wrengineer.bsky.social
Vegan, Mama of Two, Engineer, Dancing Novice, Sailor Enthusiast, Queer Femme, Cult Survivor
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I fully agree with your response, but it was still a bit demoralizing nonetheless - but at least the naked animus should protect trans people for now.
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Well - she did say that good arguments exist for excluding most trans people from service - so that's a little demoralizing.
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I tend to agree with your #1-3. #4 is cultural. I have a ton of friends born in other cultures and for some of these English is anywhere from their second through fifth language. They trip up on gender terms sometimes and call all us other gals "he" from time to time. Nothing to do with transness
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Lol didn't see your prior comment.
Yes - I would rather all Women be able to protect themselves where possible. Safe does work.
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Ugh - I guess that's where we are at and it makes sense. I get what you are saying. Maybe just exclude all that baggage by saying a goal is for all women to be "safe" which covers much of what I am getting at.
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Access to stable housing is a type of protection though, just not a patriarchally defined one. Not having housing makes people much more vulnerable.
I don't think we are far apart wrt to feminism, but living in a society protection is sometimes necessary when a population is in animus.
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I mean its all inclusive IMO. We have shelters/etc. to protect in the here and now while we empower the individuals in the future and transform society in the far future.
It's not a one-or-the other situation. However, "protect" needs to not be dependent on the patriarchy
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And not every lost case implies that we are in fascism now.
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Far too often they pull the old anti-gay style of excuses like, "you can hetero marry just like everyone else so you have the same rights" just sized for the trans population.
Except even that is wrong on many counts. They support baring health care for trans kids that cis kids can use.
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This is a change from the Army's communication from two days ago. I think there is some internal divisiveness, and Hegseth's team now has the comms.
It's not as easy to mass fire trans people with animus as the only criteria, as they will likely find out next week.
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For once, being a vegan is actually cost effective vs. alternatives.
I am not really joyous about that, as it’s not due to better treatment of animals or cruelty free choices of other humans /cry
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An approach much of US entities are taking for now is ignore the EOs until they are actual law, unless Elon has fired/defunded/locked you out of your workplace. If its the latter, go through court - with good chance of stays.
Some agencies/hospitals are rolling back their initial adherence to EOs.
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I think the minimal amount of time to put this in front of the judge meant an optimal strategy wasn't used.
Individuals can absolutely be anonymous - but its likely that someone from Trumps admin would have unsealed records somehow - so reprisal is a concern.
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Also - hospitals that stopped under 19 trans care are rolling back and giving care now. The Army just said no to the trans DOD ban, etc.
It's still a semi-functional democracy at this point, its just in the process of extreme strain and under attacks from many vectors.
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Yes - and each of these actions will have their legality challenged. Many will be overturned (and already have) because its a clear overreach of the Executive Office, that as of now, isn't in total control.
EO's legalities are challenged under all presidents, its just they are more stark now
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My assumption is that the union itself lacks standing because this type of voluntary action isn't covered under any CBA. Now - if a different payment was proposed, then perhaps - but I think only individuals can bring suit against this now.
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This is my understanding from the judgement as well. I'm sure there are other viable strategies of attack, but in reality not very many fed employees are taking the offer.
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Once the executive branch fully starts ignoring judgements they don't like, then our government is non-functional as a democracy. While we may (most likely) get to that point, its not crossed the line yet. Though it initially appeared so with the NIH funding freeze - that was reverted today
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I understand why that feeling persists. But this isn't how you ever get back to a functional democracy historically speaking. And to a degree - it still is functional because the judges are ruling against EOs (due to their illegality) and the executive branch is so far mostly following, if slowly.
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About to destroy the all the systems engineering for the gov in one go...
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For those of us with no interest in sports, anything imaginable could have happened. That's like the basis of how misinformation spreads so easily - especially since (unlike you) many just move on and don't correct.
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This is probably best. The movie was panned universally by trans women, and Mexicans, and especially trans Mexicans.
She should not be pushed to represent us!
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Anytime I hear "protecting children" - I look for what poor innocent the evangelical right is trying to stigmatize, or who isn't suffering enough consequences in their mind.
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LOL. Ace friendly too. I slept there many nights instead of my bed
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That Papasan chair (thought off-white) was my favorite seat from age 10 through college.
It was gray by the time it finally broke beyond compare.
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(Hugs) I know that feeling too well
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(Hugs)
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Pretty sure Neriah was referring to me (though I’m a she/her)
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Nah, we are done. You can demonstrate that there is strong evidence of transness that is detectable, otherwise we will just be talking past each other. If you wish to provide that evidence, then I will admit I’m wrong.
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Not really. We don’t have a demonstrably reproduced understanding for how to know which fetus is trans vs. not, where we do for intersex. It’s not an opinion, science hasn’t demonstrated it yet.
Intersex issues may overlap, but there are cases where they don’t and those are typically the core
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The closest science to say it may be biological is preliminary neurobiological studies that seem to conclude that hormones in a fetus may impact gender and sexual orientation, but this is isn’t conclusive yet
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There are a lot of scientific beliefs (similar to biological homosexuality), but no found genetic markers for transness. I am open to being wrong, but I’m not sure we want biological essentialism to define us, especially those of us that are feminists.
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By taking this route, we also argue that transness is biological. That doesn’t seem to be very well evidenced itself, and can be argued around by any intelligent bigot. It’s typically better to focus on self-expression, pursuit of happiness, and autonomy, core feminist principles.
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Neriah touched on many of these points. But ultimately we’ve moved way past the stage where arguments for transphobia are legitimately rooted in science - that is merely a front and the intersex argument for biological diversity goes nowhere with their arguments. Evidence: Richard Dawkins
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lol he went through and blocked all of us for liking your comments
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I hate when trans people use and hide behind them because it’s easy rather than develop a philosophy that supports transness on its own merits.
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He would rather be perceived as right (turn on the water) than actually save a single person’s life.
Logic and the right thing matters not when an image must be maintained
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Trump spent about as much money and time attacking my trans community as inflation.
I don't think there is a single issue Trump voters voted on, they just have so many targets they want to see "others" hurt. Misery loves company and all...
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This apology is fantastic. Maybe take time, and then work with some of the most thoughtful in the community to boost their voices moving forward?
I do respect you and it was hard to read. I appreciate you being a good person.
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I mean, going through divorce, coming out, working, etc. I've just come to the understanding that society is set to doubt when it comes to issues (even completely unrelated) and stories said by trans people. However when a friend says the same thing, everyone gobbles it up as truth.
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Bleh - didn't have that backstory.
There is so much that can be done for us by ourselves. I've found a lot of policies and laws that protect us as I go through this exercise (I'm on the board of my ERG). Some companies are totally on board for protecting us, they aren't all soulless.