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its not that much to ask i swear (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/transmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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transcription: trans person: hey id like to take this harmless drug that makes life worth living. america: fuck you starts a world war

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[–] 26 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

also, you're uninvited from the war.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago*

    it always kinda confuses me that people see trans people being barred from military service as a bad law that should be repealed. like, yes. thank you. the us military absolutely should have fewer people in it and i'm in favor of anything that prevents my trans brothers and sisters being sent to die for oil

    come on, fam, i bet if we lobby hard enough we can convince pete kegbreath to ban gays from service too

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    • [–] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    America is a nation of, by, and for mass murderers.

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    • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

    What does it say originally?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

    Woman?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (10 children)

    Seems to end with d or l, so probably not.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

    Transsexual. Can't say sex when americans are around.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    Sex and gender are different things, though.

    A trans person who never transitions is still a trans person. (And if they have not yet transitioned, they've always been trans all the same)

    But the phrase "transsexual" suggests that a trans person is trans only if they medically transition at some point.

    Transgender is much better :)

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    It's just an older term from before gender and sexuality were separated as terms.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Oh definitely. But i think it's healthier to correct the wrong term or tell people about better better use of words in the comments than censoring words.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    In a meme?

    Not necessarily. It would clutter the meme quite a bit to add separate educational material to it. I'd say this was a good solution for this occasion. It also proviked a question whose answer included the needed information.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    It's also viewed as a derogatory term by a lot of people in the US, because it's used as a derogatory term by a lot of people in the US. Also conflates gender and sexuality which can be problematic. It's just not the preferred term.

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    • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    They don't give you drugs to make you living, what do you expect?

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    [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    Doesn't it more or less works with other countries with state transphobia, if we stray from the legal frameworks' definitions of war?

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    [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    Guys, I don't think they really started the world war over trans people.

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    [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    "Trans person" is such a weird term. What were they assigned at birth? Platypus?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    The alternative I'm aware of is "person first language" such as "a person who is trans" which just feels clunky and annoyingly verbose.

    Most groups I'm aware of (trans, autistic, and homeless people) have had the majority of the group reject this language due to a combination of that as well as the trait being an engrained part of who they are rather than just a "person who is/with X."

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    • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    s/s/p/p 🤭

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    [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago*

    I have adhd so I was at least used to having to jump through a million stupid hoops for meds that make me function

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