Just an awkward 21 year old queer trans, welcoming you to my safe haven where I ship Sanvers and make puns about them as well as spread some light and knowledge.
i love my mother dearly but ability-wise she frightens me bc not only can she find 20 four leaf clovers within the span of like 2 minutes, everywhere, she can also write her name w/ both hands on a dry erase board or w/e at the exact same time and have both be a mirror image of one another
to add to this: i was making breakfast this morning and i hearĀ āhey milo! look who came to say hello!ā and, expecting like, a moth or a frog or something of that nature, i turn and sheās holding a snake
Protip: most people who areĀ ābathroom vigilantesā are conservative straight folks who probably canāt tell a butch lesbian from a trans woman (or a trans man, for that matter). I do want radfems, especially the butch/GNC ones, to ask themselvesĀ if theyād be comfortable being forced into the menās room by a straight soccer mom if they got to force trans women out of the womenās restroom.
People will honestly ask āDoes that poor person deserve food?ā but never ask āDoes that CEO deserve ten cars, three houses, and two yachts?ā
And before you respond with āthe poor person is buying that food with someone elseās moneyā, the CEO bought those luxuries with money earned from other peopleās hard work.
The Trump administration is considering a legal definition of gender as immutable and fixed at birth, the most drastic in a series of moves against transgender people.
A terrifying New York Times article today announced that the Trump administration is consideringĀ ānarrowly defining gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth,ā a measure that would essentially eliminate any and all recognition of transgender and nonbinary people and, therefore, their civil rights.Ā
The memo from theĀ Department of Health and Human Services claims officials need a clearer definition of gender. Their proposed definitionĀ āwould define sex as either male or female, unchangeable, and determined by the genitals that a person is born with, according to a draft reviewed by The Times. Any dispute about oneās sex would have to be clarified using genetic testing.ā
āSex means a personās status as male or female based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth,ā the department proposed in the memo, which was drafted and has been circulating since last spring. āThe sex listed on a personās birth certificate, as originally issued, shall constitute definitive proof of a personās sex unless rebutted by reliable genetic evidence.ā
The new definition would essentially eradicate federal recognition of the estimated 1.4 million Americans who have opted to recognize themselves ā surgically or otherwise ā as a gender other than the one they were born into.
āThis takes a position that what the medical community understands about their patients ā what people understand about themselves ā is irrelevant because the government disagrees,ā said Catherine E. Lhamon, who led the Education Departmentās Office for Civil Rights in the Obama administration and helped write transgender guidance that is being undone.
Let me be perfectly clear: Being transgender is not something you can believe or not believe in, support or not support. Itās a reality. Trans people exist. Always have, always will. What this will do is make it infinitely *more* difficult than it already is to be trans in America. Violence, poverty, inaccessible healthcare, and a slew of other already-persistent problems will worsen. New generations of trans kids will be silenced in ways that date back decades, if not longer.Ā
We cannot under any circumstances allow this to happen. Vote. Protest. Cis folks, donate to trans-led organizations and trans individualsā GoFundMe pages for medical care. Talk to your transphobic (or trans-ignorant) friends and family about what a policy like this would mean. And if youāre trans and need support today, call the Trans Lifeline at 1-877-565-8860.
Trans friends: I see you and I love you. We will not let them erase you. We will fight this with you.Ā
āCongressional candidate Abigail Spanberger had a brilliant comeback to her GOP opponent constantly calling her Nancy Pelosi https://t.co/RssrnOKyJ6ā
