The United States treats trans kids poorly. State legislatures and school boards are instituting bans on appropriate inclusion in school sports, the right to use the correct bathroom, and access to gender-affirming care. We have evidence and research on both the short- and long-term effects of those policies, and history will remember us if we don’t overturn them soon.

Perhaps fifty or even thirty years ago, it would have been reasonable to plead ignorance and to say that we didn’t know how best to help trans kids. While a hundred years ago we had a growing modern understanding of trans people, their needs, and how to ensure they had a fulfilling life. But the Nazis, the burning of the library at the Hirschfeld Institute of Sexology, the Hays Code, and conservative ideals during globalization helped to put a stop to all of that for a few decades.

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[–] 6 points 1 month ago

Transphobes for prison!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I am heterosexual, fit into heteronormative masculinity close enough to not experience bs societal friction and currently do not have any close trans friends (I don't have many close friends anymore) and yet the violence makes it hard to sleep for me even though I am "removed" from the direct violence.

    This isn't something I am trying to improve by empathizing with trans people less, that path scares the shit out of me and involves annihilating my heart.

    ...To everyone that can sleep fine right now amidst this, burn in hell.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    The people in charge clearly don’t care.

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    [–] 21 points 1 month ago

    Among other things.

    We will not be viewed kindly by future generations.

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  • [+] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)
  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    If lucky, the boy will rebel, and it will go one of two ways;

    • the dad is forced to reckon with his prejudice, and then realises his son matters more than them, and drops the prejudice
    • the dad drops his son

    Either-or it's a win-win for the son

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    “Which trans kids? We don’t have any” - the masses apparently :-(

    I do hope the future will be better

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    The fascist of the USA must be resisted to stop the atrocities.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    Unfortunately the fascists of the USA have the support of the populace at large. It's going to be a slog.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    The no kings protests need to come back.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    You mean the quarterly No Kings BBQ?

    Americans need to learn how to properly protest. Take lessons from the French, say.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I think it’s better to encourage them if we want Trump out sooner.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago*

    They kinda don't though, the voter turnout is at the lowest it's ever been

    The real issue is there's 5 groups;

    • don't vote "What's the point?"
    • don't vote "It's a safe seat anyway"
    • do vote, but for some tiny party, and the system punishes anyone who doesn't vote for the BIG 2
    • do vote, but for GoP (slight majority)
    • do vote, for Dems (slight minority)

    The majority are those first 3 groups.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I only hope that's true, I worry that in the future being trans will be fully criminalized.

    The "Well we can have trans rights or women's rights." line seems to be working to suppress trans people

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Those people are gonna be in for an awful surprise when we don't have trans rights or women's rights 🙄

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    aaaaa why can't I have fucking got on hormones for like £50 a year at 12 when i knew I was a girl, now I have to spend tens of thousands and time and pain to get imperfect risky surgeries

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    I upvoted your comment.

    Off-topic but why are you on SJW? It is known as one of the least trans friendly lemmy instances coughs second admin has problematic statements cough.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Oh what has the admin done? I wasn't aware. I just picked it as it seemed like a fairly normal instance after lemm.ee shut down

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Conservatives are pure evil. If you are ever unsure of the morality of any topic, simply watch conservatives and choose the opposite.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I will not likely show up much in history.. but if my personal data somehow survives to be analyzed meaningfully in in such a future context, they will see that I was not part of the problem.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I think, for the most part, trans kids would be helped by their local community, or at least tolerated and included. It's the propaganda and politicization to whip the small minded folk into a frenzy where it has become this national/international pure hate and fear fest. Inclusion and respect for all!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    i think theyll damn us for the treatment of more then just the trans kids.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I think the way we are ignoring climate change well be the biggest issue.

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  • [+] -15 points 1 month ago* (7 children)

    Bullshit. We've got climate disaster, oil shortages and soon food shortages. The air is unbreathable and the water undrinkable. Everything is full of microplastics and we are exterminating entire ecosystem.

    After it all falls apart, and a new civilization rises from the ashes, no one will even know or care.

    In a thousand year it won't even be a foot note in history.

    I'll be down voted into oblivion, but that won't change the brutal reality of life.

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  • [–] [S] 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    No one asked for your micro aggression.

    Focus on building unions instead of tearing vulnerable people down.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    TBF transphobia is a psyop/wedge-issue specifically engineered to distract conservative voters from everything mentioned in the comment above.

    Like yes they're being an insufferable dick about it. But like MMW Americans are months, not years, away from famine and drought. Pollinator levels are plummeting. Precipitation patterns are shifting drastically. Meteorologists are shitting their pants over weather phenomena never recorded before and/or not seen in over a century.

    I can't prove he's not just taking the opportunity to punch down... He may be an asshole but he is not full of shit here. We could save millions of lives by sounding the alarms now and taking steps in our local communities.

    Not commenting to defend him so much as to sound the alarm.

    Learn to garden. Stockpile seeds. Learn about water collection and sanitation. Use the resources we have while we still have them!

    The future is fucked

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  • [–] 24 points 1 month ago

    I'll be down voted into oblivion, but that won't change the brutal reality of life.

    Oh, you're one of those "Just being brutally honest" people.

    To save you any confusion, the "down voted to oblivion" part is related to your piss-poor attitude and absence of empathy, and not the objective state of things.

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    [–] [S] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Americans murdered Nex Benedict.

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