and appease their bigotted followers. Germans targeted Jews and the convicted felon and his cronies are targeting these innocent people as diversion while they plunder the resources of the nation, other countries
The Nazis also targeted trans people, we were among the first. We filled up the prisons and they made camps. The first book burnings burnt trans research and medical records. It’s a big part of the reason the right is able to say being trans is new.
MAGAts are all liars...Every single one of them another creepy spawn!
It's about time we ostracize this scumbag death cult! Do not let your children speak to their scumbag spawn...They all carry diseases of the mind like their wanna be parents who truly hate them..
When a trans friend was having surgery, he didn’t even ask me to take care of him (I’m an experienced caregiver), he just asked if I had a recommendation!
(I answered, “why not ME?” and that was that, but still, I had to offer!)
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Why do you think they are so afraid 🤔
(Also there’s the orbital transiting laser platform 😀👍🏼)
And enlightenment.
I was NOT mad.
EXAMPLE: MY IDEA 5 YRS AGO. START AN ALL SPORTS / TRANS PROGRAM IN THE US TO HELP PROMOTE THEIR ABILITIES/ATHLETICISM AND RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE, INSTEAD OF FORCING EVERYONE ELSE TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.
Lean muscle mass drops to cis female range with 1-2 years
Bone density drops within(I forget how long this takes)
A recent study indicates that we may actually drop below cis female avg in lung capacity
And, if we're allowed to transition early enough we skip T puberty altogether and none of this matters
If you're truly "worried about male physiology" in female sports accurate info is actually available
I base my opinion on the 2 trans people I kno (too small a sample, I kno) one had HRT early and has no trouble passing. It should always be between them and doctor.
Hey, where are they going to get their OWN VH-1? 🤷♂️
I won’t tell you my visual image, it’s a bit crude. But still, this is really funny!
Cause millions to die and untold losses during covid.
Those trans people drive me nuts. Worse, they think the Earth is only 6,500 years old. /S
That's their way, it's clearly not ours.
Never had a trans person threatening me!
In fairness, this is what you get for naming every member of a generation some misspelling of "Dakota".
But I have had Mormons and other Christian groups come to my door to try to convert me
And then ask me for money
How horrible for them, that something exists that they don't want to exist.
Morons, usually bible thumpers!
Christians grooming zealots should not be part of American society.
American Christian have no respect for the Bible or our Constitution.
You know who does? Sure you do.
born in, as regular as breathing, where you want to help,they
want to hurt; where you want a victor, they want a victim.
Nice people. Have a great evening Jess
Why else would they feel so threatened?
No disrespect meant.
White supremacist ignore pedophilia. White supremacist make excuses for pedophilia.
White supremacist have a problem with love.
I remember thinking "Where were you when I was 12?"
Just say’n!
think they own & have a right to control all the space around them when really the only place where we do is in our home. once u step outside, u have entered a shared space.
We all might reach out to friends & neighbors. Try to persuade them to realize that while they are being trans-, homo-, & xenophobic, their democratic rights are being stripped away as we enter into an authoritarian regime.
1) call Congress: stop the BBB
2) peacefully protest June 14
Why?
Why is it so hard to just be kind to everyone - all inclusions -
Hey, look, I think the problem might be those hypocritical Christians in our government.
Right between their runnin' lights, Jess!
Right wingers will act like it's some kind of epidemic but they are such a small subset of society that it's not worth getting worked up over. It's like being mad that guys who are 6'7" exist.
But you very much will receive hospitality from the entire community when you come open-minded and alert to our specific vulnerabilities.
It’s a big tent when we work in solidarity.
Ty for keeping up the work in MO!
More info: https://tinyurl.com/nokingprotest
Trans is an adjective not a noun, referring to us the way you did removes our humanity.
THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY ARE VALUABLE PEOPLE IN THE EYES OF GOD YOU ASSHOLE HATING MAGA ANIMALS!
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/ohio-state-university/ohio-state-announces-every-student-will-use-ai-in-class/
It's about time we ostracize this scumbag death cult! Do not let your children speak to their scumbag spawn...They all carry diseases of the mind like their wanna be parents who truly hate them..
(I answered, “why not ME?” and that was that, but still, I had to offer!)
They're enticed by the idea, but wouldn't want their posse to know. Conflicted w/ amplitude.