Many years ago, when I was a young teen in the mid 1990s, I met a few trans people for the first time. I had questions so I talked to them, respectfully as I was raised to do. You know what I discovered? Really cool people that I've been friends with for over 25yrs.
I've only known one trans person Due to their mental health issues They were just... Awful to be around And used their trans...ness... As like a hammer to get what they wanted Now, I'm not one to form an opinion on a whole group from one person But I'm not a conservative idiot, so The people I worked with were
Think of the children! *Denies foodstamps, preschool, kindergarten, head start programs, after school activities, books, sex ed, school lunches, education assistance, and generally the right to exist provided they're the right color, religion, gender, raised in the right politically-framed family, and believe everything they do...*
i will always believe the reason they banned sex ed and books talking about pedophilia is because they (right wingers) want to keep grooming (like actual grooming, molesting them) kids.... which is what they've been doing for so long
Back in the 80s there was a local pastor that was the most vocal about homosexuals and sex Ed in school and was constantly going around preaching about it, handing out petitions and trying to get sex Ed taken out of the school. Finally, one of his daughters came out with the news he had been raping all of his children since the age of three, boys and girls. He was finally charged and is still serving time in prison
What is your point? So he was an evil man. How does that invalidate the fact that the government has no right to be involved in sex education in schools?
@@edwardbaker1331 the whole point of all education in schools is to make sure the next generation is well-equipped and well-adjusted. Sex education is a part of that preparation. Children need all the tools they require to be healthy and successful in life. Like others have said, spotting abuse, learning what consent is, knowing not just the what and the how, but what all the consequences (pregnancy, diseases), and how to protect themselves is extremely important. Did you not have sex ed growing up?
@@edwardbaker1331 Sorry to tell you, but you are not the one who determines what rights our government has or doesn't have. You are free to homeschool, or enroll your kids in private tutelage.
The comments here are funny if you sort by new. Most of them are repeating the same exact thought terminating cliché about “think of the children” that you’re talking about like they didn’t even watch the video. Great video, and I hope it gets more views in the foreseeable future!
@@artikulv731 You can't change your gender. You can only reject traditional gender roles by engaging in various levels of cosplay and LARPing. If sex and gender are independent, why should a male/man bother altering his primary sex characteristics to mimic the primary sex characteristics of a woman? Make it make sense if gender is merely a social construct, and independent from sex-- why not identify as a girl without going out of the way to alter your appearance to present as the stereotypical and objective primary sex characteristics of a female human the target????? Make it make sense What right do trans people think they have which obligates those societies which have long established their cultural norms, to abandon their cultural norms and deny objective reality, to embrace theirs??? Looks like self entitled narcissism on the part of the trans people. Way too many inappropriately and incorrectly conflate gender/sex (There are only 2-- male/female... That's it) with personality traits and temperament (There are a ton and none are gender exclusive-- hence effeminate males, butch females and tomboys), and again with gender roles (without exception refer to the roles of males and females in society) as though they're synonymous and they are not. Science has already proven that the binary dichotomy of all mammals is male/female. A man in a dress is still a man A man with anxiety about his sex/gender-- still a man A man calling himself a woman-- still a man A man with an effeminate personality--still a man Why should women's right to privacy from the presence of men, be up for debate at the whim of misogynistic men, presenting as women?
@@artikulv731 Just saying trans women are women-- doesn't make it reality. Female is a biological category referring to one half of the sexual/reproductive binary dichotomy of ALL mammals, and Male is the other half. You seem to be looking for an argument, to displace your denial over a topic that's settled, where you've been proven wrong and dismissed with cause-- by reality. Seethe if you must, but it doesn't change anything. You lost this debate before it started. A man, presenting as, performing as, identifying as a woman doesn't then become a woman, is a reality that your arguments can't escape. Gender/sex = biology, there are only 2 male/female...that's it. Above, I posted the definition of gender/sex and dated back it's origins to help alleviate the confusion on the facts of the matter Gender roles= social constructs referring to the roles of males and females in society, which don't change anyone's gender. A dude in a dress is still a dude. I mean, a dude can dress in a fairy princess Halloween costume if he chooses, but it doesn't actually make him a fairy princess and it doesn't obligate everyone in society to pretend that he is. I think it's humorous when someone says sex and gender are different, as if that doesn't make the narrative even more absurd. People aren't social constructs. Trans however, is a social construct, and doesn't alter anyone's gender/sex, so the saying trans women are women is just wrong
Just want to add that contrary to what is shown in OITNB, most transgender people incarcerated are housed with the gender they do not identify as, and are subject to increased violence and discrimination. Even as we are fighting for transgender rights throughout the country, people who have been charged with crimes are often a population most people are happy to ignore. Everyone deserves basic human rights and dignity!
What about the inmates who identify as transgender who are in prison for sex crimes? You might want to do your due diligence. Trans inmates have been speaking up against allowing people to simply claim trans status. Go check it out.
As a 79 year old trans woman, I've known all the discrimination and a lot of the hate and fear you talk about; it is always too easy to play upon people's worst fears and apprehensions as those on the far right do. We must fight back with love and good information to allay those fears.
nobody's afraid of an old man pretending to be a woman. and nobody's likely to be hating you either. pity is much more likely. for someone like you to think that people actually could fear what you pretend to be, says to me that you have lived an extraordinarily soft life and experienced nothing whatsoever that is similar to real fear, or had real issues to deal with. your ability to correctly identify real fear seems rather in doubt. or it says your mind is broken in more way than one, to have such utterly mis-calibrated perceptions of what is happening around you. if you were to be transported to any time in history other than the modern day, nobody would have time for your self-indulgent nonsense. or if they had to put up with you, it would be for the least amount of time possible, and then they would escape to go be around more relatively normal people again. but the fact is, people like you may have gotten along just fine in ancient times. they would have known, or learned fast, to keep their mouths shut. it is only now, after modern tech has eliminated so many *actual* difficult issues, which therefore eliminated most of the hard decisions people had to make, and so therefore eliminated all of the mentally disciplined people who once existed and survived in those times, that coddled people like you, decadent, oblivious to real pain, and narcissistic, have begun to soapbox nonstop about all the broken bs going on in your minds. suddenly there are hordes of entitled attention-seekers selfishly demanding that everyone accept whatever aberrant drivel they think up, its worse than sad, its a sign of critical failure in the evolutionary stability of our species. honestly it would do you some good to get out of the western world. go live in africa. the middle east. china. for an extended period of time. or just wait here, because the west, and the advantages it has long held over these places i just mentioned, are quickly being eroded, and it looks like it will be very soon now that our leadership becomes just as corrupt as any of those places, and once that happens, your dreams of a fair and "loving" utopia are going to be smashed to pieces faster tahn you can say "real communism has never been tried before"
When I was in high school in the 80s, a group of male teachers at my school did a "drag show" during the annual talent show. They dressed up as popular female teachers and performed a song and dance. It was hilarious, and none of us exploded or suddenly decided to change gender. No parents complained that I know of. It was just entertainment and totally a non issue. And I grew up in a small town in a VERY Republican state. Times have certainly changed. Now they would be vilified and probably fired.
Did they also get little children to sit on there laps for "story time?" Did they twerk for the 2nd grade class? Were any of them convicted sex offenders?
I am so tired of my existence being politicised. I just want to rest. Day after day after day of screaming and yelling and policing. I get why Suzanne Collins wrote the end of Hunger Games to be like that, living quietly and peacefully, having been given space to heal and recover, it's the dream.
Maybe take a hard look at your movement that is violating and eroding children's rights, women's rights and gay people's rights. And maybe restrain from reflexively dismissing the objections and concerns of marginalized groups as "hate."
@@bilikfinke9197 As a gay person, you have no right to use us to discredit trans people, they are engrained in our community and have historically fought and laid the groundworks for our movement to exist. Please educate yourself
@@floodslayer98 I'm a gay person too, and I have every right to stand up for my interests, which gender ideology aggressively undermines. You say "please educate yourself" while citing a trans-washed history of gay male activism. Gay pioneers who are still living, like Fred Sargeant, have evidenced this. I have educated myself, thoroughly. What does it say that I haven't walked away with the conclusions you take for granted? Easy to tell others to "educate themselves" (read: agree with me) rather than curiously and sincerely engage with what they have to say.
In the future, when you have to show Anita Bryant, could you give some sort of warning. I was a gay teenager in the late 70s. I know how damaging and prevalent this gop lying can be. I stayed in the closet for years. I was depressed, there was a suicide attempt, Once I got over that, I came out and life was good, Which is why these same monsters are doing harm to a different generation of kids makes me mad.
The key is framing being trans as an action, and an ideological one at that. Being totally cis is portrayed as the norm, as neutral, and everything else is an act of political sedition. That's why they say "transgenderism" and not "being trans"
Feeling trans is a condition you can't do much about. But how you decide to approach that condition can definitely be criticized. And going around "educating" others on how to approach their condition is most definitely not immune to criticism since that's a social change that influences lives of everyone.
@@leanansidhe6332 If you "need" surgeries and constant medication to supposedly "be yourself" then it is a mental illness or some kind of medical condition.
@@leanansidhe6332 condition is a state of being. For instance "the human condition". I am being general, because I am trying to explain a general concept.
Being cis is now being portrayed as if you're a victim. 'Cis is a slur'. 'I don't want to be called cis, I want to be called a natural woman' (with fake boobs, fake lips an botox 🙄). Yeah they are trying to portray trans people as some kind of not human monsters that are here to steal your kids. While cis women are portrayed as the victims. I haven't spoken a single woman that feels threatened by the existence of a trans woman.. 😅
It should be noted that, in ALL these anti-trans efforts, the focus NEVER revolves on trans boys or trans men. You almost have to wonder if misogyny might not be involved (since, as we all know, "conservatives" never have issues with "tomboys" or "women wearing pants/slacks" because that indicates that "male is good" but the idea of "sissies" and "men wearing dresses" suggests the idea that "female is good").
I don't know what country you've been in, but trans men have absolutely been targeted. The right's attack on HRT is largely focused on testosterone therapy (and puberty blockers of course (ik not technically hrt), but it started with testosterone).
Maybe its easier for woman to pass as man. Also men commit rape more often by a lot, so guys with open paraphilias are more threatening than a woman dressed as man.
They also targeted, it's just because transathletes have become a large talking point and framing "boys vs girls" as described in the video simply doesn't work the other way around in stoking outrage
I definitely think trans men do get targeted but not nearly as much as trans women.Because people like Brett cooper,Ben Shapiro,Matt Walsh, and your average everyday right wing youtube industry plant only talk about trans women most of the time.Like trans women in sports,Dylan mulvanney, bathrooms all of that and idk why.Maybe because you could make a better argument against trans men to appeal to people who are imbetween?
Trans woman with a trans masc husband here. Working our hardest just to survive in a world which seems determined to paint an endlessly scarier target on our back. 🏳️⚧️💞 Good luck friends
Just live your life and stop trying to put labels on everything. Part of the problem is saying “I’m a blah blah blah with a blah blah blah who also blah blah blah” then when someone says “no you aren’t”, it causes an identity crisis.
@@jamesdrake4724 do you know that doctors used to recommend people to smoke cigarettes and eat sugar? Don’t worry, there are already studies on the harmful effects of placing labels on everything and there will be more as time goes on.
What's funny is that the two most devout Christians I know, and two of the few Christians I can honestly say that I've had the pleasure rather than the misfortune of knowing, are my proudly bisexual sister and her equally proudly transgender and bisexual husband: the ironic thing is he transitioned before he converted to Christianity, and has never felt the need to detransition because of his faith. I myself am a devoutly pagan trans woman, and I have a whole system of thinking as to how my transition ties into my spirituality which I won't bother boring you with. Bigots don't have a monopoly on the sacred.
Literally leftists activists and other garbage people are being groomers and pedophiles while claiming they own other people's kids. You want people to quit worrying about trans kids, quit being literally the worst people to ever live you sick perverts
@@tjenadonn6158 Really? Do you even care to research what trans ideology is doing? So many detrans people are coming out and exposing the ideology and the so called gender affirming clinics. I highly recommend everyone to look up detrans “Chloe Cole”. And given castrating puberty blockers and hormones. She’s suffering from major side effects. She thought she wanted to be a boy and at age 15 her breasts were cut off! That’s right, healthy breast of a MINOR. Her story will crush you and inspire you. There’s so many others like Chloe! It will open up your eyes to the cult like ideology of the trans movement! You’re destroying our society!
For a party that brags about protecting family values, they're passing a lot of bills that are essentially them saying, "I, and only I, know what's best for you and your child."
Saying schools need to inform the parents if their kid is being exposed to LGBT and requiring parents to agree before such subjects are included to elementary aged children now means we're telling families how to raise their kids?
@@dfmrcv862 "exposed to LGBT" WTF is that supposed to mean? No teacher is telling parents how to raise their kids, only some kids maybe LGB or TQ or I and not want their anti-LGBTQI parents to know and need school to be safe place for them, even if home is not. Many LGBT adults have said how terrified they were of their straight parents knowing as a kid.
@@sophiepooks2174 The Leon County Florida case literally was a case of teachers transitioning a student without informing the parents and basically forcing the girl to not tell her parents of what they were doing to her even though the girl herself wasn't sure if she was trans or not. The Virginia school board cover-up case was very similar, only this time it was covering for an abusive LGBT student. It's not 1992 anymore and that's an issue I think the LGBT community as a whole needs to get over. So yes, there ARE cases where teachers are crossing a line and better safe than sorry. If a STUDENT comes to a teacher to talk about it out of fear of parental reprisal, then that's one thing, but if the school is actively pushing kids to do be what they are not then that is no better than parents pushing kids to be what they are not.
Another fact about Anita Bryant is that for the promotion of Florida orange juice, Disney created the character Orange Bird! Orange Bird was then pulled as a mascot and put in the Disney vault for almost 40 years because of Anita Bryant's homophobia, because they didn't want a mascot of "the happiest place on earth" to be associated with such a hateful movement.
If sex and gender are different and a trans woman were to go to a gynaecologist, how would the gynaecologist provide care when the trans women doesn’t have any female organs?
@@ashleyc506If a trans woman takes hormones, she will grow breasts and need exams and eventually mammograms. Also, taking female hormones will have effects on her genitalia that I’m guessing would be prudent to monitor. 🤔
@@ashleyc506 I'm genuinely trying to understand your question. You're comparing trans-related medical care to the question of whether or not sex and gender are the same or seperate categories. That's apples and oranges.
No they really really want you to stay away from their kids. Convincing some boy to cut his balls off because he likes pink is sick. And telling girls they need to let a biological male in their changes room because he claims to be a girl is sick. And transferring a male student who raped a girl in the toilets to another school instead of expelling him is sick. I am a democrat but the perverts who just want to castrate gay kids make my stomach turn
These bills are horrifying and remind me of the issues I had seen as a learning disabled. I remember also being a target. There used to be groups fighting for ADA to not be honored. And these religious zealots would say that I would SLOW down their kids and destroy resources. I feel like I will always fight for Trans because guess what I know exactly what these zealots hate the most. You forgot also abilist as well
Same! I am also disabled, and no to what it’s like to be treated differently, and try my best to empathize with the struggles of others. I’m sorry you went through that experience. Even though I feel like I’m treated different sometimes, it’s not to the effect of your experience, or the experiences of transgender adults and youth. I hope you’re doing well.
They shouldn't be given the luxury of being treated as a group bound by religion... They are just like Nazis and should be treated as such, as a group bound by hate and violence. (And before anybody says "not all Christians are like this," I want you to know I will NEVER respect a Christian. If you associate with em, you're just like em, and I don't respect your stupid "religion" no matter what you claim to stand for. Y'all are the ones who are delusional for believing in something that isn't real to such an extent you try to shape laws around it. You should be treated as delusional and harmful to society--not as worthy of respect. And I can say whatever the fuck I want about a faith I was raised in. It's not like y'all are a marginalized group; you're the majority and we have every right to criticize you.)
That side-camera action at 2:13 with added emphasis and transition into intro - absolute chills!!! I'll gladly watch the video in full when some of my trans girl anxiety gives me a minute of peace to re-ruin with political news, but I am already incredibly greatful for this existing
The NC bathroom bill snuck in a lot of government overreach. They used the bathroom issue to pass a law allowing the government to discriminate in their hiring practices. It was far far worse under the hood of the bill, it just used the trans issues to cover it up.
They pretend it's about protecting kids but it's just bigotry. If they were truly concerned about protecting kids they'd actually support gun control but they literally say they're willing to accept more deaths in favor of more freedom because...the constitution. But when it comes to trans people they're willing to sacrifice freedom......to "protect the children". They're full of shit.
All cultures, even the secular ones, have things they consider Holy. It doesn't have to be a church or deity, but things like a specific tree for example. Or, which is very common now in most countries, children. Children are holy. They must be defended and protected. The thought of harming a child is considered so taboo that it is easy to rally people for or against something by using "think of the children" as an argument. Children are holy also in the US. However, and I'll admit that I'm saying this as an outsider looking in, they are not THE holiest thing in the US Culture. That honour belongs to the guns. Everything must be done to protect the children, as long as it doesn't harm the guns. The one thing more important and holy than children. (And yes, it's an over-generalisation since I am aware that a majority of Americans are for strikter gun laws in order to protect the kids. But sadly, to enough people with power, Guns are Holier than Thou. And they are willing to make their reverence to their Holy Item a fixed part of the Status Quo for everyone).
This is very dangerous. My trans partner of 5 years committed suicide because of the State of Texas and how they can so easily twist the laws, especially under homophobic prosecutors. She's dead and 11 years later my life is still in pieces. I've remained quite about the horrible thing Texas did to her - maybe I should final come forward.
This is State-sanctioned attack on an entire subset of people; when THE STATE deems that you do not have the right to exist, that is powerful and DANGEROUS. Republicans are not that far from Nazis were.
@@harperwalker9267 If they can find gainful employment elsewhere, yes. Its no way to live watching over your back all they time and the State deeming you a 'non-entity' that they can both take away your rights while abusing the law. I had to leave Texas and now live in a Blue state - leaving behind an elderly father. This is what America has become because of Right Wing Christian proto-fascists.
They took the phrase "think of the children" with laser focus, now all they can think about is children, and how to make kids' lives worse. The children are their easiest target because they're the most exploitable, but adults are next.
im sorry this is the first thing as a trans person you have to worry about not long ago i was scared about ill be able to have the body i want before 25 now some days im scared if i can get to Canada or something if they get one law that makes us illegal i can hide but im open with friends about me being trans i dont want a mess up to cost me to be on a list especially if they want us dead and my friends are out i mostly worry for them@@KitKatHexe
Its horrifying. My wife and I have armed ourselves, assured the GoP Gestapo will show up at our door one day. Edit: This coming from a trans woman who's state banned ADULT gender affirming care.
They will protest against trans people because "fairness in sports" then argue that the US women's soccer team deserves to be paid so much less than the men's team players
they never care what happens behind the scenes. Only about the game itself. Same could be said about the tv and film industry tbh. They don't care about the sexual harassment and assaults that happen as long as they get their show.
The funding issue stems from the fact that women’s sports don’t draw as many fans as men’s sports. Let’s say you’re a sales person selling magazines and make bonuses for each subscription you sell. How would you feel if you your boss told you part of your bonuses will be going to your coworker who works just as many hours as you but doesn’t make as many subscription sales as you? That wouldn’t be fair to anyone because it diminishes your work and excuses your coworker for not performing as well as you. It just doesn’t make sense.
I know why they’re so obsessed with children. It’s because children are so easy to use, they have little to no rights, are under the complete control of adults, and can’t be their own voice because people won’t take them seriously or they haven’t learned to communicate how they feel and what they need as efficiently as many adults. I’ve known this as a kid, and I am so glad I’m not one anymore. Let’s just say it’s so easy to mistreat someone who is smaller, less strong and has less rights than you.
That's actually a perfect argument as to why you shouldn't be allowing children to permanently alter their bodies before they're old enough to know what they're doing ..
@@dco8562 absolutely no competent licensed doctor would look at a 8 year old and say yes I’m gonna give you hormones. In NO world would they ever perform gender changing surgeries either. The most transgender children do is socially transition which has nothing to do with their health or doctors.
There was a study that showed gay porn to people that were homophobic. Turns out they are more turned on by it then people that are indifferent. Results that angered them and created even more backlash...
@@bryansmith7758 Here’s a couple articles on the topic. The first is about implicit biases. The second might be the gay porn study. Scientific American: Homophobes Might Be Hidden Homosexuals Journal of Abnormal Psychology: Is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal?
Well it depends on the person tbh. If it's a guy watching two girls, then obviously they're more likely to get turned on. If it was two guys they were watching then the likelihood of them being turned on by it is quite small. The problem is that they probably include the former as an example despite the viewers being straight.
@@prophecybydefault4708 No, the studies distinguish between gay porn with men vs. women. Homophobic guys were more likely to get turned on by gay male porn.
It was an Anita Bryant protest march in Minneapolis that busted me out of my 25-year old closet, and into a whole new world of 'community' participation. The man who did the 'pie-ing' was a customer of my little record store, a few years later. I was honored to know him - we wrote for the same gay publication at the time. Her brand of fearmongering pretty much defines 'homophobia'. Demented, irrational, and dangerous.
That's so awesome I can't imagine how it must have been I'm sorry about the discrimination and hate but I'm glad people like that man stood up for our rights
I once knew some twin girls in middle and highschool (we're from a small town). As far as I know, they were cis and both were on the male dominated football teams at our schools. I think about that when I hear people complain about trans kids on sports teams. Because if cis girls can play football with a bunch of guys, why can't trans girls play...say volleyball with other girls?
They were lucky to able to do that - here in the UK when I was in elementary school in the 60's, my sister loved playing football, but she was rarely allowed to play with the boys in recess, and was certainly not allowed on the team (and of course in those days, there was no girls team)!
IMO if the trans girls become girls after puberty, then they shouldn't be allowed to play sports with biological girls. The reason why is because since they were boys previously, the trans girls still have huge physical advantages over the biological girls. The swimmer Lia Thomas is an example.
@@brenee1498 Because a trans boy or man (assuming they went through puberty) would be a severe disadvantage physically playing against biological boys or men, since they were born female. They also don't need to fight it, because normally the trans boy won't even want to compete against biological boys; because they don't want to get defeated easily. Trans women should either compete against biological men or in a trans women league.
@@rushrush1209 To be fair that's a reasonable concern to have when you look at the physical makeup of the human body but if say a trans women is going through HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) then during the process the muscle density is typically shown to decrease over time. Of course do keep in mind that I'm not an expert on this and that of course you have every right to your opinion but I would still at least recommend that you take the time out of your day when possible to read up on it. It's actually quite interesting and it never hurts to learn something new or learn more about something you already might know. Do feel free to ask me anything involving this and I'll answer to the best of my abilities!
Thank you. I'm transmasc, who still lives with my Conservatives family. If I had the money, I would leave in a heart beat. It take every ouce of courage and strength to not take my own life. I desperately want to transition, but living in TX makes that impossible. I hope we put an end to this soon.
@Joseph-cf2wd my family has given me more trauma then anything else. Giving a child food, clothes, shelter, and an education are not the only things parents are supposed to do for their kids. I understand that my parents both had to work to give me a good life, but in doing so, the neglected me emotionally and barely covered basic life skills that I now have to figure out on my own. I love my family, but living with them is only making my situation worse.
@@Joseph-cf2wdAh yes the classic “have depression? Well just pull yourself up by the bootstraps” reply to someone who’s in genuine trouble, thanks genius next time just don’t say anything if you can’t say anything helpful.
@@AroAceEnbyTaste got those kind of parents too eh? my childhood was all about church and labor and nothing else. whenever my parents did something for me they had to always remind me about how much they suffer from work and how i always owe them. they had no grace or appreciation in them and whined about all the "duties" they had to fulfill yet never questioned those "duties" in the first place. they were just too immature to start a family
You haven't come close yet, to being able to justify the expectation that just because you present and identify in a non-traditional fashion, that all of society must treat you as though you're the opposite sex. The world isn't your therapist and doesn't owe you special consideration. To expect it does is the height of narcissism and arrogance. It comes across like a creepy woman hater, and misogynist trying to justify infringing on women's rights to designate women's only areas for themselves, as though you're entitled. Do you believe that spaces designated by gender/sex are referring to gender roles? Make it make sense I Don't care if you want to wear a dress, makeup, heels and a wig, get boob implants, have HRT and have your properly functioning genitalia removed surgically-- Feel free, but still a man. The justification for separating men and women in prison, showers, locker rooms, changing rooms, and sports teams/leagues seems to be confusing to trans activists. Whats the issue with it??? Justify and explain how eliminating women's private spaces and allowing men to encroach isn't misogyny? ANYTHING??? Be relevant for a change and make your case, if you think you can
Hey, just in time! I'm a trans woman. I escaped Florida at the end of February, up to Oregon. I need you all to understand just how terrified we are. I have friends who left the country on learning visas, where if they don't learn the language they'll be deported back, because it was the only choice they had, people who have left states, people who have attempted or successfully...completed... suicide. We are so, so scared, and most of the media likes to 'both sides' this, if they even cover it at all. The right-wing are calling in bomb threats, beating parents into the ground with police backing, burning buildings and books, before we even GET to legislation, trying to erase or criminalize our very existence. It's rough. Real...really rough.
Trans man here. I see you and I'm glad you escaped Florida. It's scary as fuck. I'm more scared for my kids than myself; what if someone attacks them or tries to kidnap them to "protect them from the trans agenda?" Or the gay agenda, because their parents are both men. So far things haven't been worse than mean looks and some snide under the breath comments, but I'm always on the alert when our family is in public.
Scared but undaunted! I'm a transwoman currently in Indiana, and my partner and I are looking at moving to Illinois if Indiana goes the way of Florida! We're in this fight together! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🤬
I’m also glad you were able to escape and it sickens me and angers me how these asshole cis white men are really cruel and I put a lot of blame on imperial and simplistic binary propaganda from the European and American empires. I am trying to educate myself on the fact that indigenous people have a more nuanced and fluid way of what gender is. Gender is complicated but I want to support anyone I can as their identity matters
I'm in California, and I have never felt so grateful to be here. I have a family member who is moving her entire family from a southern state to a safer area to protect her kids from these laws. I wish they could afford to move to California but I'm grateful they can afford to leave their current state at all
I remember my mom telling me about trans people back when I was in elementary school and how she knew a couple trans women at her old job at the Chamber of Commerce before I was born, where she saw firsthand the harm caused by denying trans people the relevant healthcare. I got the concept immediately and accepted it as a small but normal part of the world ever since. It's not complicated or hard to understand, it doesn't upset or confuse kids, and it's not some kind of corrupting forbidden knowledge they need to be kept away from-Reactionaries are just viscerally _grossed out_ by the idea of such people, and are too stunted to handle those feelings as merely the personal issue they are.
Wrong. Gender theory is teaching children that they may have been born in the wrong body depending on if they feel feminine or masculine and that the solution may be removing their healthy genitals.
@@cheezbiscuit4140 lol search me, probably cuz they wouldn't like it if they didn't find either (I mean we even had our own well way out in the countryside). Someone being just fucking normal about other kinds of people sounds to them an awful lot like saying "if _I_ can do it, what's the matter with _you?"_
What irritates me are these people who claim to be our allies but refuse to vote because "One side is just as corrupt as the other" or they "just can't get behind to democrats either"
Biden has done just as much for trans rights as any average republican. Liberals are not our friends, they're just right wingers that pretend to care about whatever's trendy for votes.
The vast majority of 'accounts' urging people not to vote are part of 'deliberate campaigns' to influence the election, funded by the same groups discussed in this video, and others, all malign.
I grew up not knowing what trans was, you could say I had the experience these anti trans ppl want. my family wasn't conservative, I just grew up in a heavily mormon population. guess what i still ended up being? trans! I didn't have the exposure and still knew i couldn't continue my adult life as a woman. and guess who didn't mind in the slightest when i came out? pretty much everyone that mattered in my life. whole family is fine with it, friends are fine with it, teachers and professors were fine with it, my workplace is fine with it, my gym is fine with it. Normal people don't react badly! Normal people legitimately don't care that trans people are in the bathroom with them. all this fear is abnormal and not grounded in anything factual and is detrimental to everyone, not just trans people.
The pictures trans men took of what it would look like if they were forced to use the women’s room were pretty funny! 🤭 No; most people are too busy living our own lives to worry about whether someone’s hairstyle is determined by the dominant society to match what is between their legs or not! 🤷♀️
My daughter, who is almost 15, keeps telling me about all the crazy legislation in the US and I always have trouble believing her. Looks like she isn't exaggerating. Unfortunately we also have plenty of crazy bigots here in my country.
I'm trans outside of the US and yeah, I feel like a lot of people see me as some tinfoil hat wearing Iunatic when I talk to them about how bad the anti trans stuff is in the US and how scared I am that it'll come here soon too. They'll tell me 'it can't be that bad' in the same breath as they tell me they don't know anything about what's happening to trans people in the US (and UK). The people you're closest to simply turning their back on you like this when you're in crisis mode is a profoundly alienating experience. Really makes you feel like you can't count on them when it comes down to it.
@@ryn2844 I am a middle-aged straight male, and myself and my wife have been riding out an extreme learning curve. I care very deeply about youth, including mental health, so it can be all too easy to fall for these fear-mongering tropes. So far I have not detected any sort of sinister cabal, only youth who are just being youth; searching for a safe and secure place to be themselves. And literally none of it is any of anyone's concern, except that the moralizing control freaks amongst us just cannot let people be. Things must get back to when "our country was....(insert nonsense nostalgic bullshit here)" As Leeja said, it is an issue affecting less than 1% of the population, and need not be blown out of proportion. I get the sense that the gender-affirming care in most jurisdictions does contain some guardrails to ensure that young people are fully aware of what they are doing. But just to be extra-safe I have my Hetero Dude Invincibility Cloak in case anyone tries to trans me up. So far so good. Best wishes on your journey.
@Grayson Davis because children are a vulnerable population that can easily be taken advantage of and are unable to give consent due to an undeveloped frontal lobe (involved in decision making and understanding consequences). Children have no choice but to be dependent on the adults in charge of them and don’t have the same ability to protect themselves. Two men or two women are two consenting adults who can arguably say yes or no without consequence in non abusive circumstances. They are capable legally and mentally to weight their decision and consequences of their actions. If you can’t understand that comparing homosexuality to pedophilia then cognitively you may have some deficits
I grew up Catholic. Terrible religion. Terrible set of beliefs. Where were all the people trying to protect me from that "grooming". The more someone says it's all about the children, the more you know it's not about the children.
@@Tony-fx8fbas a kid I never felt protected by the right, I felt hated. I was scared of the left because of propaganda, but I feel better here (now as a teen)
as a nonbinary australian, it's heartbreaking to know that americans are suffering so intensely. it's better over here, with schoolkids allowed to dress in whatever uniform they want and access to hormone blockers, but still not perfect.
Re school uniform, it's the law in the UK that the school uniform cannot discrimate on protected characteristics (like race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation or gender transition) so although most schools do have uniforms or dress codes they have to provide a range of options, from which each student can choose what works for them, rather than defining any particular items as for a specific gender. I'm thankful we are more accepting here, mostly because we don't have the extreme right wing Christian movements that have such power in the US, but those well funded US organisations are trying to bring their influence over here so we can't be complacent.
I think the intellectual tendency to break everything down into specific "isms" kind of overcomplicates things and treats cosmetic intellectual differences as significant. Homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, xenophobia, antisemitism, fascism, etc are all strongly correlated with each other because they're all actually one thing - political expressions of authoritarian personality types. And authoritarian personality is fundamentally a psychological condition of being triggered by people being different from oneself. That's it. Authoritarians psychologically label same as good and different as bad. It's built into who they are, and it's emotionally driven. They'll come up with logical explanations and rationalizations for their views and actions, but it's post hoc, and ultimately disingenuous. Logic and reason have nothing to do with it, and they shouldn't be treated like they were just following a legitimate line of reasoning. They target trans kids because they're different and they're too outnumbered to defend themselves by themselves.
"They'll come up with logical explanations and rationalizations for their views and actions, but it's post hoc, and ultimately disingenuous" Dead-on. It's exactly that which fuels the constant goal-switching arguments they use. They have no real concern for 'human wellbeing', 'the children', 'individualism', 'freedom of religion', etc. They just pick at whatever they think gives them an excuse. They treat morality as a shield from criticism instead of an honest, methodological search for good.
it is so self-serving. Look at children's rights. You'll find conservatives willing to die on a hill to preserve the right to raise their kid their way and damn any government who tries to come into their home and interfere. Same people will parade on the streets issuing demands on how others should raise their kids
Baloney. There is nothing more ideological and authoritarrian than trendy phony progressivism. Falsehoods are evolutionary. Truth is innate and eternal. Totalitarian and war making societies come about from trying to remake and reengineer the human condition and create utopia. Since the human condition is imperfectable, social experiments always fail. In frustration progressive ideologies become more authoritarian. Resistence to such stupidity isn't a psychological problem. A failure to resist the idiocies of reengineering humanity in evil.
Could you clarify your definition of fascism? I would say fascism in my way of thinking is perhaps what you call an authoritarian personality type, and things like racism, sexism, homophobia all stem from fascist thought.
So basically conservatives need to be motivated by anger otherwise they haven’t any motivation to act. That’s really sick. Healthy normal people are motivated by love, beauty, health, learning ya know, good stuff.
Not anger necessarily, but fear. They fear change, or some other aspect of life they currently live they do not want to see change. This is why they always make you feel like someone else is infiltrating or threatening the peace fo your country, this is how they get them to be against immigration, refugee services, human rights, progressive medical care, progressive societal change, because they are scared of it in some way.
ehhh you're being inaccurate here. fearmongering is effective on all sides of the political spectrum, as humans we're fundamentally susceptible to it, it's just that conservatives are in a naturally good spot to fearmonger, as fearmongering is specifically meant to target change, which is what progressivism is entirely about
The one thing that so many people will raise in objection is, "why do they vote against their own best interests?" But, the question shows how the person asking doesn't understand these people's mindset. They literally believe that getting rid of the LGBT sinful people will get them better pay at their jobs and solve all of the world's problems. They accept on face value that the politicians they elect are saviours who will deliver them from evil. They are convinced that once Gays are obliterated, Jesus will return and the world will be perfect. This is why religion is truly evil. The politicians keep abusing the genuine believers by promising to deliver the one thing nobody can: Jesus.
I really don't think it's religion. Considering some Christians literally denounced Jesus as "woke," I have a feeling religion is just a very common justification.
@@littlemoth4956 Huh? You contradict yourself here. First you say it isn't religion, then you end by saying it is. Definitely, it's the religion. I just saw a clip where a pastor says that the U.S. let demons in all the way back in 1995 and that those demons rotted the country to where Drag Queens are reading books to children. Sure sounds like religion to me!
Hey, Leeja. We were in law school together and I’m so glad to see you left big law and are following your heart, educating people about important issues. Way to go!
@@uneconqueambulante2094 thats not a good mindset to have. That is how a sheep thinks. Degrees and certificates don't give you wisdom they give you ideologies
@@nobody4933 Does not negate that they have credentials to backup their credibility. Whereas you who call others "sheep" only use bad faith and arrogance to fuel your ideologies.
I love you. Keep doing what you do. Your words are important. Jon gave us the gift of seeing through all this with humor. You deliver it with context and fact. You are valuable in what you believe and work toward. Please keep it up! You are beautiful! To the very core of my soul, you are beautiful!
Hopefully you've fully transitioned so your genetic line has been walled off. But if you haven't, I'll pray that all of your potential offspring identify as trans. The world could stand to see your genes eliminated from the genepool.
I've noticed that a lot of creators from various backgrounds are randomly picking up the flag, so to speak. I came here from a guy that normally talks about sports and motorcycles, and he's been on an activism bender recently. Leeja was right at the top of the recs on his video.
It isn’t about children. Never was. Never is. That’s just a cover. I’ve lived long enough to have been through this *TWICE* This is my 3rd Rodeo. Hate and religious bigotry will always hide behind “the children” to pass legislation of *control* We see you…and the donors fitting the bill…. …we see you. And your kids see you too. And they will hate you for it.
Ain't it weird seeing the same themes they resort to whenever they're fighting against a minority Immigrants " they're coming for your jobs and will break into your house", gays and trans " they're coming to groom your kids", Muslims "they're coming to blow you up" etc..
The very red state I live in has a law prohibiting Sharia law from the state. This was the year the Reich went after Muslims. I seriously doubt any legislator had any idea what it was.
I'm a mother of a trans kid, grateful to be in a state that isn't actively seeking to destroy him but scared because of the virulent hatred shown by those who claim to want to protect him. Thank you for being a great ally, and for using your brain and your heart, your voice and your platform, to advocate for those who are under attack.
As a trans kid myself, who thankfully has a very supportive mom, I still want to let you know from the perspective of a trans person that parents like you are so important, and it makes me happy to see more supportive parents out there.
I'm a 60 year old trans woman, and i wish i could have had health care for this when i was a kid. I'm conservative by nature, but why in the Sam hell should i vote Republican if they wanna annihilate me? I really DON'T Like either political party. It's not good to Push OR Deny an issue like this. LEAVE People in peace!
I went through hell as a kid being a feminine identifying, male-born person. These conservatives try to say that representation of the lgbtq community is it a gender, but there has never been a bigger agenda than the heteronormative agenda. I was bullied, harassed, assaulted, threatened and rejected for simply being me. And the saddest part about it, is how much of this came by way of adults. Trying to force me to deny my truth did work, and down I stay that's a grown adult who is a trans woman I'm proud to stand in my truth. And it completely disgusts me to see so many states try to push this heteronormative ideology into law, making it even harder for our trans identifying youth to simply be themselves. Hopefully these conservatives learned one day that no amount of coercion, threats, physical assault, rejection, or even law creating is going to stop someone from living in their truth, or fighting for their right to simply exist as themselves
@@DemonDog444Yes, actually. Heteronormativity has been the norm for a long time. Basically why homophobes assume that being queer or not being heterosexual is a choice and the whole narrative that “they’re turning your kids gay!!”
@@DemonDog444t doesnt, it suggests that being cishet shld be the norm that everyone shld fit into which isnt tru, whats up w miserable queerphobes who literally cld be happy being ignorant and not coming into spaces to not learn coming into queer peoples business and pissing into a clean pool
I feel bad for what you went through. However, all these laws do is prevent children from mutilating their bodies. Children are more than welcome to socially transition, they just can't change their body in a permanent way. You know why? Because kids are stupid and too dumb to make decisions for themselves (coming from a teenager). If a kid is really trans, then they'll still be trans when they're 18, and then they can do whatever they want.
I respect all of the research you do to educate people about these issues, it just really is a shame when transgender people get harassed to the point of consideration to end their lives and the amount of cheap excuses to make transgender people seem like the worst people is just bad
This is why identity politics is garbage. ALL groups have saints and D-bags... ALL. Assuming everyone in any group Should/Do hold 100% agreement is simply the first stutter-step towards fascism
@@imperialmotoring3789 no. That person can take their problems down the road. Democracy is not about appeasing snowflakes, its about reaching agreement through thought and non-violence.
It’s not that they’re incapable of empathy UNTIL the thing is happening to them. Once the thing is happening to you, it’s not empathy. So they are still just incapable of it.
@@Joshpower57no Josh its the literal definition of empathy, to be able to understand what a person is going through from their point of view. Once you've gone through it then it's not empathy for the other person but understanding for what you felt when it happened to you. Please read a book, literally any book. Just read!!
The only help you need you refuse. What if I told you a cure for dysphoria exists. What if we identified the cause and developed a literal cure for dysphoria, would you take it? Of course not. Because you don't want real help. You want your illness validated so you can attempt to infected more people. But ultimately, you'll take your last breath alone and miserable, wondering why you let someone convince you to mutilate yourself.
It’s a know fact,republicans have never offered anything to help working class people . Democrats aren’t much help either,they offer bills that they know republicans will not support ,only to make themselves look like they trying to help their voters. When both parties only work for corporate interests ,bought and paid for by (Citizens United )
Short answer: In-group favoritism, xenophobia, ignorance, ego, misinformation, isolation, echo chamber communities with low diversity, being closed off to other areas of society, normalized inappropriate mores in their group, and ethnocentrism. At least that's my assessment.
@@Ghost-fe1vp do you think conservatives are rare? I know plenty. They're fucking OBSESSED with trans kids. They talk almost exclusively about the things they hate and wildly accuse any and all media of being "woke" when it presents them with a challenge to their incredibly narrow worldview.
"Why is it always conservatives who are incapable of empathy unless it is literally happening to them?" [9:15] My theory: conservatives tend to have a much narrower "empathy distribution", mainly themselves and their close community. Liberals, on the other hand, seem to have a broader empathy distribution, including those they are loosely connected to and even strangers. This is why conservatives who "Have a Black friend" or "Have a gay friend" are often more accepting of their friends' needs. It seems to be why they often start with, "One of my best friends is Black" or "I have a mother, wife, and daughters" as validation of their 'good' position towards groups. Liberals often respond to that with, "You should simply accept Black people, women, etc, because of who they are without needing them in your life." But for conservatives, it seems that they *do* explicitly need them in their lives.
As I tried to understand what I woke up to on 11/9/16 in my country, I came to a summary that many, many voters only cared about their COUNTY, not their COUNTRY. I listen to a lot of country music, and they talk A LOT about the small town/county they were born and raised in! 🤔
There are no trans humans. All humans are male or female, and that status is fixed and permanent. One cannot become the other. Prancing around acting like a sexist stereotype of a woman, by altering your body to mimic the primary sex characteristics of women doesn't make you women, regardless of the level of anxiety you perceive about reality, and wishing it were different... Still a man, and they argue as though this is a question in their mind. Totally absurd
Thank you so much. It's terrifying right now. I try to stay optimistic, but it's so scary when I'm in public with my family. I'm a trans man married to a cis man and we have 2 daughters. We already get looks just for being a gay couple with kids, and while I pass I'm not stealth. Most people can tell I'm trans. I'm always on high alert in case someone tries to attack us and hurt my kids. And with the way legislation is moving, I worry that a law will be passed to try to take them away.
I’m a cis woman and this whole misogynistic, Anti non binary , gay hating crap has me scared . (I’m under the belief that it’s all based on religious based misogyny anyway. )
@@theamazingchannel470yes they are. Two men in a romantic relationship is gay by definition. Being a man has nothing to do with sex and everything to do with gender. I’m sorry you don’t have the cognitive capability to realize that.
I didn't figure out I was trans until I was in my late 20s several years ago. I had to go through a ton of pain and suffering my whole life because I had no idea why my identity didn't line up with who I was. I had never even heard of trans people until after I was in the psych hospital and the consilor asked if I had gender dysphoria, and she had to explain it to me. I wasn't indoctrinated or brainwashed, in fact we don't want to convince anyone they're trans if they're not because we know the pain of being told you're something you're not I'm so grateful that in general people are very kind and supportive. Not to say I haven't received hate, like being yelled at in the street just for existing, but the loudest people on social media and government are a very small minority
@@dariocarraresi1823 In that there is no evidence that there exists something "inside" a person that can make them a man or a woman in contrary to their physical organs.
Must be hard for them to concede to the idea that there are people that see THEM as a threat to children. Most folks just want kids to generally be able to be themselves so long as they aren't harming anyone, while they want to convince them they'll be punished forever for being born different then them, or for having a different view point. I can't say I'm a fan of the "conform or die" mentality, I spent 20 years living like that and I was miserable as miserable could be... until I opened up and started transitioning. 😂
💯 A lot of people don't even want to believe that stuff, they're just afraid not to. Some of us do get free. I'm so glad you found your own freedom. There are Christians like Garth Brooks who understand how unbiblical anti LGBT+ bigotry is; his bar is celebrating Pride Month, I hear. A lot of people don't know he is one because he doesn't try to shove self-righteousness in their faces. The reasonable ones are usually fairly quiet about it, including many musicians like Lenny Kravitz, Kings of Leon, Evanescence, and even Black Sabbath (which is the most delicious irony, considering how often people called them Satanists.)
Congratulations ! It's got to be incredibly hard to live as someone you don't feel like you are. I 'll never understand people who are against other people living their lives as they see fit. It's none of their business if people want to transition, or be gay , or anything else. I don't get it. I won't tolerate it either. I'm not above punching a bigot in the face if I see them abusing someone who they perceive to be "different ". To hell with bullies. Best of luck to you in life.
There is no such thing as a trans kid. Kids do not know what a woman or a man is yet, and conservatives don't want woke idiots teaching them the wrong thing. Conservatives don't want kids to be taught about being trans. It is harmful to their mental development, and in some cases physical development.
The librarian/professor glasses look fantastic in my opinion. More importantly thanks for the good content, everyone from LGBT etc identifying people to allies need good information to respond constructively to these narrative attacks.
Thank you Leeja for an excellent treatise of the recent mystifying explosion of Transphobia. I agree that it is just the latest issue that political activists have seized on and weaponised to create a wedge that will secure the votes to propel them to power. Victimising an already marginalised and largely powerless minority (who also carry a withering medical burden) is hardly what you might call an act of kindness. Clarity is so important, and you have explained the situation brilliantly!
"the recent mystifying explosion of Transphobia." Mystifying. Yes, it is truly impossible to understand why there is a backlash against people who see nothing wrong with invading women's sports, teaching children that biological sex isn't real, lying to minors that dangerous drugs/surgery have few to no side effects, bullying lesbians who don't want to have sex with someone who has a penis, sending death threats to authors who disagree with them, mass-harassing gamers who play a wizard game, and who absolutely 100% refuse to acknowledge that unethical doctors/educators are misdiagnosing gay and autistic teens as trans and giving them dangerous unnecessary treatments. I just cannot imagine why the current mainstream (who overwhelmingly supported the gay rights struggle) does not like the trans community. It couldn't possibly have anything to do with their behavior. It's a mystery for the ages.
As a trans teenager it is so stressful to see my rights being stripped away right in front of my eyes. It is absolutely insane how my existence is debated like I am not just a normal person.
Do other kids your age have a right not to transition? Have the people who have encouraged you to transition told you that 30 years after having the surgery, you are 19 time more likely to commit suicide?
That’s the thing. Your rights aren’t being stripped. For example, in sports, sports had always been categorized by sex. Saying trans can not participate with the opposite sex is not taking away rights.
@@Bibirallie so what if someone who looks exactly like a woman, tits, vag, feminine body structure and all, but was born male, wants to participate in sports? Is it really fair or is it designed to keep trans people from playing sports? Genuinely curious about your stance
Misogyny also plays a role in who specifically gets targeted, by which I mean that most of the outrage is directed at trans women (and gay men before them). Masculinity is central to their worldview, and there is no more existential threat to that worldview, no betrayal greater, than a man trying to become a woman. Most of them can barely be bothered to care about Elliott Page while Dylan Mulvaney exists.
A big point y’all missing is a gay man is not the same as a lesbian. Only in a dream world are we all the same. Example: in adult films, most straight men have no problem with 2 women together, but 2 men together, many straight males find disgusting. Fair or not, it’s reality. Also, it’s men dressing like women going to schools with kids, telling story’s. I don’t see women dressed like men doing the same? Furthermore, in the 80’s, it was gay men with 90-98% died of HIV. Lesbian’s about 0% had aids! They didn’t even know what it was. They called it the gay man disease! I’m for treating everyone fair, but realize we are not the SAME! I can go on & on, you get the point.
@@arthurdiaz9184 Funny thing, lesbians tend to have hatred for transmen. There's very few I've met that go "oh congrats on finding yourself" when it's a trans man. Usually they consider them to have mental issues, but don't have the same issue with trans women. They definitely won't sleep with transwomen tho and the physical violence from transwomen against lesbians is next levrl
Exactly. And that's because they identify with their group to an extent where this special emotional connection dictates them that every outsider is a predator, regardless wether they even give a fuck about the evangelical hypocrisy or not.
"Think of the children" yet they oppose bans on child marriages, they oppose school lunches and they oppose doing anything about their number one cause of death. They don't care about the children, they just hate trans-people.
You can safely ignore TheMarsCydonia. They have no desire to debate in good faith at all. In a recent interaction I had with them, they demanded I produce statistics that had nothing to do with what I said, said they would be happy to provide them if I "couldn't" find them. Then, when asked, refused to actually provide the statistics they insisted they already had, refused to explain how they were relevant to the point and repeatedly claimed _I_ hadn't backed up my statistics, despite the fact I had provided sources and calculations for all of them. One of the statistics was off by 6 people, due to the source I found being taken a few months earlier than the source I had originally learnt the statistic from. _That_ was the "massive" flaw in my argument... Then, after, in yet another topic. I pointed out that prepubescent kids weren’t either straight _or_ gay, because those are sexualities and they haven’t reached the point of being sexual yet (obviously). They responded claiming I was completely wrong and that kids _did_ have sexuality. So I asked for a citation. The citation they gave agreed with me completely, saying that kids of that age would use the terms “boyfriend” and “girlfriend” but applied them to completely platonic relationships. Yet, despite that, TheMarsCydonia _insisted_ the citation agreed with them, not with me, claiming that kids had “romantic” relationships. So, yeah, there is no reasoning with them. Better to save your time.
@@bigcatwithbigpawz The other person that replied to you. It seems UA-cam has decided to hide their post though. You would need to order the comments by "newest first" to see it.
I’ve been an avid viewer of your channel since the Trump trial earlier this year, and more relevantly here, am a publicly out trans woman. Thank you for using your platform to cover this issue and how….stupid some of the specifics are lol. I enjoyed this piece a lot!
It’s because in Uganda they should extreme fetish subtype gay p*rn videos to grandmas saying their naive children could be converted (specifically to that) because they’re all just secrete closeted bisexual sex-extreme it’s at heart and without laws they would be worse than dogs themselves, so they think their children are at risk of “converting to gay.”
Seriously though, it's actually surreal to not hate existing for the first time since elementary school. I have the day I started HRT marked in my calendar as my Rebirthday, and that's no overstatement: I'm an entirely new person thanks to it. It's the only antidepressant that's ever truly worked.
@@cajunking5987 Too bad Republicans have resisted "mental health parity" for decades and lead the way in cutting funding for mental health and other social services. But surely you know that. And now, actively working against people suffering Transgender Dysphoria from getting the medical care they need. Repulsive you are. You support it while now pretending you care. Typical Republican moral bankruptcy.
Conservatives: we believe in freedom and small government Also Conservatives: Please daddy Government, ban things we don't like even if they have demonstrable benefits and don't actually harm us
@@isabelmcgaugh711 they’re still feeding into their own oppression though. Less regulation ofthe market will lead to corporations having more power to do things that are more exploitative. Many conservatives work for corporations. They’re not just voting against our interests they’re also voting against their own.
Trans girls too often grow up with feminine role models who explicitly reject and often abuse them. That's reality. Republicans want that reality to be mandated by the state; to take away mothers' ability to raise their trans kids in a loving, positive environment. It's not possible to maintain that environment while also forcing a trans kid to act like a cis one. I'm sorry about your friend. It's a far too common tale.
That's terrible. There is a pain in being explicitly rejected by one's family that is hard to convey to most cis people, and even some trans people who have affirming families. It creates a hole in a person that is difficult to fill. I'm sorry for your loss. It's a far too common story.
Child abuse doesn't correlate with gays, lesbians, non binary, intersex, asexual, or trans people. Unfortunately, child abuse correlates with conservative christians and the ignorance they keep their children steeped in.
Thank you for this. Here in the EU it is spreading too, although not as fast as in the United States, but it is scary to see how American religious right propaganda comes, joined by Russian anti-LGBT propaganda, here too, using the same made-up stories and same narratives as in the US. Transphobia is rampant in the UK, but Brexit severed this connection so we gained some time here, but in some states, such as Hungary, Italy or Slovakia it is going from bad to worse as we speak.
What's scary is how many weirdos honestly believe mutilated children is helping. Whatever though. I'll pray that all your offspring identify as trans. The world could stand to do away with your genetics anyways.
I'm sorry, but "TERF Island", as many people describe Britain, has been increasingly more hostile to trans people at the highest levels of government. The government has plans to introduce an effective "bathroom bill", as well as also eliminate discrimination protections from trans people by rewriting the Equality Act. By contrast, in the EU, Spain and Finland both passed self-ID legislation, joining the likes of Ireland, Iceland and Malta, all the while Germany is legislating for self-ID also. When Scotland passed self-ID legislation in 2022, the UK government very quickly moved to veto it under the justification that "trans people will be encouraged to exist".
I’ve been dealing with these freaks since the 90s. The unfortunate truth is if they really want to do something they can. We’re such a small portion of the population that there just isn’t enough people who care to stop them. We can slow the tide and out things like this video out there for prosperity, but nobody’s gonna come save us
I'm sorry you feel like that, and I have trans friends who are exhausted by trying to respond to all this crap, but polling shows that 70+% of the US is in favour of LGBT+ rights and protections, including Trans rights, so know that the majority of people do care, it's just the hateful few that are trying to use you as political pawns...
@@rachelsnee8926 I think i misworded myself. I'd say most people care. But the incentives aren't aligned, so its important to me as a gay person in a way it will probably never be for a straight person. People will talk all day about support and validation, but the second change requires work, time, and money, caring starts to fall off. I'm not saying those people don't really care or anything. People generally aren't incentivized to fight for a system that ultimately gives them nothing directly. Yea, gay people being around is nice, but most people aren't gonna give a protion of their income to the Trevor Project because most people don't need something like that. I guess "there's a limited amount of caring available" is the best way to put it. And that caring just isn't enough to stem the tide at the moment. Even though 70% support LGBT rights, half the states in the US have laws banning kids from transitioning. And those states aren't going to change anytime soon. There's just not enough people who care in those states, and there's not enough money to flip all those houses and senates.
@@JoeBidenHatesU God would call Satan evil. and Satan would call God evil. But I think we can all agree Satan is evil. They both use the same word, but they imply mutually exclusive meanings
Leeja, I am newer to your content, but I have to say I’ve never felt more supported as an LGBT individual, than you consistently saying “the gays….” I’m literally laughing at your anti-conservative content because I’m surrounded in BFE, MO. You’re awesome! 👊🏿😂
It’s because they’re really trying to get any kind of support from the non-religious community, and even though I’ve sadly seen a tiny bit, the real science doesn’t back them up. I’m sorry, but I don’t think right wing politicians know what science is. Both sides don’t even seem to know what Tik Tok is or how it works. I really can’t trust politicians knowledge on science.
@@nondescriptcat5620 You can't change your gender. You can only reject traditional gender roles by engaging in various levels of cosplay and LARPing. If sex and gender are independent, why should a male/man bother altering his primary sex characteristics to mimic the primary sex characteristics of a woman? Make it make sense if gender is merely a social construct, and independent from sex-- why not identify as a girl without going out of the way to alter your appearance to present as the stereotypical and objective primary sex characteristics of a female human the target????? Make it make sense What right do trans people think they have which obligates those societies which have long established their cultural norms, to abandon their cultural norms and deny objective reality, to embrace theirs??? Looks like self entitled narcissism on the part of the trans people. Way too many inappropriately and incorrectly conflate gender/sex (There are only 2-- male/female... That's it) with personality traits and temperament (There are a ton and none are gender exclusive-- hence effeminate males, butch females and tomboys), and again with gender roles (without exception refer to the roles of males and females in society) as though they're synonymous and they are not. Science has already proven that the binary dichotomy of all mammals is male/female. A man in a dress is still a man A man with anxiety about his sex/gender-- still a man A man calling himself a woman-- still a man A man with an effeminate personality--still a man Why should women's right to privacy from the presence of men, be up for debate at the whim of misogynistic men, presenting as women?
@@nondescriptcat5620I’d like to see a single issue where the Liberals have the science on their side. All they do is either ignore the science or censor the science.
The Arizona Supreme Court just upheld a law* that exempts religious officials from having to report child sex abuse if they learn of the crime during a confessional setting.
@@georgeorwellsghost3833 Wrong. In fact psychologists are specifically named as mandatory reporters in the same statute that excludes clergy confessions. Why did you think that? Where did you get that information from?
As a white woman, I really wish I understood why so many white people are so fragile and so easily attacked by the simple existence of other human beings. It's damned frustrating.
My kid is trans, and even though we live in a fairly blue state, (Maryland) it scares the shit out of me when I think of her going to school with the children of these lunatics.
@@Horticarter41 oh, I'm sorry for her. That must have been hard. But, and excuse me as I'm new to all of this but what does that mean her face looked wrong? What does that have to do with trans or gender or anything?
i feel like some of y'all don't get how hard transition is. I'm 21 and nonbinary, i came out as trans about 4 years ago. how far into my transition i? um. I've started going by a different name/pronouns and my id has an x on it 🥴 why? because I can't afford an 11k surgery and $200 a month for hrt I'm also in a discord server of hundreds of trans people, and guess what? most of them are 14-17 years old. i can remember only one 15 year old who got top surgery,and guess what? he isn't suicidal anymore. majority of us come to the realization that we're trans on our own, and all we want if support, stability, and to live our lives as ourselves. something like 200 minors are getting gender affirming surgery each year (and remember, not all minors are 5 and "gender affirmation" includes cis girls getting nose jobs and boob jobs) and trans surgeries have THE LOWEST REGRET RATE OUT OF ANY OTHER SURGERY so yeah. be kind, mind your own business, ily
I have a friend who recently came out as a trans man. He’s not shy about talking about the procedures he’s gone through. But these intellectual insects just turn on their favorite right wing shock jock and jerk off to every word they say like mindless fucking zombies. “OOOOOH!!!! HE’S FUCKING EDGY, BROOOO!!!”
What does "X" mean? Do you have neither a penis or a vagina??? Why would a boy need "top surgery" Do you mean a girl? So sad she will never be a mother.
I am a demi-girl I came out in 2019 however I can't even get my ID to have a X marker as the current state I'm in doesn't support it, and my birth state doesn't even have it as an option for my birth certificate and requires proof of getting the surgery. Meanwhile I'm also struggling to even get on disability at the same time....
I have three young granddaughters. I'm one of their primary caretakers.They have all expressed acceptance for any gender identity, they all like that they are female, one seems drawn to boys, one has not expressed a preference, and the third seems to be drawn to females. We try not to influence them in any way, but support them in every way.
Here's the thing. I don't know if this is a thing in the US, but gender affirmation surgery is absolutely NOT a thing in Canada for minors. In fact, many trans adults will not actually get gender affirmation surgery because being allowed to live as their chosen gender is usually enough. People really need to understand that gender affirmation isn't a light switch. Current practices, at least in Canada, are that you have to have spent 1 year living as your chosen gender before pretty much anything else can happen. The issue is complicated for kids because once puberty has started, it's that much harder to make a change. Puberty blockers are used in the short term to give kids time to figure things out, and this is also done because they are reversible. Affirmation surgery is the last step in transition, if one goes that far, precisely because it is less reversible than every other step of the process. So no, American fearmongers and bigots. Kids aren't getting sex changes. That doesn't happen. That can't happen. This is just another example of bigots looking for a socially acceptable way to be bigots.
Yeah, I know quite a lot of trans women that never plan to get lower surgery. They don't want it, don't feel the need for it, and are happy the way they are. A topic I have noticed has been coming up a lot recently is this obsession with "what if they change their minds." There was a BBC special several years back where a lesbian couple transitioned to being men, then after a few years changed their minds and transitioned back, stating "we didn't want to be men, we just weren't happy being women." (which is an entirely different subject). It is bound to happen that some people will transition for the wrong reasons. I had a friend who told me me wanted to transition to female because he didn't think his church would accept him as gay but he might be able to convince them to accept him as trans because he could blame his attraction to men on the hormone treatments. (eye roll). But the thing is, it is still their life, and who cares if they make a mistake or change their minds, if they have decided transitioning will make them a happier, then let them be.
@@FablestoneSeries Yeah, that's precisely why less invasive measures, like lived experience and reversible hormone treatment, are used first. It could be a phase, or it could be a choice made for the wrong reasons (like your church example). It sounds like where I live, you're talking 1-2 years before anything happens, and then a few more years before you'd even get to affirmation surgery. So all these people talking about kids need to calm down because kids are pretty much never going to be in a situation to have affirmation surgery; the leadup to it is likely going to take until they are adults anyways.
It’s not a thing in America either, people just use it as a talking point because they have nothing else to grab at. I’m an adult trans man, and in my state it’s actually illegal to start any medical transition before 18, including HRT. I personally don’t want any surgeries, because I don’t see the point in spending that much money when I don’t have an excessive amount of dysphoria regarding those parts of my body. Maybe it’s because I’m intersex, but I couldn’t really care less about getting something like bottom surgery. Nobody around me wants surgery either, and though we discuss the possibility of top surgery, these people seem to focus on bottom surgery. I’ve never met any trans person who plans on getting bottom surgery, much less a minor who wants it. Really, HRT is the only thing Ive done medically and legally. But most children don’t think about or care about those things, they just want to exist. I transitioned socially in my early teen years, and all I wasn’t thinking about anything medical, I was just excited to finally feel so amazing. There’s also that damn blockers argument. I really don’t see how bigots don’t realize that blockers are on both sides of the issue. Like you said, it’s just giving the kid more time to figure out what they want, if anything at all. Even if the child does start blockers, it’s a very extensive decision and requires a lot of professional opinions and advice. I started HRT at 18 through informed consent, and even then I was speaking to my doctors the whole time about it. And I mean, that’s how it is for any medical procedure here. They act like gender affirming care is specific to trans people, when anyone can get implants, facial reconstruction surgery, hair implanting, etc etc. Crazy to watch these freaks being in charge of everyone’s right to bodily autonomy when they don’t even understand what they’re talking about.
@@Mars-jf4gyThanks for the response. Yeah, it just goes to show how little angry people know about the issue. People act like kids are getting sex changes overnight when in reality they will probably spend 10 years deciding what they want and how far they'll go with it. It's just bigotry and ignorance desperately looking for the next issue to be uninformed but hysterical about.
The Netherlands does not allow it under the age of 18 for transchildren. Top surgery like double mastectomies or breast enlargements can happen between 16 and 18, but is not overly common. I don't know the numbers here, but I know multiple people who have had gender affirming surgery. For me currently it's not an option because of a hard limit I set on it myself for not having any sexual experience, and next to that, I'm terrified of loosing any feeling. Personally, for now, I do not have extreme gender dysphoria concerning the reproductive organs that I do have, but that's the thing: I have no clue what that would be like in relation to someone else, which is why I want to know that for sure first, which, is like, a minefield all on it's own really (ugh dating sucks as a transperson).
Except for Muslim love, which is far, far worse in every way imaginable. What, you thought you could bring up Christians as being transphobic and not have anyone mention the religion that literally murders LGBTQ people on a daily basis all over the world? I don't think so, champ.
And good, moral people call others names without being able to prove INTENT and then cancel them and try to destroy them right? This behavior isn't oppressive and destructive, dividing ideology that will lead to civil war right? Amazing the amount of psychics in this country that CLAIM disagreement is hate with NO PROOF OF INTENT. Let's change our justice system to " guilty until proven innocent", it will be a great place to live!
@@petervizzini4006 Your side already tried the exact same excuse with gay kids, feminists girls, and Jewish kids among others. Tired of being wrong yet?
@@petervizzini4006 Your side already tried the exact same excuse with gay kids, feminists girls, and Jewish kids among others. Tired of being wrong yet?
It's great that this is being addressed. I really think right wingers need to be called out far more often over disingenuous policies and bad faith engagement in society. People need to be able to see how truly brainwashed and malicious they are.
The appearance of civility and compromise really are their biggest weapons. such an easy tool to get people to see anybody who is against the far right as "crazy" or "aggressive" while deflecting from all the awful stuff said right-wingers do or want to do.
I mean literally everything from the conservative argument is rooted in either lies or religious brainwashing. There is literally no statistical or physical evidence in the real world that reinforce any conservative ideology. To be a conservative is to literally deny reality. That's why they can never defend themselves when they're held up to scrutiny. They just use the "that's how it's always been" argument as a way to justify themselves and their archaic beliefs.
I know no one likes the "both sides" argument, but just about all politicians use the bad faith arguments to push things. Its not about what benefits them, not us. There is just as much manufactured fear over white supremacists and the religious right as there is fear about progressive activists and other deviations from the conservative norm. That mortality salience is a powerful motivator and warper of perceptions. As long as you are made to feel under threat, you cannot help but escalate, right or left. Thats just basic human behavior.
Brainwashed? Tell me..what is a woman? You are likely so brainwashed that you are willing to tell me that my definition of a woman as an adult human female is wrong and bigoted, yet be unable to give me a reasonable definition yourself. So what is a woman? Or will you run from this simple question because you are just another brainwashed left wing intellectual coward?
Very interesting. As a Republican I couldn't figure out why my party was so obsessed with trangrnder bills. The transgenders aren't hurting anyone. It makes me very sad :-(
A lot of republicans are going way too far with it. But most of the population will agree that men in women’s sports is not okay, and children being exposed to sexual acts isn’t tolerated
@@IconicFootball it's so interesting but not nearly as widespread as my fellow republicans are saying. They passed a law in Kansas that biological males who transition can't compete as women. I don't know how much time they spent on the issue and I'm sure they meant well. This last school year, according to the Kansas State High School Activities Association there were 3 transgender students competing as women. They were all competing in bowling. With all the research I have done as a member of my church I began you realize people don't understand transgenders. If they truly did they would have empathy for them and not feel threatened. Very sad. :-(
@@davefisher1840 well I think that kind of legislation is a good thing after seeing what happened with Lia Thomas and all that. As usual, a small minority of loud people give a larger population a bad reputation, because most trans people are good people. I’ve shifted towards the center nowadays while still leaning conservative, because the far right has turned into conspiracy theorists
@@IconicFootball Firstly the whole its sexual and Grooming Narative is just mis and disinformation as Classified by the EU and the Sports issue is why do we seperate sports by Sex anyways ? wouldnt it be better to seperate by body type and Features even then Hormone replacement therapy is proven to Make people weaker and more exausted
@@davefisher1840wow, you’ve actually done research to understand the situation at hand with proper nuance instead of believing random sources I salute you, internet stranger 🫡
I find it curious that the majority of the anti-trans obsession is focused on transwomen far more than it is on transmen. Why is that and what does it say about the anti-trans community overall? BTW: I'm in full support of the trans community and the fight for their rights . 🥰🏳⚧❤
"Why is that and what does it say about the anti-trans community overall?" It's because, in general, the behavior of transwomen is far more offensive. I tend not to hear about transmen deliberately invading men's spaces where they're not wanted. I don't hear about them being mediocre athletes, then switching to the opposite sex's leage and taking championships away from other people there. I don't hear about transwomen harassing and threatening gay men who don't want to have sex with someone who has a vagina. But I see the reverse *a lot.*
Because masculinity as they see it is the most valuable yet fragile thing ever, and anyone _choosing_ to not fall in line with toxic macho BS is the greatest affront to their deeply insecure worldviews; trans women just happen to epitomize that. As for why trans _men_ are ignored...same reason that tomboys are tolerated (in youth at least) over sissies, I guess.
A few months ago the church I used to go to had a guest pastor. I was asked if I watched the sermon online? I asked why and was told the guest pastor said this country was turning our boy children into eunuchs as measure for population control. This was in regards to trans kids. I was so appalled that I went home to listen. Sure as shooting he said that and more. He blamed parents and teachers. He didn’t mention trans girls just boys. Yep, you got it right. This happened in small town Idaho.
My wife and I, who are both blond haired and blue eyed, had NUMEROUS strangers come up to us when our daughter was young to tell us that we needed to have more children to propagate the master race. After a couple of times of not knowing how to respond, my go-to became, "If you think SHE'S cute, you should see the children I had with my first wife, Laquanda." Their faces just scrunched up with disgust and they VERY quickly left.
Many years ago, when I was a young teen in the mid 1990s, I met a few trans people for the first time.
I had questions so I talked to them, respectfully as I was raised to do.
You know what I discovered?
Really cool people that I've been friends with for over 25yrs.
Fun.
And hot?
I've only known one trans person
Due to their mental health issues
They were just... Awful to be around
And used their trans...ness... As like a hammer to get what they wanted
Now, I'm not one to form an opinion on a whole group from one person
But I'm not a conservative idiot, so
The people I worked with were
@@mosshivenetwork117probably and shit happened in bed too lol
"I met some people who were good, therefore, anyone who says that people similar to them are bad must be wrong.'
back in the 1990s, trans weren't demanding access to children like they are now
Think of the children!
*Denies foodstamps, preschool, kindergarten, head start programs, after school activities, books, sex ed, school lunches, education assistance, and generally the right to exist provided they're the right color, religion, gender, raised in the right politically-framed family, and believe everything they do...*
You're a nut job... None of these things are true
i will always believe the reason they banned sex ed and books talking about pedophilia is because they (right wingers) want to keep grooming (like actual grooming, molesting them) kids.... which is what they've been doing for so long
=) Awesome.
@@MrJDogProductions liberal idiocy is not awesome, you kill babies. Think men are women. And think homosexuality is good for society. Nut cases.
Op here. Damn, you nailed it!
Back in the 80s there was a local pastor that was the most vocal about homosexuals and sex Ed in school and was constantly going around preaching about it, handing out petitions and trying to get sex Ed taken out of the school. Finally, one of his daughters came out with the news he had been raping all of his children since the age of three, boys and girls. He was finally charged and is still serving time in prison
Thats part of why they dont want sex ed taught in schools...part of comprehensive sex ed is learning to spot abuse
What is your point? So he was an evil man. How does that invalidate the fact that the government has no right to be involved in sex education in schools?
@@edwardbaker1331 the whole point of all education in schools is to make sure the next generation is well-equipped and well-adjusted. Sex education is a part of that preparation. Children need all the tools they require to be healthy and successful in life. Like others have said, spotting abuse, learning what consent is, knowing not just the what and the how, but what all the consequences (pregnancy, diseases), and how to protect themselves is extremely important. Did you not have sex ed growing up?
@@edwardbaker1331 Sorry to tell you, but you are not the one who determines what rights our government has or doesn't have. You are free to homeschool, or enroll your kids in private tutelage.
@@edwardbaker1331 because parent's can always ve trusted and some will sell thier children- you probably are like that
The comments here are funny if you sort by new. Most of them are repeating the same exact thought terminating cliché about “think of the children” that you’re talking about like they didn’t even watch the video. Great video, and I hope it gets more views in the foreseeable future!
Bigots are the biggest clowns because we can laugh at their ignorance and stupidity! 🤡
So many bigots in here equating trans to transitioning and it is pathetic.
@@artikulv731 You can't change your gender. You can only reject traditional gender roles by engaging in various levels of cosplay and LARPing.
If sex and gender are independent, why should a male/man bother altering his primary sex characteristics to mimic the primary sex characteristics of a woman? Make it make sense
if gender is merely a social construct, and independent from sex-- why not identify as a girl without going out of the way to alter your appearance to present as the stereotypical and objective primary sex characteristics of a female human the target????? Make it make sense
What right do trans people think they have which obligates those societies which have long established their cultural norms, to abandon their cultural norms and deny objective reality, to embrace theirs???
Looks like self entitled narcissism on the part of the trans people.
Way too many inappropriately and incorrectly conflate gender/sex (There are only 2-- male/female... That's it) with personality traits and temperament (There are a ton and none are gender exclusive-- hence effeminate males, butch females and tomboys), and again with gender roles (without exception refer to the roles of males and females in society) as though they're synonymous and they are not.
Science has already proven that the binary dichotomy of all mammals is male/female.
A man in a dress is still a man
A man with anxiety about his sex/gender-- still a man
A man calling himself a woman-- still a man
A man with an effeminate personality--still a man
Why should women's right to privacy from the presence of men, be up for debate at the whim of misogynistic men, presenting as women?
@@artikulv731 Just saying trans women are women-- doesn't make it reality. Female is a biological category referring to one half of the sexual/reproductive binary dichotomy of ALL mammals, and Male is the other half.
You seem to be looking for an argument, to displace your denial over a topic that's settled, where you've been proven wrong and dismissed with cause-- by reality.
Seethe if you must, but it doesn't change anything. You lost this debate before it started.
A man, presenting as, performing as, identifying as a woman doesn't then become a woman, is a reality that your arguments can't escape.
Gender/sex = biology, there are only 2 male/female...that's it.
Above, I posted the definition of gender/sex and dated back it's origins to help alleviate the confusion on the facts of the matter
Gender roles= social constructs referring to the roles of males and females in society, which don't change anyone's gender. A dude in a dress is still a dude.
I mean, a dude can dress in a fairy princess Halloween costume if he chooses, but it doesn't actually make him a fairy princess and it doesn't obligate everyone in society to pretend that he is.
I think it's humorous when someone says sex and gender are different, as if that doesn't make the narrative even more absurd. People aren't social constructs. Trans however, is a social construct, and doesn't alter anyone's gender/sex, so the saying trans women are women is just wrong
@@artikulv731 So many conflating science with science-fiction, and pseudo-science. Trans women are conflicted dudes. Not women in the least little bit
Just want to add that contrary to what is shown in OITNB, most transgender people incarcerated are housed with the gender they do not identify as, and are subject to increased violence and discrimination. Even as we are fighting for transgender rights throughout the country, people who have been charged with crimes are often a population most people are happy to ignore. Everyone deserves basic human rights and dignity!
Putting rapists in women's prisons if he identifies as a woman with a penis is a great idea! You must have gone to college?
Yes! Samantha Lux has done a great video covering this topic.
Gay people get raped in jail so??
Especially when it's only an accusation, not even a conviction.
What about the inmates who identify as transgender who are in prison for sex crimes? You might want to do your due diligence. Trans inmates have been speaking up against allowing people to simply claim trans status. Go check it out.
As a 79 year old trans woman, I've known all the discrimination and a lot of the hate and fear you talk about; it is always too easy to play upon people's worst fears and apprehensions as those on the far right do. We must fight back with love and good information to allay those fears.
You might just be senile, not trans.
nobody's afraid of an old man pretending to be a woman. and nobody's likely to be hating you either. pity is much more likely. for someone like you to think that people actually could fear what you pretend to be, says to me that you have lived an extraordinarily soft life and experienced nothing whatsoever that is similar to real fear, or had real issues to deal with. your ability to correctly identify real fear seems rather in doubt.
or it says your mind is broken in more way than one, to have such utterly mis-calibrated perceptions of what is happening around you. if you were to be transported to any time in history other than the modern day, nobody would have time for your self-indulgent nonsense. or if they had to put up with you, it would be for the least amount of time possible, and then they would escape to go be around more relatively normal people again.
but the fact is, people like you may have gotten along just fine in ancient times. they would have known, or learned fast, to keep their mouths shut. it is only now, after modern tech has eliminated so many *actual* difficult issues, which therefore eliminated most of the hard decisions people had to make, and so therefore eliminated all of the mentally disciplined people who once existed and survived in those times, that coddled people like you, decadent, oblivious to real pain, and narcissistic, have begun to soapbox nonstop about all the broken bs going on in your minds. suddenly there are hordes of entitled attention-seekers selfishly demanding that everyone accept whatever aberrant drivel they think up, its worse than sad, its a sign of critical failure in the evolutionary stability of our species.
honestly it would do you some good to get out of the western world. go live in africa. the middle east. china. for an extended period of time. or just wait here, because the west, and the advantages it has long held over these places i just mentioned, are quickly being eroded, and it looks like it will be very soon now that our leadership becomes just as corrupt as any of those places, and once that happens, your dreams of a fair and "loving" utopia are going to be smashed to pieces faster tahn you can say "real communism has never been tried before"
@@TransKidsMafia Publicly admitting that you are abusing an infant? Wow.
@@imperialmotoring3789 theyre a troll , they prey on the weak minded like you
@@imperialmotoring3789bro can't handle a joke 💀
When I was in high school in the 80s, a group of male teachers at my school did a "drag show" during the annual talent show. They dressed up as popular female teachers and performed a song and dance. It was hilarious, and none of us exploded or suddenly decided to change gender. No parents complained that I know of. It was just entertainment and totally a non issue. And I grew up in a small town in a VERY Republican state. Times have certainly changed. Now they would be vilified and probably fired.
for a good reason
Yeah because back then they knew it was absurd.
@subifyouhatetiktokandtwitt146 Back then, it was a joke, but now it's different
@@blacksailsfan4lifeProjection
Did they also get little children to sit on there laps for "story time?" Did they twerk for the 2nd grade class? Were any of them convicted sex offenders?
I am so tired of my existence being politicised. I just want to rest. Day after day after day of screaming and yelling and policing. I get why Suzanne Collins wrote the end of Hunger Games to be like that, living quietly and peacefully, having been given space to heal and recover, it's the dream.
Maybe take a hard look at your movement that is violating and eroding children's rights, women's rights and gay people's rights. And maybe restrain from reflexively dismissing the objections and concerns of marginalized groups as "hate."
@@bilikfinke9197 you know nothing of my "movement" if you genuinely believe this. Please educate yourself.
@@bilikfinke9197 As a gay person, you have no right to use us to discredit trans people, they are engrained in our community and have historically fought and laid the groundworks for our movement to exist. Please educate yourself
@@floodslayer98 I'm a gay person too, and I have every right to stand up for my interests, which gender ideology aggressively undermines. You say "please educate yourself" while citing a trans-washed history of gay male activism. Gay pioneers who are still living, like Fred Sargeant, have evidenced this. I have educated myself, thoroughly. What does it say that I haven't walked away with the conclusions you take for granted? Easy to tell others to "educate themselves" (read: agree with me) rather than curiously and sincerely engage with what they have to say.
@@bilikfinke9197 Trans people have thrown as many bricks as anybody else in the LGBTQ movement.
In the future, when you have to show Anita Bryant, could you give some sort of warning. I was a gay teenager in the late 70s. I know how damaging and prevalent this gop lying can be. I stayed in the closet for years. I was depressed, there was a suicide attempt, Once I got over that, I came out and life was good, Which is why these same monsters are doing harm to a different generation of kids makes me mad.
Bless you for surviving and fighting to the present day.
❤
The key is framing being trans as an action, and an ideological one at that. Being totally cis is portrayed as the norm, as neutral, and everything else is an act of political sedition. That's why they say "transgenderism" and not "being trans"
Feeling trans is a condition you can't do much about. But how you decide to approach that condition can definitely be criticized. And going around "educating" others on how to approach their condition is most definitely not immune to criticism since that's a social change that influences lives of everyone.
What exactly are you talking about. You're being very vague. And don't call it a "condition", that sounds like it were a disorder, which it is not.
@@leanansidhe6332 If you "need" surgeries and constant medication to supposedly "be yourself" then it is a mental illness or some kind of medical condition.
@@leanansidhe6332 condition is a state of being. For instance "the human condition". I am being general, because I am trying to explain a general concept.
Being cis is now being portrayed as if you're a victim. 'Cis is a slur'. 'I don't want to be called cis, I want to be called a natural woman' (with fake boobs, fake lips an botox 🙄). Yeah they are trying to portray trans people as some kind of not human monsters that are here to steal your kids. While cis women are portrayed as the victims. I haven't spoken a single woman that feels threatened by the existence of a trans woman.. 😅
It should be noted that, in ALL these anti-trans efforts, the focus NEVER revolves on trans boys or trans men. You almost have to wonder if misogyny might not be involved (since, as we all know, "conservatives" never have issues with "tomboys" or "women wearing pants/slacks" because that indicates that "male is good" but the idea of "sissies" and "men wearing dresses" suggests the idea that "female is good").
I don't know what country you've been in, but trans men have absolutely been targeted. The right's attack on HRT is largely focused on testosterone therapy (and puberty blockers of course (ik not technically hrt), but it started with testosterone).
Maybe its easier for woman to pass as man.
Also men commit rape more often by a lot, so guys with open paraphilias are more threatening than a woman dressed as man.
I see what you mean but they have targeted them too. You forget roe v wade and that the right need Broodmares to make those Good Sons.
They also targeted, it's just because transathletes have become a large talking point and framing "boys vs girls" as described in the video simply doesn't work the other way around in stoking outrage
I definitely think trans men do get targeted but not nearly as much as trans women.Because people like Brett cooper,Ben Shapiro,Matt Walsh, and your average everyday right wing youtube industry plant only talk about trans women most of the time.Like trans women in sports,Dylan mulvanney, bathrooms all of that and idk why.Maybe because you could make a better argument against trans men to appeal to people who are imbetween?
Trans woman with a trans masc husband here. Working our hardest just to survive in a world which seems determined to paint an endlessly scarier target on our back. 🏳️⚧️💞 Good luck friends
Just live your life and stop trying to put labels on everything. Part of the problem is saying “I’m a blah blah blah with a blah blah blah who also blah blah blah” then when someone says “no you aren’t”, it causes an identity crisis.
Sorry about science getting in the way of your propaganda @@HabitualJoker
@@jamesdrake4724 do you know that doctors used to recommend people to smoke cigarettes and eat sugar? Don’t worry, there are already studies on the harmful effects of placing labels on everything and there will be more as time goes on.
@@HabitualJoker [citation needed], specifically about the studies on the harmful effects of placing labels on everything.
I'm just sorry this woman or anyone else has to suffer your nonsense on her comments my brainwashed bro @@HabitualJoker
As a religious parent, few things piss me off like people using their religion and their kids as proxies for their bigotry.
What's funny is that the two most devout Christians I know, and two of the few Christians I can honestly say that I've had the pleasure rather than the misfortune of knowing, are my proudly bisexual sister and her equally proudly transgender and bisexual husband: the ironic thing is he transitioned before he converted to Christianity, and has never felt the need to detransition because of his faith. I myself am a devoutly pagan trans woman, and I have a whole system of thinking as to how my transition ties into my spirituality which I won't bother boring you with. Bigots don't have a monopoly on the sacred.
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wanting to prevent kids from having their bodies damaged by the gender id cult giving them puberty blockers and/or cross sex hormones is not bigoted
Literally leftists activists and other garbage people are being groomers and pedophiles while claiming they own other people's kids. You want people to quit worrying about trans kids, quit being literally the worst people to ever live you sick perverts
@@tjenadonn6158 Really? Do you even care to research what trans ideology is doing? So many detrans people are coming out and exposing the ideology and the so called gender affirming clinics. I highly recommend everyone to look up detrans “Chloe Cole”. And given castrating puberty blockers and hormones. She’s suffering from major side effects. She thought she wanted to be a boy and at age 15 her breasts were cut off! That’s right, healthy breast of a MINOR. Her story will crush you and inspire you. There’s so many others like Chloe! It will open up your eyes to the cult like ideology of the trans movement! You’re destroying our society!
For a party that brags about protecting family values, they're passing a lot of bills that are essentially them saying, "I, and only I, know what's best for you and your child."
Saying schools need to inform the parents if their kid is being exposed to LGBT and requiring parents to agree before such subjects are included to elementary aged children now means we're telling families how to raise their kids?
@@dfmrcv862 "exposed to LGBT" WTF is that supposed to mean? No teacher is telling parents how to raise their kids, only some kids maybe LGB or TQ or I and not want their anti-LGBTQI parents to know and need school to be safe place for them, even if home is not. Many LGBT adults have said how terrified they were of their straight parents knowing as a kid.
@@sophiepooks2174 The Leon County Florida case literally was a case of teachers transitioning a student without informing the parents and basically forcing the girl to not tell her parents of what they were doing to her even though the girl herself wasn't sure if she was trans or not. The Virginia school board cover-up case was very similar, only this time it was covering for an abusive LGBT student.
It's not 1992 anymore and that's an issue I think the LGBT community as a whole needs to get over.
So yes, there ARE cases where teachers are crossing a line and better safe than sorry. If a STUDENT comes to a teacher to talk about it out of fear of parental reprisal, then that's one thing, but if the school is actively pushing kids to do be what they are not then that is no better than parents pushing kids to be what they are not.
@@sophiepooks2174 What progressive garbage do you use to sell such crap in order to defend the insanity promoted by the ABC collective?
@@dfmrcv862 but do they need to inform parents every time they try to 'groom' or 'recruit' kids into Christianity and right wing ideology?
Another fact about Anita Bryant is that for the promotion of Florida orange juice, Disney created the character Orange Bird! Orange Bird was then pulled as a mascot and put in the Disney vault for almost 40 years because of Anita Bryant's homophobia, because they didn't want a mascot of "the happiest place on earth" to be associated with such a hateful movement.
Huh?
People who cannot distinguish between sex and gender should not be allowed to say _trust the science_
Sex and gender are the same thing, and any science that denies this simple fact is pseudoscience
If sex and gender are different and a trans woman were to go to a gynaecologist, how would the gynaecologist provide care when the trans women doesn’t have any female organs?
@@ashleyc506If a trans woman takes hormones, she will grow breasts and need exams and eventually mammograms. Also, taking female hormones will have effects on her genitalia that I’m guessing would be prudent to monitor. 🤔
@@ashleyc506 I'm genuinely trying to understand your question. You're comparing trans-related medical care to the question of whether or not sex and gender are the same or seperate categories. That's apples and oranges.
Its actually terrifying that you believe that.
For folks who want everyone to stay away from their kids they seem to have a problem staying away from other people's kids
You mean drag queens and rainbow flags in schools?
@@josephang9927 Better then teaching kids the regressive delusion that slavery had benefits to black people.
@@josephang9927*loud incorrect buzzer*
No they really really want you to stay away from their kids. Convincing some boy to cut his balls off because he likes pink is sick. And telling girls they need to let a biological male in their changes room because he claims to be a girl is sick. And transferring a male student who raped a girl in the toilets to another school instead of expelling him is sick. I am a democrat but the perverts who just want to castrate gay kids make my stomach turn
@@josephang9927 grammar? spelling? English?
These bills are horrifying and remind me of the issues I had seen as a learning disabled. I remember also being a target. There used to be groups fighting for ADA to not be honored. And these religious zealots would say that I would SLOW down their kids and destroy resources. I feel like I will always fight for Trans because guess what I know exactly what these zealots hate the most.
You forgot also abilist as well
Same! I am also disabled, and no to what it’s like to be treated differently, and try my best to empathize with the struggles of others. I’m sorry you went through that experience. Even though I feel like I’m treated different sometimes, it’s not to the effect of your experience, or the experiences of transgender adults and youth. I hope you’re doing well.
Those ghouls!
its the same thing different group honestly i wish more ppl wld mention that
These bills aren't against trans people but against trans desires, so there's no hate. Trans is harmful to society and I can prove it
They shouldn't be given the luxury of being treated as a group bound by religion... They are just like Nazis and should be treated as such, as a group bound by hate and violence.
(And before anybody says "not all Christians are like this," I want you to know I will NEVER respect a Christian. If you associate with em, you're just like em, and I don't respect your stupid "religion" no matter what you claim to stand for. Y'all are the ones who are delusional for believing in something that isn't real to such an extent you try to shape laws around it. You should be treated as delusional and harmful to society--not as worthy of respect. And I can say whatever the fuck I want about a faith I was raised in. It's not like y'all are a marginalized group; you're the majority and we have every right to criticize you.)
That side-camera action at 2:13 with added emphasis and transition into intro - absolute chills!!!
I'll gladly watch the video in full when some of my trans girl anxiety gives me a minute of peace to re-ruin with political news, but I am already incredibly greatful for this existing
The NC bathroom bill snuck in a lot of government overreach. They used the bathroom issue to pass a law allowing the government to discriminate in their hiring practices. It was far far worse under the hood of the bill, it just used the trans issues to cover it up.
They're obsessed with us trans _adults,_ too. It's just easier to make their hate into concern trolling when it's kids.
Also we tend to make fewer kid for them to creep on.
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Oh gawd! They hate us because we don't pop out victims for them!🤮
@@grmpEqweery’all are the ones targeting children
@A_Boogeyperson And then if you're like me and are both trans and have kids you get accused of grooming and pedophilia.
They pretend it's about protecting kids but it's just bigotry. If they were truly concerned about protecting kids they'd actually support gun control but they literally say they're willing to accept more deaths in favor of more freedom because...the constitution. But when it comes to trans people they're willing to sacrifice freedom......to "protect the children". They're full of shit.
I wonder if Anita Bryant is thankful that none of her children were never gunned down IN SCHOOL.
I'm sure she would've been right along Jack Thompson saying it's the fault of violent video games.
@@RedSntDK or Dungeons and Dragons 🤣🤣
All cultures, even the secular ones, have things they consider Holy. It doesn't have to be a church or deity, but things like a specific tree for example. Or, which is very common now in most countries, children.
Children are holy. They must be defended and protected. The thought of harming a child is considered so taboo that it is easy to rally people for or against something by using "think of the children" as an argument.
Children are holy also in the US.
However, and I'll admit that I'm saying this as an outsider looking in, they are not THE holiest thing in the US Culture.
That honour belongs to the guns.
Everything must be done to protect the children, as long as it doesn't harm the guns. The one thing more important and holy than children.
(And yes, it's an over-generalisation since I am aware that a majority of Americans are for strikter gun laws in order to protect the kids. But sadly, to enough people with power, Guns are Holier than Thou. And they are willing to make their reverence to their Holy Item a fixed part of the Status Quo for everyone).
@@edwardbaker1331 LMAO good one
Wait, that wasn't a joke, was it?
The term transsexual is so outdated jeez, what are you even going on about anyways
@@edwardbaker1331 the ever the dickins are you on about?
This is very dangerous. My trans partner of 5 years committed suicide because of the State of Texas and how they can so easily twist the laws, especially under homophobic prosecutors. She's dead and 11 years later my life is still in pieces.
I've remained quite about the horrible thing Texas did to her - maybe I should final come forward.
This is State-sanctioned attack on an entire subset of people; when THE STATE deems that you do not have the right to exist, that is powerful and DANGEROUS. Republicans are not that far from Nazis were.
I'm so sorry that happened to you. I have trans friends who live in Texas and they are figuring out if they need to flee the state or not.
@@harperwalker9267 If they can find gainful employment elsewhere, yes. Its no way to live watching over your back all they time and the State deeming you a 'non-entity' that they can both take away your rights while abusing the law.
I had to leave Texas and now live in a Blue state - leaving behind an elderly father. This is what America has become because of Right Wing Christian proto-fascists.
cry me a river, fook off AI
Sorry for your loss but yeah, if you're ready, you should totally come forward! Just make sure you have a good support system in place, for you.
They took the phrase "think of the children" with laser focus, now all they can think about is children, and how to make kids' lives worse. The children are their easiest target because they're the most exploitable, but adults are next.
You've literally just described lgbtq 🤣🤣🤣
He literally just described the catholic church too@@petervizzini4006
I'm not trans, so I cant even begin to imagine how horrifying it must feel to see progress to see it snatched away left snd right.
It's extremely scary.
The fact that this went into full swing just after my egg cracked has me fucking paralyzed
im sorry this is the first thing as a trans person you have to worry about not long ago i was scared about ill be able to have the body i want before 25 now some days im scared if i can get to Canada or something if they get one law that makes us illegal i can hide but im open with friends about me being trans i dont want a mess up to cost me to be on a list especially if they want us dead and my friends are out i mostly worry for them@@KitKatHexe
Its horrifying. My wife and I have armed ourselves, assured the GoP Gestapo will show up at our door one day.
Edit: This coming from a trans woman who's state banned ADULT gender affirming care.
i hope you two stay safe and if need be can leave @@stephbun
fairness for women in sports apparently doesnt extend to funding.
Or protecting athletes from sexual abuse by their coaches
They will protest against trans people because "fairness in sports" then argue that the US women's soccer team deserves to be paid so much less than the men's team players
they never care what happens behind the scenes. Only about the game itself. Same could be said about the tv and film industry tbh. They don't care about the sexual harassment and assaults that happen as long as they get their show.
The funding issue stems from the fact that women’s sports don’t draw as many fans as men’s sports.
Let’s say you’re a sales person selling magazines and make bonuses for each subscription you sell. How would you feel if you your boss told you part of your bonuses will be going to your coworker who works just as many hours as you but doesn’t make as many subscription sales as you? That wouldn’t be fair to anyone because it diminishes your work and excuses your coworker for not performing as well as you. It just doesn’t make sense.
Maybe if people actually cared about women sports
I know why they’re so obsessed with children. It’s because children are so easy to use, they have little to no rights, are under the complete control of adults, and can’t be their own voice because people won’t take them seriously or they haven’t learned to communicate how they feel and what they need as efficiently as many adults. I’ve known this as a kid, and I am so glad I’m not one anymore. Let’s just say it’s so easy to mistreat someone who is smaller, less strong and has less rights than you.
That's actually a perfect argument as to why you shouldn't be allowing children to permanently alter their bodies before they're old enough to know what they're doing ..
Would you let a child get a tattoo? Then why tha fuck would you let that poor motherfucker transition
@@dco8562really tho! Like everyone says that. This guy just seems to have gotten it backwards for some reason
@@dco8562 absolutely no competent licensed doctor would look at a 8 year old and say yes I’m gonna give you hormones. In NO world would they ever perform gender changing surgeries either. The most transgender children do is socially transition which has nothing to do with their health or doctors.
@@dco8562 maybe try to actually learn how medicine works. blockers aren't permanent, no one's fully transitioning while being a child
There was a study that showed gay porn to people that were homophobic. Turns out they are more turned on by it then people that are indifferent. Results that angered them and created even more backlash...
link?
@@bryansmith7758 Here’s a couple articles on the topic. The first is about implicit biases. The second might be the gay porn study.
Scientific American: Homophobes Might Be Hidden Homosexuals
Journal of Abnormal Psychology: Is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal?
Well it depends on the person tbh.
If it's a guy watching two girls, then obviously they're more likely to get turned on.
If it was two guys they were watching then the likelihood of them being turned on by it is quite small.
The problem is that they probably include the former as an example despite the viewers being straight.
@@prophecybydefault4708 No, the studies distinguish between gay porn with men vs. women. Homophobic guys were more likely to get turned on by gay male porn.
What a revolting study.
It was an Anita Bryant protest march in Minneapolis that busted me out of my 25-year old closet, and into a whole new world of 'community' participation. The man who did the 'pie-ing' was a customer of my little record store, a few years later. I was honored to know him - we wrote for the same gay publication at the time.
Her brand of fearmongering pretty much defines 'homophobia'. Demented, irrational, and dangerous.
That's so awesome I can't imagine how it must have been I'm sorry about the discrimination and hate but I'm glad people like that man stood up for our rights
I once knew some twin girls in middle and highschool (we're from a small town). As far as I know, they were cis and both were on the male dominated football teams at our schools.
I think about that when I hear people complain about trans kids on sports teams. Because if cis girls can play football with a bunch of guys, why can't trans girls play...say volleyball with other girls?
They were lucky to able to do that - here in the UK when I was in elementary school in the 60's, my sister loved playing football, but she was rarely allowed to play with the boys in recess, and was certainly not allowed on the team (and of course in those days, there was no girls team)!
IMO if the trans girls become girls after puberty, then they shouldn't be allowed to play sports with biological girls. The reason why is because since they were boys previously, the trans girls still have huge physical advantages over the biological girls. The swimmer Lia Thomas is an example.
@rushrush1209 why aren't they fighting against Trans boys playing on boys teams? 🤔
@@brenee1498 Because a trans boy or man (assuming they went through puberty) would be a severe disadvantage physically playing against biological boys or men, since they were born female. They also don't need to fight it, because normally the trans boy won't even want to compete against biological boys; because they don't want to get defeated easily. Trans women should either compete against biological men or in a trans women league.
@@rushrush1209 To be fair that's a reasonable concern to have when you look at the physical makeup of the human body but if say a trans women is going through HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) then during the process the muscle density is typically shown to decrease over time. Of course do keep in mind that I'm not an expert on this and that of course you have every right to your opinion but I would still at least recommend that you take the time out of your day when possible to read up on it. It's actually quite interesting and it never hurts to learn something new or learn more about something you already might know. Do feel free to ask me anything involving this and I'll answer to the best of my abilities!
Thank you. I'm transmasc, who still lives with my Conservatives family. If I had the money, I would leave in a heart beat. It take every ouce of courage and strength to not take my own life. I desperately want to transition, but living in TX makes that impossible. I hope we put an end to this soon.
Get competent therapy
@Joseph-cf2wd my family has given me more trauma then anything else. Giving a child food, clothes, shelter, and an education are not the only things parents are supposed to do for their kids. I understand that my parents both had to work to give me a good life, but in doing so, the neglected me emotionally and barely covered basic life skills that I now have to figure out on my own. I love my family, but living with them is only making my situation worse.
@@Joseph-cf2wdAh yes the classic “have depression? Well just pull yourself up by the bootstraps” reply to someone who’s in genuine trouble, thanks genius next time just don’t say anything if you can’t say anything helpful.
@@Joseph-cf2wdso homeless people should be happy getting a meal every couple days, I mean there's people that aren't that lucky
@@AroAceEnbyTaste got those kind of parents too eh? my childhood was all about church and labor and nothing else. whenever my parents did something for me they had to always remind me about how much they suffer from work and how i always owe them. they had no grace or appreciation in them and whined about all the "duties" they had to fulfill yet never questioned those "duties" in the first place. they were just too immature to start a family
it's because it's the only culture war issue they have left. They've lost on every other one
Well, they did get Roe overturned, but the horror stories started up almost immediately, so that isn’t going so well… 🤦♀️
You haven't come close yet, to being able to justify the expectation that just because you present and identify in a non-traditional fashion, that all of society must treat you as though you're the opposite sex.
The world isn't your therapist and doesn't owe you special consideration. To expect it does is the height of narcissism and arrogance.
It comes across like a creepy woman hater, and misogynist trying to justify infringing on women's rights to designate women's only areas for themselves, as though you're entitled.
Do you believe that spaces designated by gender/sex are referring to gender roles? Make it make sense
I Don't care if you want to wear a dress, makeup, heels and a wig, get boob implants, have HRT and have your properly functioning genitalia removed surgically-- Feel free, but still a man.
The justification for separating men and women in prison, showers, locker rooms, changing rooms, and sports teams/leagues seems to be confusing to trans activists. Whats the issue with it???
Justify and explain how eliminating women's private spaces and allowing men to encroach isn't misogyny? ANYTHING???
Be relevant for a change and make your case, if you think you can
Hey, just in time! I'm a trans woman. I escaped Florida at the end of February, up to Oregon.
I need you all to understand just how terrified we are. I have friends who left the country on learning visas, where if they don't learn the language they'll be deported back, because it was the only choice they had, people who have left states, people who have attempted or successfully...completed... suicide.
We are so, so scared, and most of the media likes to 'both sides' this, if they even cover it at all. The right-wing are calling in bomb threats, beating parents into the ground with police backing, burning buildings and books, before we even GET to legislation, trying to erase or criminalize our very existence. It's rough. Real...really rough.
Trans man here. I see you and I'm glad you escaped Florida. It's scary as fuck. I'm more scared for my kids than myself; what if someone attacks them or tries to kidnap them to "protect them from the trans agenda?" Or the gay agenda, because their parents are both men.
So far things haven't been worse than mean looks and some snide under the breath comments, but I'm always on the alert when our family is in public.
Scared but undaunted! I'm a transwoman currently in Indiana, and my partner and I are looking at moving to Illinois if Indiana goes the way of Florida! We're in this fight together! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🤬
Another trans woman here. 100% this. It's scary to be out on some days given how vitriolic it has gotten
I’m also glad you were able to escape and it sickens me and angers me how these asshole cis white men are really cruel and I put a lot of blame on imperial and simplistic binary propaganda from the European and American empires.
I am trying to educate myself on the fact that indigenous people have a more nuanced and fluid way of what gender is.
Gender is complicated but I want to support anyone I can as their identity matters
I'm in California, and I have never felt so grateful to be here. I have a family member who is moving her entire family from a southern state to a safer area to protect her kids from these laws. I wish they could afford to move to California but I'm grateful they can afford to leave their current state at all
I remember my mom telling me about trans people back when I was in elementary school and how she knew a couple trans women at her old job at the Chamber of Commerce before I was born, where she saw firsthand the harm caused by denying trans people the relevant healthcare. I got the concept immediately and accepted it as a small but normal part of the world ever since. It's not complicated or hard to understand, it doesn't upset or confuse kids, and it's not some kind of corrupting forbidden knowledge they need to be kept away from-Reactionaries are just viscerally _grossed out_ by the idea of such people, and are too stunted to handle those feelings as merely the personal issue they are.
Wrong. Gender theory is teaching children that they may have been born in the wrong body depending on if they feel feminine or masculine and that the solution may be removing their healthy genitals.
Why arent the transphobes asking if your acceptance came with sexual abuse or water chemicals or something?
@@cheezbiscuit4140 what percentage of trans people have sexual abuse trauma or other trauma, do ya think?
@@porgguy4962 Research shows a proportion of families will try to beat and berate the trans out of their kids, or just kick them out, yes.
@@cheezbiscuit4140 lol search me, probably cuz they wouldn't like it if they didn't find either (I mean we even had our own well way out in the countryside). Someone being just fucking normal about other kinds of people sounds to them an awful lot like saying "if _I_ can do it, what's the matter with _you?"_
What irritates me are these people who claim to be our allies but refuse to vote because "One side is just as corrupt as the other" or they "just can't get behind to democrats either"
That is called apathy. 😊 Masquerading as being non-partisan.
Biden has done just as much for trans rights as any average republican. Liberals are not our friends, they're just right wingers that pretend to care about whatever's trendy for votes.
The vast majority of 'accounts' urging people not to vote are part of 'deliberate campaigns' to influence the election, funded by the same groups discussed in this video, and others, all malign.
Apathy to its illogical conclusion is Russia present day. The war has started and it's too late for them to turn back from Putin.
but it's true though, one side is just as bad as the other
I grew up not knowing what trans was, you could say I had the experience these anti trans ppl want. my family wasn't conservative, I just grew up in a heavily mormon population. guess what i still ended up being? trans! I didn't have the exposure and still knew i couldn't continue my adult life as a woman. and guess who didn't mind in the slightest when i came out? pretty much everyone that mattered in my life. whole family is fine with it, friends are fine with it, teachers and professors were fine with it, my workplace is fine with it, my gym is fine with it. Normal people don't react badly! Normal people legitimately don't care that trans people are in the bathroom with them. all this fear is abnormal and not grounded in anything factual and is detrimental to everyone, not just trans people.
The pictures trans men took of what it would look like if they were forced to use the women’s room were pretty funny! 🤭 No; most people are too busy living our own lives to worry about whether someone’s hairstyle is determined by the dominant society to match what is between their legs or not! 🤷♀️
My daughter, who is almost 15, keeps telling me about all the crazy legislation in the US and I always have trouble believing her. Looks like she isn't exaggerating. Unfortunately we also have plenty of crazy bigots here in my country.
I'm trans outside of the US and yeah, I feel like a lot of people see me as some tinfoil hat wearing Iunatic when I talk to them about how bad the anti trans stuff is in the US and how scared I am that it'll come here soon too. They'll tell me 'it can't be that bad' in the same breath as they tell me they don't know anything about what's happening to trans people in the US (and UK).
The people you're closest to simply turning their back on you like this when you're in crisis mode is a profoundly alienating experience. Really makes you feel like you can't count on them when it comes down to it.
She is not: trans are the new gay. If you go way back, you had a lot more homophobia and talks about gay grooming kids. Same shit.
I don't know what country you are from but your daughter sounds phenomenal. Very intelligent young lady!!
@@ryn2844 I am a middle-aged straight male, and myself and my wife have been riding out an extreme learning curve. I care very deeply about youth, including mental health, so it can be all too easy to fall for these fear-mongering tropes. So far I have not detected any sort of sinister cabal, only youth who are just being youth; searching for a safe and secure place to be themselves. And literally none of it is any of anyone's concern, except that the moralizing control freaks amongst us just cannot let people be. Things must get back to when "our country was....(insert nonsense nostalgic bullshit here)" As Leeja said, it is an issue affecting less than 1% of the population, and need not be blown out of proportion. I get the sense that the gender-affirming care in most jurisdictions does contain some guardrails to ensure that young people are fully aware of what they are doing. But just to be extra-safe I have my Hetero Dude Invincibility Cloak in case anyone tries to trans me up. So far so good.
Best wishes on your journey.
@Grayson Davis because children are a vulnerable population that can easily be taken advantage of and are unable to give consent due to an undeveloped frontal lobe (involved in decision making and understanding consequences). Children have no choice but to be dependent on the adults in charge of them and don’t have the same ability to protect themselves. Two men or two women are two consenting adults who can arguably say yes or no without consequence in non abusive circumstances. They are capable legally and mentally to weight their decision and consequences of their actions. If you can’t understand that comparing homosexuality to pedophilia then cognitively you may have some deficits
I grew up Catholic. Terrible religion. Terrible set of beliefs. Where were all the people trying to protect me from that "grooming". The more someone says it's all about the children, the more you know it's not about the children.
Doesn't that go both ways? The left says it's for the children just like the right.
@@Tony-fx8fbas a kid I never felt protected by the right, I felt hated. I was scared of the left because of propaganda, but I feel better here (now as a teen)
as a nonbinary australian, it's heartbreaking to know that americans are suffering so intensely. it's better over here, with schoolkids allowed to dress in whatever uniform they want and access to hormone blockers, but still not perfect.
Re school uniform, it's the law in the UK that the school uniform cannot discrimate on protected characteristics (like race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation or gender transition) so although most schools do have uniforms or dress codes they have to provide a range of options, from which each student can choose what works for them, rather than defining any particular items as for a specific gender. I'm thankful we are more accepting here, mostly because we don't have the extreme right wing Christian movements that have such power in the US, but those well funded US organisations are trying to bring their influence over here so we can't be complacent.
Non binary? You’re literally a girl/female
White people trying to act like an oppressed class just never stops 😂
Non binary? You’re literally a girl/female
White people trying to act like an oppressed class just never stops 😂
Non binary? White people just trying to act like an oppressed class never stops..
It has never been "protect the kids," it has always been "protect my votes." 😡
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Hearing Marjorie Taylor Greene say "trust the science" was hilarious.
MTG: "Trust the Science!"
Someone: *Shows her scientific evidence that proves something isn't the way she sees it*
MTG: "NOT THAT SCIENCE!"
Exactly, so does she believe climate change science? I thought not
@@Chaos-._ Literally this.
About like Joe Biden and Fauci.... Wear a mask and you won't get covid. Got the vax and you can't get covid.
I guess we all have our own science.
That's really funny coming from the mouth of a strongly anti science lady. Typical evangelical christian hypocrisy.
I think the intellectual tendency to break everything down into specific "isms" kind of overcomplicates things and treats cosmetic intellectual differences as significant. Homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, xenophobia, antisemitism, fascism, etc are all strongly correlated with each other because they're all actually one thing - political expressions of authoritarian personality types. And authoritarian personality is fundamentally a psychological condition of being triggered by people being different from oneself. That's it. Authoritarians psychologically label same as good and different as bad. It's built into who they are, and it's emotionally driven. They'll come up with logical explanations and rationalizations for their views and actions, but it's post hoc, and ultimately disingenuous. Logic and reason have nothing to do with it, and they shouldn't be treated like they were just following a legitimate line of reasoning. They target trans kids because they're different and they're too outnumbered to defend themselves by themselves.
"They'll come up with logical explanations and rationalizations for their views and actions, but it's post hoc, and ultimately disingenuous"
Dead-on. It's exactly that which fuels the constant goal-switching arguments they use. They have no real concern for 'human wellbeing', 'the children', 'individualism', 'freedom of religion', etc. They just pick at whatever they think gives them an excuse.
They treat morality as a shield from criticism instead of an honest, methodological search for good.
it is so self-serving.
Look at children's rights. You'll find conservatives willing to die on a hill to preserve the right to raise their kid their way and damn any government who tries to come into their home and interfere. Same people will parade on the streets issuing demands on how others should raise their kids
Baloney. There is nothing more ideological and authoritarrian than trendy phony progressivism. Falsehoods are evolutionary. Truth is innate and eternal. Totalitarian and war making societies come about from trying to remake and reengineer the human condition and create utopia. Since the human condition is imperfectable, social experiments always fail. In frustration progressive ideologies become more authoritarian. Resistence to such stupidity isn't a psychological problem. A failure to resist the idiocies of reengineering humanity in evil.
Could you clarify your definition of fascism? I would say fascism in my way of thinking is perhaps what you call an authoritarian personality type, and things like racism, sexism, homophobia all stem from fascist thought.
@@DangerJim-vq5uh You don't understand what's happening. Stop building an opinion on it.
So basically conservatives need to be motivated by anger otherwise they haven’t any motivation to act. That’s really sick. Healthy normal people are motivated by love, beauty, health, learning ya know, good stuff.
Not anger necessarily, but fear. They fear change, or some other aspect of life they currently live they do not want to see change.
This is why they always make you feel like someone else is infiltrating or threatening the peace fo your country, this is how they get them to be against immigration, refugee services, human rights, progressive medical care, progressive societal change, because they are scared of it in some way.
ehhh you're being inaccurate here.
fearmongering is effective on all sides of the political spectrum, as humans we're fundamentally susceptible to it, it's just that conservatives are in a naturally good spot to fearmonger, as fearmongering is specifically meant to target change, which is what progressivism is entirely about
Why do you want to harm children?
@@BishopWalters12 That is blatant disinformation. Stop believing everything you see on the goddamn internet.
@@BishopWalters12 nobody wants to harm children, thats just your right wing lies conspiracy to get votes from gullible people like you
Hey, the fact you mentioned us bisexuals feels like a win.
I’m bi and u make it feel like a cult. It’s not. It’s a sexuality get over yourself
Bi, trans, and lmao.
The one thing that so many people will raise in objection is, "why do they vote against their own best interests?" But, the question shows how the person asking doesn't understand these people's mindset.
They literally believe that getting rid of the LGBT sinful people will get them better pay at their jobs and solve all of the world's problems. They accept on face value that the politicians they elect are saviours who will deliver them from evil. They are convinced that once Gays are obliterated, Jesus will return and the world will be perfect.
This is why religion is truly evil. The politicians keep abusing the genuine believers by promising to deliver the one thing nobody can: Jesus.
I really don't think it's religion. Considering some Christians literally denounced Jesus as "woke," I have a feeling religion is just a very common justification.
@@littlemoth4956 Huh? You contradict yourself here. First you say it isn't religion, then you end by saying it is.
Definitely, it's the religion. I just saw a clip where a pastor says that the U.S. let demons in all the way back in 1995 and that those demons rotted the country to where Drag Queens are reading books to children.
Sure sounds like religion to me!
Nothing riles up conservatives more then sex, sexuality, and identity. It just just gets them so hard.
Literally. Just look at some of the seggs workers they pay for.
Ya nothing gets a libtard goin like having sexual conversations with kids .. it's weird
@@Meowforce Wasn't there an anti-AOC meme they made that was oddly perverted? Like they were into her and really weird about it?
Soooooomuch sexual abuse happens in churches. They don’t want to root out their own evil so they blame others to get the spotlight off of themselves.
Moreover anything else they love to worry about what other people do with their lives.
Hey, Leeja. We were in law school together and I’m so glad to see you left big law and are following your heart, educating people about important issues. Way to go!
Miseducating, you mean.
@@imperialmotoring3789 Bro are you frr correcting someone who went to law school 💀
@@uneconqueambulante2094 Many people that went to law school lie. How naive are you Sister?>
@@uneconqueambulante2094 thats not a good mindset to have. That is how a sheep thinks. Degrees and certificates don't give you wisdom they give you ideologies
@@nobody4933 Does not negate that they have credentials to backup their credibility. Whereas you who call others "sheep" only use bad faith and arrogance to fuel your ideologies.
I love you. Keep doing what you do. Your words are important. Jon gave us the gift of seeing through all this with humor. You deliver it with context and fact. You are valuable in what you believe and work toward. Please keep it up! You are beautiful! To the very core of my soul, you are beautiful!
Words can't describe how much I appreciate you and your willingness to use your platform as an ally. Seriously, thank you for just being a badass!
Hopefully you've fully transitioned so your genetic line has been walled off.
But if you haven't, I'll pray that all of your potential offspring identify as trans.
The world could stand to see your genes eliminated from the genepool.
I've noticed that a lot of creators from various backgrounds are randomly picking up the flag, so to speak.
I came here from a guy that normally talks about sports and motorcycles, and he's been on an activism bender recently. Leeja was right at the top of the recs on his video.
It isn’t about children. Never was. Never is. That’s just a cover. I’ve lived long enough to have been through this *TWICE*
This is my 3rd Rodeo.
Hate and religious bigotry will always hide behind “the children” to pass legislation of *control*
We see you…and the donors fitting the bill….
…we see you. And your kids see you too. And they will hate you for it.
Children? Nope just ostrasizing groups and transforming a group into "a threat for the country" to fear monger. Just like nazi's did
Ain't it weird seeing the same themes they resort to whenever they're fighting against a minority
Immigrants " they're coming for your jobs and will break into your house", gays and trans " they're coming to groom your kids", Muslims "they're coming to blow you up" etc..
The very red state I live in has a law prohibiting Sharia law from the state. This was the year the Reich went after Muslims. I seriously doubt any legislator had any idea what it was.
Preach!!!
No one cared about trans people until they started involving children.
I'm a mother of a trans kid, grateful to be in a state that isn't actively seeking to destroy him but scared because of the virulent hatred shown by those who claim to want to protect him. Thank you for being a great ally, and for using your brain and your heart, your voice and your platform, to advocate for those who are under attack.
I wish you and your child well!
Your child will find their true identity in God. No body altering will bring true happiness
@@adamcolbenson5638 Your type of Christianity needs to be cast out of society compIeteIy for the good of society.
You're abusing your child by encouraging that delusional system just so you can reward your sense of superiority for feeling "enlightened".
As a trans kid myself, who thankfully has a very supportive mom, I still want to let you know from the perspective of a trans person that parents like you are so important, and it makes me happy to see more supportive parents out there.
I'm a 60 year old trans woman, and i wish i could have had health care for this when i was a kid. I'm conservative by nature, but why in the Sam hell should i vote Republican if they wanna annihilate me? I really DON'T Like either political party. It's not good to Push OR Deny an issue like this. LEAVE People in peace!
I went through hell as a kid being a feminine identifying, male-born person. These conservatives try to say that representation of the lgbtq community is it a gender, but there has never been a bigger agenda than the heteronormative agenda. I was bullied, harassed, assaulted, threatened and rejected for simply being me. And the saddest part about it, is how much of this came by way of adults. Trying to force me to deny my truth did work, and down I stay that's a grown adult who is a trans woman I'm proud to stand in my truth. And it completely disgusts me to see so many states try to push this heteronormative ideology into law, making it even harder for our trans identifying youth to simply be themselves. Hopefully these conservatives learned one day that no amount of coercion, threats, physical assault, rejection, or even law creating is going to stop someone from living in their truth, or fighting for their right to simply exist as themselves
Does the word Hetronormative suggest that heterosexuality is normal? If so, does that mean all of the other sexualities are abnormal?
@@DemonDog444Yes, actually. Heteronormativity has been the norm for a long time. Basically why homophobes assume that being queer or not being heterosexual is a choice and the whole narrative that “they’re turning your kids gay!!”
@@DemonDog444t doesnt, it suggests that being cishet shld be the norm that everyone shld fit into which isnt tru, whats up w miserable queerphobes who literally cld be happy being ignorant and not coming into spaces to not learn coming into queer peoples business and pissing into a clean pool
@@Shay.__.Dawggggyep
I feel bad for what you went through. However, all these laws do is prevent children from mutilating their bodies. Children are more than welcome to socially transition, they just can't change their body in a permanent way. You know why? Because kids are stupid and too dumb to make decisions for themselves (coming from a teenager). If a kid is really trans, then they'll still be trans when they're 18, and then they can do whatever they want.
I respect all of the research you do to educate people about these issues, it just really is a shame when transgender people get harassed to the point of consideration to end their lives and the amount of cheap excuses to make transgender people seem like the worst people is just bad
Thank trans activists for the terrible image of the trans community. I can't remember the last time I saw people so obnoxious.
And then they use the death of transgender people who do take their own lives as fuel for their anti-trans care propaganda. It’s sickening to see
This is why identity politics is garbage. ALL groups have saints and D-bags... ALL. Assuming everyone in any group Should/Do hold 100% agreement is simply the first stutter-step towards fascism
If someone threatens suicide if you do not vote for Trump will you vote for Trump, even if it saves only one life?
@@imperialmotoring3789 no. That person can take their problems down the road. Democracy is not about appeasing snowflakes, its about reaching agreement through thought and non-violence.
Marjorie banana crackers Greene saying trust the science is comedy at its finest
Love it 👍
BANANA CRACKERS
"No, not THAT science!"
@Zero Bullet's human? You're being very generous there.
@@zerobullets6935A virus with delusions of grandeur.
Trans rights are human rights. It's sad that it needs to be said, but it does.
Human experimentation and “privilege” maybe
But in no way is it a right
@@THELAW360 ah, the ignorant arrogance of cishetytman never fails to go flaccid.
no.
Them-- they already have the same rights that everyone already has, so quit whining
trans should be jailed
It’s not that they’re incapable of empathy UNTIL the thing is happening to them. Once the thing is happening to you, it’s not empathy. So they are still just incapable of it.
This sounds like projection 😂😂😂
@@Joshpower57 Elaborate
@@Joshpower57no Josh its the literal definition of empathy, to be able to understand what a person is going through from their point of view. Once you've gone through it then it's not empathy for the other person but understanding for what you felt when it happened to you. Please read a book, literally any book. Just read!!
@@k.m512 ...Wait, really? I thought the understanding was part of empathy.
@@k.m512, so experiencing something is not the best way to understand it? Your point is nonsense to me, explain why it's not empathy.
When you have no real policies to offer, this is what you get. Anything but doing things that actually would help us.
I remember George W. Bush making banning same sex marriage his re-election platform in 2004. And it worked.
The only help you need you refuse.
What if I told you a cure for dysphoria exists. What if we identified the cause and developed a literal cure for dysphoria, would you take it?
Of course not. Because you don't want real help. You want your illness validated so you can attempt to infected more people.
But ultimately, you'll take your last breath alone and miserable, wondering why you let someone convince you to mutilate yourself.
The people that vote for them are hateful themselves and that is all they care about,it makes them feel better about themselves.
It’s a know fact,republicans have never offered anything to help working class people . Democrats aren’t much help either,they offer bills that they know republicans will not support ,only to make themselves look like they trying to help their voters. When both parties only work for corporate interests ,bought and paid for by (Citizens United )
Short answer: In-group favoritism, xenophobia, ignorance, ego, misinformation, isolation, echo chamber communities with low diversity, being closed off to other areas of society, normalized inappropriate mores in their group, and ethnocentrism. At least that's my assessment.
My answer: conservatives don't want people chopping off childrens genatalia.
That summarize the mentality of conservatives and red states
@@somerandomguy4919 no it doesnt u dont even know any i bet. you got told they were bad and just believed it
@@Ghost-fe1vp do you think conservatives are rare? I know plenty. They're fucking OBSESSED with trans kids. They talk almost exclusively about the things they hate and wildly accuse any and all media of being "woke" when it presents them with a challenge to their incredibly narrow worldview.
@@Ghost-fe1vp there's that ego, ranting about others. Sounds like they're right
"Why is it always conservatives who are incapable of empathy unless it is literally happening to them?" [9:15]
My theory: conservatives tend to have a much narrower "empathy distribution", mainly themselves and their close community. Liberals, on the other hand, seem to have a broader empathy distribution, including those they are loosely connected to and even strangers. This is why conservatives who "Have a Black friend" or "Have a gay friend" are often more accepting of their friends' needs. It seems to be why they often start with, "One of my best friends is Black" or "I have a mother, wife, and daughters" as validation of their 'good' position towards groups. Liberals often respond to that with, "You should simply accept Black people, women, etc, because of who they are without needing them in your life." But for conservatives, it seems that they *do* explicitly need them in their lives.
As I tried to understand what I woke up to on 11/9/16 in my country, I came to a summary that many, many voters only cared about their COUNTY, not their COUNTRY. I listen to a lot of country music, and they talk A LOT about the small town/county they were born and raised in! 🤔
There are no trans humans. All humans are male or female, and that status is fixed and permanent. One cannot become the other. Prancing around acting like a sexist stereotype of a woman, by altering your body to mimic the primary sex characteristics of women doesn't make you women, regardless of the level of anxiety you perceive about reality, and wishing it were different... Still a man, and they argue as though this is a question in their mind.
Totally absurd
Thank you so much. It's terrifying right now. I try to stay optimistic, but it's so scary when I'm in public with my family. I'm a trans man married to a cis man and we have 2 daughters. We already get looks just for being a gay couple with kids, and while I pass I'm not stealth. Most people can tell I'm trans.
I'm always on high alert in case someone tries to attack us and hurt my kids. And with the way legislation is moving, I worry that a law will be passed to try to take them away.
So you’re a woman married to a man?
I’m a cis woman and this whole misogynistic, Anti non binary , gay hating crap has me scared . (I’m under the belief that it’s all based on religious based misogyny anyway. )
You're not a gay couple.
@@theamazingchannel470yes they are. Two men in a romantic relationship is gay by definition. Being a man has nothing to do with sex and everything to do with gender. I’m sorry you don’t have the cognitive capability to realize that.
Get to a safe state if you can!
I didn't figure out I was trans until I was in my late 20s several years ago. I had to go through a ton of pain and suffering my whole life because I had no idea why my identity didn't line up with who I was. I had never even heard of trans people until after I was in the psych hospital and the consilor asked if I had gender dysphoria, and she had to explain it to me. I wasn't indoctrinated or brainwashed, in fact we don't want to convince anyone they're trans if they're not because we know the pain of being told you're something you're not
I'm so grateful that in general people are very kind and supportive. Not to say I haven't received hate, like being yelled at in the street just for existing, but the loudest people on social media and government are a very small minority
A lot of people get past mental health problems by finding a religion. That doesn't mean that religion is actually true however.
@@martind2520 Which is why we have historical evidence than trans and non-binary people have existed for basically all of recorded human history.
@@dariocarraresi1823 Yes, false beliefs have existed for all of human history. Your point?
@@martind2520 Explain to me, exactly, how gender identities are "fake".
@@dariocarraresi1823 In that there is no evidence that there exists something "inside" a person that can make them a man or a woman in contrary to their physical organs.
Must be hard for them to concede to the idea that there are people that see THEM as a threat to children. Most folks just want kids to generally be able to be themselves so long as they aren't harming anyone, while they want to convince them they'll be punished forever for being born different then them, or for having a different view point. I can't say I'm a fan of the "conform or die" mentality, I spent 20 years living like that and I was miserable as miserable could be... until I opened up and started transitioning. 😂
💯 A lot of people don't even want to believe that stuff, they're just afraid not to. Some of us do get free. I'm so glad you found your own freedom.
There are Christians like Garth Brooks who understand how unbiblical anti LGBT+ bigotry is; his bar is celebrating Pride Month, I hear. A lot of people don't know he is one because he doesn't try to shove self-righteousness in their faces. The reasonable ones are usually fairly quiet about it, including many musicians like Lenny Kravitz, Kings of Leon, Evanescence, and even Black Sabbath (which is the most delicious irony, considering how often people called them Satanists.)
Congratulations ! It's got to be incredibly hard to live as someone you don't feel like you are. I 'll never understand people who are against other people living their lives as they see fit. It's none of their business if people want to transition, or be gay , or anything else. I don't get it. I won't tolerate it either. I'm not above punching a bigot in the face if I see them abusing someone who they perceive to be "different ". To hell with bullies. Best of luck to you in life.
There is no such thing as a trans kid. Kids do not know what a woman or a man is yet, and conservatives don't want woke idiots teaching them the wrong thing. Conservatives don't want kids to be taught about being trans. It is harmful to their mental development, and in some cases physical development.
The librarian/professor glasses look fantastic in my opinion.
More importantly thanks for the good content, everyone from LGBT etc identifying people to allies need good information to respond constructively to these narrative attacks.
Thanks!
Seriously, you are one of Our best Bene Gesserite Mentats. And you're practically Canadian! 😄
Thank you Leeja for an excellent treatise of the recent mystifying explosion of Transphobia.
I agree that it is just the latest issue that political activists have seized on and weaponised to create a wedge that will secure the votes to propel them to power.
Victimising an already marginalised and largely powerless minority (who also carry a withering medical burden) is hardly what you might call an act of kindness.
Clarity is so important, and you have explained the situation brilliantly!
"the recent mystifying explosion of Transphobia."
Mystifying. Yes, it is truly impossible to understand why there is a backlash against people who see nothing wrong with invading women's sports, teaching children that biological sex isn't real, lying to minors that dangerous drugs/surgery have few to no side effects, bullying lesbians who don't want to have sex with someone who has a penis, sending death threats to authors who disagree with them, mass-harassing gamers who play a wizard game, and who absolutely 100% refuse to acknowledge that unethical doctors/educators are misdiagnosing gay and autistic teens as trans and giving them dangerous unnecessary treatments. I just cannot imagine why the current mainstream (who overwhelmingly supported the gay rights struggle) does not like the trans community. It couldn't possibly have anything to do with their behavior. It's a mystery for the ages.
As a trans teenager it is so stressful to see my rights being stripped away right in front of my eyes. It is absolutely insane how my existence is debated like I am not just a normal person.
Do other kids your age have a right not to transition? Have the people who have encouraged you to transition told you that 30 years after having the surgery, you are 19 time more likely to commit suicide?
Please be aware that anti trans and homophobic individuals have been shown to become bitter, fat, socially awkward people in their later years
That’s the thing. Your rights aren’t being stripped. For example, in sports, sports had always been categorized by sex. Saying trans can not participate with the opposite sex is not taking away rights.
@@Bibirallie so what if someone who looks exactly like a woman, tits, vag, feminine body structure and all, but was born male, wants to participate in sports? Is it really fair or is it designed to keep trans people from playing sports? Genuinely curious about your stance
@@donovanmedieval 😐
This is the most honest and intelligent video on the topic yet. To bad people are a lost cause and no one will benefit from it
Misogyny also plays a role in who specifically gets targeted, by which I mean that most of the outrage is directed at trans women (and gay men before them). Masculinity is central to their worldview, and there is no more existential threat to that worldview, no betrayal greater, than a man trying to become a woman. Most of them can barely be bothered to care about Elliott Page while Dylan Mulvaney exists.
theres definitely a lot of very, very, fragile masculinity going on over there.
Whos elliot page
Yep, I’m a worldview where being a man is the superior position, how dare anyone decide to change to the ‘inferior side’. It’s horrific the hate
A big point y’all missing is a gay man is not the same as a lesbian. Only in a dream world are we all the same. Example: in adult films, most straight men have no problem with 2 women together, but 2 men together, many straight males find disgusting. Fair or not, it’s reality. Also, it’s men dressing like women going to schools with kids, telling story’s. I don’t see women dressed like men doing the same? Furthermore, in the 80’s, it was gay men with 90-98% died of HIV. Lesbian’s about 0% had aids! They didn’t even know what it was. They called it the gay man disease! I’m for treating everyone fair, but realize we are not the SAME! I can go on & on, you get the point.
@@arthurdiaz9184
Funny thing, lesbians tend to have hatred for transmen. There's very few I've met that go "oh congrats on finding yourself" when it's a trans man. Usually they consider them to have mental issues, but don't have the same issue with trans women. They definitely won't sleep with transwomen tho and the physical violence from transwomen against lesbians is next levrl
They are just grown up bullies who can’t stand anyone who’s different than them.
I know! Arguing with transphobes online has reminded me so much of the tactics that bullies used on the playground in elementary school.
Yes , these so called Christians think that their God only made white straight racists bigots !
Exactly. And that's because they identify with their group to an extent where this special emotional connection dictates them that every outsider is a predator, regardless wether they even give a fuck about the evangelical hypocrisy or not.
The radical trans activists? Yeah you’re correct
@@electronics-girl woah, what good (not) memories they were…
“THINK OF THE CHILDREN!” they say as they proceed to endanger a specific group of children
"Think of the children" yet they oppose bans on child marriages, they oppose school lunches and they oppose doing anything about their number one cause of death.
They don't care about the children, they just hate trans-people.
You can safely ignore TheMarsCydonia.
They have no desire to debate in good faith at all.
In a recent interaction I had with them, they demanded I produce statistics that had nothing to do with what I said, said they would be happy to provide them if I "couldn't" find them. Then, when asked, refused to actually provide the statistics they insisted they already had, refused to explain how they were relevant to the point and repeatedly claimed _I_ hadn't backed up my statistics, despite the fact I had provided sources and calculations for all of them. One of the statistics was off by 6 people, due to the source I found being taken a few months earlier than the source I had originally learnt the statistic from. _That_ was the "massive" flaw in my argument...
Then, after, in yet another topic. I pointed out that prepubescent kids weren’t either straight _or_ gay, because those are sexualities and they haven’t reached the point of being sexual yet (obviously). They responded claiming I was completely wrong and that kids _did_ have sexuality. So I asked for a citation. The citation they gave agreed with me completely, saying that kids of that age would use the terms “boyfriend” and “girlfriend” but applied them to completely platonic relationships. Yet, despite that, TheMarsCydonia _insisted_ the citation agreed with them, not with me, claiming that kids had “romantic” relationships.
So, yeah, there is no reasoning with them. Better to save your time.
@@martind2520 who even is TheMarsCydonia????
@@bigcatwithbigpawz The other person that replied to you. It seems UA-cam has decided to hide their post though. You would need to order the comments by "newest first" to see it.
@@TheMarsCydoniaBro, Who is opposing bans on child marriages? As a staunch Conservative I can confirm that we definitely oppose that shit.
I’ve been an avid viewer of your channel since the Trump trial earlier this year, and more relevantly here, am a publicly out trans woman.
Thank you for using your platform to cover this issue and how….stupid some of the specifics are lol. I enjoyed this piece a lot!
A cop showing child sex abuse videos to people in church. Wow.
Bet the clergymen were hard enough to cut diamonds.
It’s because in Uganda they should extreme fetish subtype gay p*rn videos to grandmas saying their naive children could be converted (specifically to that) because they’re all just secrete closeted bisexual sex-extreme it’s at heart and without laws they would be worse than dogs themselves, so they think their children are at risk of “converting to gay.”
We have illustrated books in school depicting young boys on their knees giving head so why not?!
During the McCarthy era Lavender Scare, Florida used taxpayer money to publish The Purple Pamphlet which included child p*rn.
@@tjenadonn6158 That's where holy water comes from
Thank you for making this video. HRT literally saved my life. Being denied access would destroy my ability to live.
I love you and good luck on your journey. ❤
Seriously though, it's actually surreal to not hate existing for the first time since elementary school. I have the day I started HRT marked in my calendar as my Rebirthday, and that's no overstatement: I'm an entirely new person thanks to it. It's the only antidepressant that's ever truly worked.
Trans rights are not just human rights, but the right to access needed and recommended healthcare.
Maybe if you got the therapy you need that wouldn’t be the case
@@cajunking5987 Too bad Republicans have resisted "mental health parity" for decades and lead the way in cutting funding for mental health and other social services. But surely you know that. And now, actively working against people suffering Transgender Dysphoria from getting the medical care they need. Repulsive you are. You support it while now pretending you care. Typical Republican moral bankruptcy.
Conservatives: we believe in freedom and small government
Also Conservatives: Please daddy Government, ban things we don't like even if they have demonstrable benefits and don't actually harm us
Conservatives: Were against an authoritarian government, unless it benefits us
Why I'm a libertarian and not a conservative. ^^
Government oppression for thee but not for me
@@isabelmcgaugh711 they’re still feeding into their own oppression though. Less regulation ofthe market will lead to corporations having more power to do things that are more exploitative. Many conservatives work for corporations. They’re not just voting against our interests they’re also voting against their own.
@@Leafyfam "libertarian" aka closeted conservatives to avoid social shaming
My friend Elise ended up killing herself after she was told not to show up at her father’s funeral.
This is unacceptable.
Trans girls too often grow up with feminine role models who explicitly reject and often abuse them. That's reality. Republicans want that reality to be mandated by the state; to take away mothers' ability to raise their trans kids in a loving, positive environment. It's not possible to maintain that environment while also forcing a trans kid to act like a cis one. I'm sorry about your friend. It's a far too common tale.
That's terrible. There is a pain in being explicitly rejected by one's family that is hard to convey to most cis people, and even some trans people who have affirming families. It creates a hole in a person that is difficult to fill. I'm sorry for your loss. It's a far too common story.
There's no hate quite like Christian love
@@edwardbaker1331 We love you enough to tell you the truth. The rest is up to you.
@@edwardbaker1331 pff- the Christian persecution complex is embaressing
@Nate Higgers you have almost certainly an abuser
Child abuse doesn't correlate with gays, lesbians, non binary, intersex, asexual, or trans people. Unfortunately, child abuse correlates with conservative christians and the ignorance they keep their children steeped in.
@Nate Higgers then go after your priests! They have violated more children than anyone else
Thank you for this. Here in the EU it is spreading too, although not as fast as in the United States, but it is scary to see how American religious right propaganda comes, joined by Russian anti-LGBT propaganda, here too, using the same made-up stories and same narratives as in the US. Transphobia is rampant in the UK, but Brexit severed this connection so we gained some time here, but in some states, such as Hungary, Italy or Slovakia it is going from bad to worse as we speak.
What's scary is how many weirdos honestly believe mutilated children is helping.
Whatever though. I'll pray that all your offspring identify as trans.
The world could stand to do away with your genetics anyways.
I think the best way to push back against it is to keep hammering on real points and just not care.
@@MrMarinus18 Like what "real points?"
Binary. Not equal. Biological differences and advantages. Nuclear family.
@@JaysSavvy I mean things like wages, prices, corruption, welfare, public institutions.
I'm sorry, but "TERF Island", as many people describe Britain, has been increasingly more hostile to trans people at the highest levels of government. The government has plans to introduce an effective "bathroom bill", as well as also eliminate discrimination protections from trans people by rewriting the Equality Act.
By contrast, in the EU, Spain and Finland both passed self-ID legislation, joining the likes of Ireland, Iceland and Malta, all the while Germany is legislating for self-ID also.
When Scotland passed self-ID legislation in 2022, the UK government very quickly moved to veto it under the justification that "trans people will be encouraged to exist".
I’ve been dealing with these freaks since the 90s. The unfortunate truth is if they really want to do something they can. We’re such a small portion of the population that there just isn’t enough people who care to stop them. We can slow the tide and out things like this video out there for prosperity, but nobody’s gonna come save us
I'm sorry you feel like that, and I have trans friends who are exhausted by trying to respond to all this crap, but polling shows that 70+% of the US is in favour of LGBT+ rights and protections, including Trans rights, so know that the majority of people do care, it's just the hateful few that are trying to use you as political pawns...
@@rachelsnee8926 I think i misworded myself. I'd say most people care. But the incentives aren't aligned, so its important to me as a gay person in a way it will probably never be for a straight person. People will talk all day about support and validation, but the second change requires work, time, and money, caring starts to fall off. I'm not saying those people don't really care or anything. People generally aren't incentivized to fight for a system that ultimately gives them nothing directly. Yea, gay people being around is nice, but most people aren't gonna give a protion of their income to the Trevor Project because most people don't need something like that.
I guess "there's a limited amount of caring available" is the best way to put it. And that caring just isn't enough to stem the tide at the moment. Even though 70% support LGBT rights, half the states in the US have laws banning kids from transitioning. And those states aren't going to change anytime soon. There's just not enough people who care in those states, and there's not enough money to flip all those houses and senates.
You apparently have more in common than you think. Like y’all use the same word to describe each other.
@@JoeBidenHatesU God would call Satan evil. and Satan would call God evil. But I think we can all agree Satan is evil. They both use the same word, but they imply mutually exclusive meanings
@@rachelsnee8926 You support doctors taking advantage of kids or people in general that have a mental illness? I see
Leeja, I am newer to your content, but I have to say I’ve never felt more supported as an LGBT individual, than you consistently saying “the gays….” I’m literally laughing at your anti-conservative content because I’m surrounded in BFE, MO. You’re awesome! 👊🏿😂
The irony of saying trust the science, while simultaneously ignoring all of it.
It's amusing that this applies to both sides, about different issues. 😂
It’s because they’re really trying to get any kind of support from the non-religious community, and even though I’ve sadly seen a tiny bit, the real science doesn’t back them up. I’m sorry, but I don’t think right wing politicians know what science is. Both sides don’t even seem to know what Tik Tok is or how it works. I really can’t trust politicians knowledge on science.
@@vicw9223 i would *love* to hear a single issue for which conservative have the science on their side.
@@nondescriptcat5620 You can't change your gender. You can only reject traditional gender roles by engaging in various levels of cosplay and LARPing.
If sex and gender are independent, why should a male/man bother altering his primary sex characteristics to mimic the primary sex characteristics of a woman? Make it make sense
if gender is merely a social construct, and independent from sex-- why not identify as a girl without going out of the way to alter your appearance to present as the stereotypical and objective primary sex characteristics of a female human the target????? Make it make sense
What right do trans people think they have which obligates those societies which have long established their cultural norms, to abandon their cultural norms and deny objective reality, to embrace theirs???
Looks like self entitled narcissism on the part of the trans people.
Way too many inappropriately and incorrectly conflate gender/sex (There are only 2-- male/female... That's it) with personality traits and temperament (There are a ton and none are gender exclusive-- hence effeminate males, butch females and tomboys), and again with gender roles (without exception refer to the roles of males and females in society) as though they're synonymous and they are not.
Science has already proven that the binary dichotomy of all mammals is male/female.
A man in a dress is still a man
A man with anxiety about his sex/gender-- still a man
A man calling himself a woman-- still a man
A man with an effeminate personality--still a man
Why should women's right to privacy from the presence of men, be up for debate at the whim of misogynistic men, presenting as women?
@@nondescriptcat5620I’d like to see a single issue where the Liberals have the science on their side. All they do is either ignore the science or censor the science.
Here in Australia voting is compulsory. It does prevent highly motivated extremist groups from wielding too much influence over election results
Don't forget the effect of preferential voting, reducing the split to extremes.
The Arizona Supreme Court just upheld a law* that exempts religious officials from having to report child sex abuse if they learn of the crime during a confessional setting.
What do you bet those judges know those clerics and partake, hmmm?
Holy shit
@@bleepbloop101010101 I know. And this is just the most recent example; it is NOT an isolated incident
@@georgeorwellsghost3833 Wrong. In fact psychologists are specifically named as mandatory reporters in the same statute that excludes clergy confessions.
Why did you think that? Where did you get that information from?
As a white woman, I really wish I understood why so many white people are so fragile and so easily attacked by the simple existence of other human beings. It's damned frustrating.
Trans is a very white middle class argument
Fear of loss of systemic power on a subconscious level I believe
My kid is trans, and even though we live in a fairly blue state, (Maryland) it scares the shit out of me when I think of her going to school with the children of these lunatics.
How did you and or your child determine they were trans?
@@porgguy4962 I listened to her. She told me how she was feeling, and I believed her.
@@Horticarter41 what did she tell you? I don't understand? May I ask how old they are?
@@porgguy4962 she's 16. She'll be 17 soon. She told me it is painful to look at her face in the mirror because it looks wrong.
@@Horticarter41 oh, I'm sorry for her. That must have been hard. But, and excuse me as I'm new to all of this but what does that mean her face looked wrong? What does that have to do with trans or gender or anything?
i feel like some of y'all don't get how hard transition is. I'm 21 and nonbinary, i came out as trans about 4 years ago. how far into my transition i? um. I've started going by a different name/pronouns and my id has an x on it 🥴
why? because I can't afford an 11k surgery and $200 a month for hrt
I'm also in a discord server of hundreds of trans people, and guess what? most of them are 14-17 years old. i can remember only one 15 year old who got top surgery,and guess what? he isn't suicidal anymore.
majority of us come to the realization that we're trans on our own, and all we want if support, stability, and to live our lives as ourselves. something like 200 minors are getting gender affirming surgery each year (and remember, not all minors are 5 and "gender affirmation" includes cis girls getting nose jobs and boob jobs) and trans surgeries have THE LOWEST REGRET RATE OUT OF ANY OTHER SURGERY
so yeah. be kind, mind your own business, ily
I have a friend who recently came out as a trans man. He’s not shy about talking about the procedures he’s gone through. But these intellectual insects just turn on their favorite right wing shock jock and jerk off to every word they say like mindless fucking zombies.
“OOOOOH!!!! HE’S FUCKING EDGY, BROOOO!!!”
What does "X" mean? Do you have neither a penis or a vagina???
Why would a boy need "top surgery" Do you mean a girl? So sad she will never be a mother.
I am a demi-girl I came out in 2019
however I can't even get my ID to have a X marker as the current state I'm in doesn't support it, and my birth state doesn't even have it as an option for my birth certificate and requires proof of getting the surgery.
Meanwhile I'm also struggling to even get on disability at the same time....
@@NoxLunarwingnot a thing
@JayTheBluenot a thing
I have three young granddaughters. I'm one of their primary caretakers.They have all expressed acceptance for any gender identity, they all like that they are female, one seems drawn to boys, one has not expressed a preference, and the third seems to be drawn to females. We try not to influence them in any way, but support them in every way.
You rock, grandma!
@@rachelsnee8926 Actually, grandpa, but thanks!💗
@@rachelsnee8926 ...though sometimes the girls call me "Mom". I take it as a compliment! It sure has nothing to do with my looks..... bearded old man!
Your a good parent.
World needs more people like you
Thank you for this content Leeja. I love your style and your tone.
Here's the thing. I don't know if this is a thing in the US, but gender affirmation surgery is absolutely NOT a thing in Canada for minors. In fact, many trans adults will not actually get gender affirmation surgery because being allowed to live as their chosen gender is usually enough. People really need to understand that gender affirmation isn't a light switch. Current practices, at least in Canada, are that you have to have spent 1 year living as your chosen gender before pretty much anything else can happen. The issue is complicated for kids because once puberty has started, it's that much harder to make a change. Puberty blockers are used in the short term to give kids time to figure things out, and this is also done because they are reversible. Affirmation surgery is the last step in transition, if one goes that far, precisely because it is less reversible than every other step of the process. So no, American fearmongers and bigots. Kids aren't getting sex changes. That doesn't happen. That can't happen. This is just another example of bigots looking for a socially acceptable way to be bigots.
Yeah, I know quite a lot of trans women that never plan to get lower surgery. They don't want it, don't feel the need for it, and are happy the way they are.
A topic I have noticed has been coming up a lot recently is this obsession with "what if they change their minds." There was a BBC special several years back where a lesbian couple transitioned to being men, then after a few years changed their minds and transitioned back, stating "we didn't want to be men, we just weren't happy being women." (which is an entirely different subject). It is bound to happen that some people will transition for the wrong reasons. I had a friend who told me me wanted to transition to female because he didn't think his church would accept him as gay but he might be able to convince them to accept him as trans because he could blame his attraction to men on the hormone treatments. (eye roll). But the thing is, it is still their life, and who cares if they make a mistake or change their minds, if they have decided transitioning will make them a happier, then let them be.
@@FablestoneSeries Yeah, that's precisely why less invasive measures, like lived experience and reversible hormone treatment, are used first. It could be a phase, or it could be a choice made for the wrong reasons (like your church example). It sounds like where I live, you're talking 1-2 years before anything happens, and then a few more years before you'd even get to affirmation surgery. So all these people talking about kids need to calm down because kids are pretty much never going to be in a situation to have affirmation surgery; the leadup to it is likely going to take until they are adults anyways.
It’s not a thing in America either, people just use it as a talking point because they have nothing else to grab at. I’m an adult trans man, and in my state it’s actually illegal to start any medical transition before 18, including HRT. I personally don’t want any surgeries, because I don’t see the point in spending that much money when I don’t have an excessive amount of dysphoria regarding those parts of my body. Maybe it’s because I’m intersex, but I couldn’t really care less about getting something like bottom surgery. Nobody around me wants surgery either, and though we discuss the possibility of top surgery, these people seem to focus on bottom surgery. I’ve never met any trans person who plans on getting bottom surgery, much less a minor who wants it. Really, HRT is the only thing Ive done medically and legally. But most children don’t think about or care about those things, they just want to exist. I transitioned socially in my early teen years, and all I wasn’t thinking about anything medical, I was just excited to finally feel so amazing.
There’s also that damn blockers argument. I really don’t see how bigots don’t realize that blockers are on both sides of the issue. Like you said, it’s just giving the kid more time to figure out what they want, if anything at all. Even if the child does start blockers, it’s a very extensive decision and requires a lot of professional opinions and advice. I started HRT at 18 through informed consent, and even then I was speaking to my doctors the whole time about it. And I mean, that’s how it is for any medical procedure here. They act like gender affirming care is specific to trans people, when anyone can get implants, facial reconstruction surgery, hair implanting, etc etc. Crazy to watch these freaks being in charge of everyone’s right to bodily autonomy when they don’t even understand what they’re talking about.
@@Mars-jf4gyThanks for the response. Yeah, it just goes to show how little angry people know about the issue. People act like kids are getting sex changes overnight when in reality they will probably spend 10 years deciding what they want and how far they'll go with it. It's just bigotry and ignorance desperately looking for the next issue to be uninformed but hysterical about.
The Netherlands does not allow it under the age of 18 for transchildren. Top surgery like double mastectomies or breast enlargements can happen between 16 and 18, but is not overly common.
I don't know the numbers here, but I know multiple people who have had gender affirming surgery. For me currently it's not an option because of a hard limit I set on it myself for not having any sexual experience, and next to that, I'm terrified of loosing any feeling. Personally, for now, I do not have extreme gender dysphoria concerning the reproductive organs that I do have, but that's the thing: I have no clue what that would be like in relation to someone else, which is why I want to know that for sure first, which, is like, a minefield all on it's own really (ugh dating sucks as a transperson).
Ngl it's pretty creepy how obsessed they are with kids, gender-identities and bathrooms.
It's pretty creepy how obsessed leftists are with kids, gender-identities and bathrooms.
"b-b-but, t-the bi-bible🥺-"
@@ammoniagas6636, bible and any religion is really cringe. I'm led by common sense.
I don't believe in God, but know children shouldn't be manipulated for virtue signalling.
@@xllifi i know i was being sarcastic lol
There's no hatred like Christian love.
Except for Muslim love, which is far, far worse in every way imaginable.
What, you thought you could bring up Christians as being transphobic and not have anyone mention the religion that literally murders LGBTQ people on a daily basis all over the world? I don't think so, champ.
There is no molestation like trans groomers.
Does Islam accept you as a tranny?
What's hurts the most is that some Christians use the "this is for your own good" trope.
And good, moral people call others names without being able to prove INTENT and then cancel them and try to destroy them right? This behavior isn't oppressive and destructive, dividing ideology that will lead to civil war right? Amazing the amount of psychics in this country that CLAIM disagreement is hate with NO PROOF OF INTENT. Let's change our justice system to " guilty until proven innocent", it will be a great place to live!
every trans adult was once a trans kid
Every trans adult was once a brainwashed child
@@petervizzini4006 Your side already tried the exact same excuse with gay kids, feminists girls, and Jewish kids among others. Tired of being wrong yet?
@dariocarraresi1823 Tried what? I've only pointed out the actions of your community
@@petervizzini4006 Your side already tried the exact same excuse with gay kids, feminists girls, and Jewish kids among others. Tired of being wrong yet?
@@dariocarraresi1823 Repeating the comment won't change the evil your community has committed
It's great that this is being addressed.
I really think right wingers need to be called out far more often over disingenuous policies and bad faith engagement in society.
People need to be able to see how truly brainwashed and malicious they are.
Even if they _were_ the "majority" ain't nothing "moral" about ANY of this.
The appearance of civility and compromise really are their biggest weapons. such an easy tool to get people to see anybody who is against the far right as "crazy" or "aggressive" while deflecting from all the awful stuff said right-wingers do or want to do.
I mean literally everything from the conservative argument is rooted in either lies or religious brainwashing. There is literally no statistical or physical evidence in the real world that reinforce any conservative ideology. To be a conservative is to literally deny reality. That's why they can never defend themselves when they're held up to scrutiny. They just use the "that's how it's always been" argument as a way to justify themselves and their archaic beliefs.
I know no one likes the "both sides" argument, but just about all politicians use the bad faith arguments to push things. Its not about what benefits them, not us.
There is just as much manufactured fear over white supremacists and the religious right as there is fear about progressive activists and other deviations from the conservative norm.
That mortality salience is a powerful motivator and warper of perceptions. As long as you are made to feel under threat, you cannot help but escalate, right or left. Thats just basic human behavior.
Brainwashed? Tell me..what is a woman? You are likely so brainwashed that you are willing to tell me that my definition of a woman as an adult human female is wrong and bigoted, yet be unable to give me a reasonable definition yourself.
So what is a woman? Or will you run from this simple question because you are just another brainwashed left wing intellectual coward?
Very interesting. As a Republican I couldn't figure out why my party was so obsessed with trangrnder bills. The transgenders aren't hurting anyone. It makes me very sad :-(
A lot of republicans are going way too far with it. But most of the population will agree that men in women’s sports is not okay, and children being exposed to sexual acts isn’t tolerated
@@IconicFootball it's so interesting but not nearly as widespread as my fellow republicans are saying. They passed a law in Kansas that biological males who transition can't compete as women. I don't know how much time they spent on the issue and I'm sure they meant well. This last school year, according to the Kansas State High School Activities Association there were 3 transgender students competing as women. They were all competing in bowling. With all the research I have done as a member of my church I began you realize people don't understand transgenders. If they truly did they would have empathy for them and not feel threatened. Very sad. :-(
@@davefisher1840 well I think that kind of legislation is a good thing after seeing what happened with Lia Thomas and all that. As usual, a small minority of loud people give a larger population a bad reputation, because most trans people are good people.
I’ve shifted towards the center nowadays while still leaning conservative, because the far right has turned into conspiracy theorists
@@IconicFootball Firstly the whole its sexual and Grooming Narative is just mis and disinformation as Classified by the EU
and the Sports issue is why do we seperate sports by Sex anyways ? wouldnt it be better to seperate by body type and Features
even then Hormone replacement therapy is proven to Make people weaker and more exausted
@@davefisher1840wow, you’ve actually done research to understand the situation at hand with proper nuance instead of believing random sources
I salute you, internet stranger 🫡
I find it curious that the majority of the anti-trans obsession is focused on transwomen far more than it is on transmen. Why is that and what does it say about the anti-trans community overall?
BTW: I'm in full support of the trans community and the fight for their rights . 🥰🏳⚧❤
Maybe because transwomen are more likely to be an issue, when it comes to women's sports than trans men?
@@sindelscat9336 Is that why Cis girls are able to beat trans girls in sports?
@@johncowan9981 Same. 5000% increase over a decade? 🚩
"Why is that and what does it say about the anti-trans community overall?"
It's because, in general, the behavior of transwomen is far more offensive. I tend not to hear about transmen deliberately invading men's spaces where they're not wanted. I don't hear about them being mediocre athletes, then switching to the opposite sex's leage and taking championships away from other people there. I don't hear about transwomen harassing and threatening gay men who don't want to have sex with someone who has a vagina. But I see the reverse *a lot.*
Because masculinity as they see it is the most valuable yet fragile thing ever, and anyone _choosing_ to not fall in line with toxic macho BS is the greatest affront to their deeply insecure worldviews; trans women just happen to epitomize that. As for why trans _men_ are ignored...same reason that tomboys are tolerated (in youth at least) over sissies, I guess.
A few months ago the church I used to go to had a guest pastor. I was asked if I watched the sermon online? I asked why and was told the guest pastor said this country was turning our boy children into eunuchs as measure for population control. This was in regards to trans kids. I was so appalled that I went home to listen. Sure as shooting he said that and more. He blamed parents and teachers. He didn’t mention trans girls just boys. Yep, you got it right. This happened in small town Idaho.
I truly appreciate your approach to these topics. You have been very assertive, detailed and with a zero tolerance to BS. Keep up the good work.
Whoever threw the pie in her face deserves a national holiday.
Yes lmao
I mean, if you wanna act like a clown, you kinda deserve a pie to the face. No offense to clowns.
@@FunAngelo2005 i love you FunAngelo2005
We need to start throwing more pies.
Yup. Those pie throwers were great. I'm sad they are gone now.
My wife and I, who are both blond haired and blue eyed, had NUMEROUS strangers come up to us when our daughter was young to tell us that we needed to have more children to propagate the master race. After a couple of times of not knowing how to respond, my go-to became, "If you think SHE'S cute, you should see the children I had with my first wife, Laquanda." Their faces just scrunched up with disgust and they VERY quickly left.
holy heck man america really does have a fascist problem doesnt it
Nobody has said that to you, your crazy
@@lanceschulz1182 Wha?
@@lanceschulz1182how are you going to gaslight this person that this didn't happen to them.. were you there??? Were you the ears listening in?
@@namiitang people can make up anything online I can make up fantasy stories too
As a bisexual (yes we exist) teen, having people who are gay vs not gay does not make a difference
As a bisexual guy you admit only 2 genders