To quote the German online news site - Zeit Online: "Ein Sitlergruß ist ein Sitlergruß ist ein Sitlergruß" (I changed three words for obvious reasons, but you should be able to figure it out)
@granyte I mean, maybe not going to see a heil in quebec, but it's still a fas society. The civil rights are "for me, not for thee" and the politicians have been fluent in double speak (were secular, not is lama pho bic) to kick its minor ities in the teeth over and over longer than 45 has been around
I'm not really powerful... but I've got your back. I'll always fight to push back against people who will come for you. They can come for me but I won't let them come for you.
I have autism and would never do such a thing how dare people use excuse TIHS Madness WYH IS anyone stop HIM AND HOW could WE HAVE allow TIHS IN THE first place
It's a double whammy - he gets to blatantly signal to the further right racists whose support he was losing because of the visa issue that he's on their side, and also smear autistic people by blaming his autism.
It's why calling them "weird" was so effective for the nanosecond the Democrats were willing to do it during the campaign, and why it was so baffling and frustrating that they stopped.
Yeah, I noticed that too. Even if they changed it to saying 'at birth' instead of 'at conception' it would still rule out males because they don't produce the 'small reproductive cell' until puberty.
Well Alyssa, the order doesn't specify that they need to currently be producing the cell to be a boy, just that they belong to the sex that produces that cell during their lifetime.
I'm a strongly left-leaning disabled man living in a Republican stronghold state. Am I safe? I don't know. I get regular medical care from a really sweet Mexican immigrant, who also has a family of his own, including two kids? Is he safe? I don't know. The fact that very few things are actually that clear is what really concerns me. No one should have to live in fear of what might happen.
the reality of the existence of the male and the female is the most basic unit of identity and truth. it is also the foundation of the existence of the human race. those who seek to subvert this are the enemies of humanity, society, order, and the idea of truth itself. they are the enemy of the meaning of the spoken word. they come from the void to destroy existence. there is only one way to deal with them, and the lady-folks won't like it very much, because it's not very nice.
So many of our men are on the streets right now, I want to say this as a trans person I want to fight for our men and women who are not transgender because all of our struggles are connected.
the reality of the existence of the male and the female is the most basic unit of identity and truth. it is also the foundation of the existence of the human race. those who seek to subvert this are the enemies of humanity, society, order, and the idea of truth itself. they are the enemy of the meaning of the spoken word. they come from the void to destroy existence. there is only one way to deal with them, and the lady-folks won't like it very much, because it's not very nice.
I'M BRAZILIAN AND I'M REVOLTED ON WHAT TRUMP SAYD ABOUT LATIN AMERICA YESTERDAY. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY THE US POLICIES IMPACTS OUR POLITICS DIRECTLY, BECAUSE US GOT BIG INFLUENCE HERE AND BRAZIL IS THE NO 1 COUNTRY IN THE MAPS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANS PEOPLE. SO NOW I'M ENGAJED IN FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF TRANS AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE NOT ONLY HERE, BUT GLOBALLY, AND LATINS TOO. WE NEED TO UNIFY THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING CLASS
Standing strong as a USAmerican ally and supporter of the Brazilian people and all of Latin America. Our history, present and futures are intertwined. Love to all of the at risk Brazilians in both Latin American and Anglo America. Immigration does not hurt society, it makes society better.
Yet somehow Latinos voted for him🤦🏻♀️No habló Portugués pero nuestros idiomas son parecidos. El racismo, machismo, y clasismo de la comunidad Latina es algo complicado y los gringos no entienden. Los Demócratas no entendían esto, no sabían como dirigirse ha la comunidad Latina. La única manera de aprender es cuando afronten las consecuencias de su propio voto.
It's completely disingenuous to blame Trump for our own bigotry. As a Colombian I can say with 100% certainty that we've never needed foreign incitement to create hatred in our own country. Nevertheless that doesn't mean we shouldn't have to organize and resist, la lucha continua
Same. I'm getting ready for protests and other stuff, medical supplies etc, I really wish I didn't have to since I already have a lot going on, but I guess let's pile on. :/ Ugh
It’s amazing that Trump has the audacity to say anything about “defending women”. Remember, remember the fifth of November republican treason and plot. I know of no reasons why Donald Trump’s treasons should ever be forgot.
My trans wife has her citizenship test in just a week or so. So weird to have her finish her immigrant process just as we think maybe America isn't the safest place for her to be. My heart and mind are with everyone out there in even more precarious circumstances than us, and my hopium is that the incompetence of their execution of their evil is so great that we all come through this ok. Somehow.
the reality of the existence of the male and the female is the most basic unit of identity and truth. it is also the foundation of the existence of the human race. those who seek to subvert this are the enemies of humanity, society, order, and the idea of truth itself. they are the enemy of the meaning of the spoken word. they come from the void to destroy existence. there is only one way to deal with them, and the lady-folks won't like it very much, because it's not very nice.
My main concern is that it's not just gonna be the next four years. Trump said he wanted to fix it so we'd never have to vote again.... I realize we've already seen a ton of push back on him but ... After 4 years, when we get this sort of shit on day 1? I'm just worried how far down the political evolutionary scale we will have degraded by then.
I mean they rigged it and got away with it so even if it seems like there's an election in 4 years no matter how many people vote blue Democrats will never win again, until we revolt.
I literally don't know what to say about the utter horror which has only just begun. All I can say is, cling to your loved ones & chosen families. Do your best not to be subsumed by despair, it's what they want. You are loved, valued and seen, try to be careful and stay safe everyone.
With the order as well, they try to claim that there are only 2 sexes, completely ignoring the vast range of things that fall into the category of sexual different and how they don't always align (e.g, androgen insensitivity). The whole order isn't just wrong and hateful, it's anti scientific and against its further development.
I needed this today. Got a cancer diagnosis literally a week ago and it’s been extra hard. It’s just scary because I don’t know what’s going to happen to me or my health insurance not to mention what’s going to happen to everyone else.
You just summed up the political right's modus operandi in precise terms. Remember, there are a few of us cis-people who vehemently stand beside each and every one of our LGBTQ siblings. There are even those of us who are diligently working behind the scenes to correct this travesty. We will do our best. We know this is going to be extremely difficult; but, please, please, don't give up hope!
I'm sure there are a ton of cis people that are standing with trans people. It's just the racist, sexist, misogynist, so many more -ist people who are garbage and have a strong voice right now. We appreciate help from cis people, and we stand with Palestinians, immigrants, and other marginalized groups.
My heart literally sank watching him throw that sick gesture up. I wish people would show this to WW2 veterans that are still alive and see what they have to say 😡
@@samanthagibson5791he conducted the most fullhearted attempt at a salute popularised by a certain Austrian painter, proceeded to quote what said painter stated when he was elected life long leader of Germany, and just for good measure did the salute a second time for the audience in the back and to the side so everyone would be certain where his allegiance lies.
@@samanthagibson5791other people wrote it out and their comments still exist, so: He did a Nazi salute. Twice. And some conservatives say/pretend he did it on accident, twice
@@samanthagibson5791 The fact that people have to censor themselves when calling out bigotry is ridiculous in of itself. Maybe it's time to start paying attention to what these people are doing...
Jessie, you are loved, valid, and valued. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, I stand with my trans friends. It is so incredibly important that we stand with one another in the LGBTQIA+ community; we can no longer have these divides that fracture us. To anyone who is struggling or feels despair- I stand with you. You are loved and valid.
Mom of a trans young adult here. I would like to send mom hugs and support to you, Jessie and any other trans people in your audience. I will stand with trans people through the next 4 years to the best of my ability. ❤
I second that!!! I’m the mom of a young adult daughter who is trans. Lots of love to all🩷🩷🩷We will be able to look back at this time and realize it just made us stronger. 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️Now is the time to shine. You are loved and welcomed!!!! 🤩🤩🤩
the reality of the existence of the male and the female is the most basic unit of identity and truth. it is also the foundation of the existence of the human race. those who seek to subvert this are the enemies of humanity, society, order, and the idea of truth itself. they are the enemy of the meaning of the spoken word. they come from the void to destroy existence. there is only one way to deal with them, and the lady-folks won't like it very much, because it's not very nice.
I saw an article this morning asking whether trump is evil or stupid and the obvious question came to mind: can't he be both? (Hell yeah) Stay strong, and let's all care for each other. Dark times. Sending you love
There is a reason why we learn about the Shoah, the Medz Yeghern/Armeian Genocide, the Cambodian Genocide, the Sürgünlik (genocide of Crimean Tatars), and Rwanda. So that things like this can never happen again. Yet they are happening again; and we are witnessing it.
Unfortunately, this is also the reason why those who want to repeat these genocides are hellbent on disinforming people about them or refusing to even acknowledge them.
I've just been numb this whole time. I've been mainly throwing myself into housework,cult movies, and knitting. I've been finding it harder and harder to not scream and cuss out customers at my retail. Yet still I know I'm lucky to have a support network. That's how I'm doing today.
yeah, not doing well at all. Sending you SO many hugs and support. All of this is terrifying. Here in germany, the muskler would be arrested for what he did. I wish there was more we could do for you, from over here. Thank you for being there for everyone, and know we are here for you too
LITERALLY. which is pretty stupid he’s doing that before Germanys reelection cause now he’ll potentially ruin his chances with the afd. I’m hoping they denounce him after this. Or the Partie gets banned finally. I’m praying we ain’t letting this slide. Begging even. god the world is so scary rn
I live in New Zealand and I'm even scared of what America has become. Because it's the most influential country in the world and can really affect other countries as well. I've always dreamed about coming to America to become a show runner or a writer for a cartoon network program. Now I think I'm too scared to set foot in that country. 😔 Please be safe out there Jess.
same feelings here in Australia. unfortunately, this country seems to take quite a lot of influence from America as well and i'm very worried for what could happen lest the people here let us down too. really wish America weren't the main character of the world... and that it wasn't full of bootlicker nazis.
the reality of the existence of the male and the female is the most basic unit of identity and truth. it is also the foundation of the existence of the human race. those who seek to subvert this are the enemies of humanity, society, order, and the idea of truth itself. they are the enemy of the meaning of the spoken word. they come from the void to destroy existence. there is only one way to deal with them, and the lady-folks won't like it very much, because it's not very nice.
I love that you've been able to laugh. Laughter is one of the only things we have. And a great weapon against Fascists. They hate it when you laugh at them. Laughter often stops me from spiralling into depression/rage.
the reality of the existence of the male and the female is the most basic unit of identity and truth. it is also the foundation of the existence of the human race. those who seek to subvert this are the enemies of humanity, society, order, and the idea of truth itself. they are the enemy of the meaning of the spoken word. they come from the void to destroy existence. there is only one way to deal with them, and the lady-folks won't like it very much, because it's not very nice.
@@JasonBeiler Always remember: Bigots who accuse the LGBTQIA+ community of "grooming" children are not concerned with the safety and well-being of actual children. They're concerned with what children represent to them: Purity. Namely, the purity of the sex and gender binary, ideological purity, and (more often than not) racial purity. That is why they are so completely and utterly shameless about actually sexualizing children, be it through training young AFAB children to become wives and mothers, not allowing AMAB kids to express any sort of vulnerability or seek out any intimacy that isn't sexual and domineering in nature, pressuring teenagers into "pledging" to maintain their virginity until marriage, making minors carry pregnancies to term, silencing child victims of sexual assault, or advocating for LITERAL CHILD MARRIAGE. All of those supply far right ideologues with easily indoctrinated victims they can exploit for sex, money and influence, and that's exactly what the system is designed to do. That's why it's considered "pure" and "safe", while anything that threatens established norms isn't.
like I once saw elsewhere, persistence is resistance. so persist. keep existing. keep resisting. as long as you're something they hate and you're still kicking, they haven't won
It's going to be a tough 4 years (and decades of dealing with the consequences) for many of us. We have to try to focus on the things that make us happy and give us meaning! And support for each other through and out of these awful times. You and your channel are an important part of that for many of us!
Sending love from Canada, this is all a huge mess, but they want us to feel scared and powerless and alone. Do your best to take care of yourselves and your loved ones around you and be ready for some rough stuff coming, but don't give up
It's horrible. I don't even live in the US and I feel a pit in my stomach. I just wanted to leave a comment to support our community. To whoever feels alone and scared. You're not alone. You belong.💛 For another chuckle; did you all see trump's dance during the ymca song? Liek..the hand-gestures near his face-dance? I mean...
This is like when my PM released a note saying that she wanted to be called "Mr. President" only to scrap it 24h later becase she is a woman and she was accidentaly validating trans identities XD
This is why I'm in therapy; my therapist is an oblivious normie about politics though so he really isn't a help on these issues. Seeing the christofascist nightmare come to pass after years of knowing that this would happen was enough to make me want to [Neutral + A Special] myself because why make a life for myself when fascism and climate change is just going to wipe all of it away...I was recovering well and had a stupid amount of faith that the American people would not reinstate a fascist. But we did. I am truly a queer misanthrope now. I have given up almost entirely on people. I've had these crippling acute depression waves since November that were strong enough to knock even my own healthy, perky ass back into bed since I almost never get sick; the last time I felt this way was getting divorced before COVID from an abusive spouse. I work at a college and am very outspoken, along with others, on my status as and my support for queer rights. If for some reason colleges start capitulating to Trump and his christofascist pals and mandate we remove our queer pins and apparel, I am not complying. Yikes. What is this world coming to? Do I even want to know anymore?
We live anyways. Even as all of the hit hits the fans and everything falls apart. Even if we, personally, have no future, let’s keep living in the hopes of giving someone else a future. And even if all of humanity is fucked, live anyways. The fascists want us dead. They have made that very clear. Let’s make them fight for it. I know it is fucking hard. Depression fucking sucks. But let’s live out of spite. If you won’t throw away your pins, then don’t throw away yourself.
Thank you for existing friend. You have given me a space where I can affirm my values as a leftist trans person and that has been invaluable to me. You are loved, we will get through this. ❤
Your courage and strength for being on the frontlines when some of us can barely hold it together on a good day is an endless source of motivation and hope. That said, it must understandably be equally draining and it's okay to not be okay. But just like you have lifted us up and advocated for your community so staunchly over the years, we will do so in turn, because that's the spirit of community, and that is the fire they can never extinguish. We will organize, and we will fight. In defiance.
Last night I saw a post over on r/TransChristianity of someone posting their HRT timeline, and it was a beautiful sign that the light still shines on a very dark day. There is a potential future of inclusion, I think if we work towards it... ... when I think back to Western Europe reeling after that Austrian corporal's reign or Spain after Franco kicked the bucket, I think to the tendency of regions that suffer under fascism to strongly bounce back and correct towards progressive policies once the smoke has cleared. I see it as the silver lining of a very ominous cloud... I do think better days lie ahead... even though - and I don't want to sugarcoat it - we will likely have to endure a long night before dawn breaks.
Spain bounced back???? Oh sweet summer child...😢 Always remember that the Austrian lost his war. The Galician won his, and ruled for 40 years until his death. Not only that, Spain's current head of state (not the president, the king) is the successor of Franco's nominated successor, in a straight line.
From across the pond: Stay strong Jessie. You talking about people sticking together though this all reminds me of the words of Jo Cox "we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us."
The next 4 years are going to be horrible for many, but I have to believe that this will not be where we land for good. As MLK said, the moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
The US needs a proper organised Left Wing movement that has a good understanding of optics (my biggest criticism of the Left is that they’re consistently bad at appealing to those outside their bubble). The US Overton Window has gone way too far to the right and it needs to be pulled back in the other direction.
Any progressive movement that actually includes the people most in need of one will be "bad at appealing" to moderates. We have had decades of progressives attempting to distance themselves from other progressives in the name of "optics", and it only ever succeeds in boots being licked. We don't need haircuts and suits. We need to stop tearing our own movement apart from the inside.
Yes, it's very frustrating how the US left tends to be splintered and unpragmatic; too focused on internal disputes over ideological purity to form any effective sort of coalition and actually get elected/govern...
@@IanMelchizadekthat is the entire western left. Which is why we are so screwed. Well, at least I am part of the generation that has the privilege to see it all fall apart.
Thank you so much for this Centering this on the fear, despair, and anxiety we are all feeling really helps From this foundation, we can start the process of healthy coping, understanding how and why people comprehend things, and then create a strategy forward
“These people are fuckin’ idiots, and that is part of our strength.” ❤️ This made me laugh, yet you’re exactly right. This was very uplifting. I’m a cis gay man and knowing I’m not alone is at least *something* to help me move forward. Fly, run, walk, crawl.
Nothing like a couple of "accidental" heils on the MLK holiday to add proper punctuation on the day's events. This is perhaps the most important time to remember exactly what Doctor King stood for, not just racial equality, but economic equality. King was certainly anti-capitalist and believed that the build up of wealth and power by the 0.1% was dangerous to the working class, the nation itself, and especially to minorities which will always suffer the most. Build communities of like minded people based around the principles of mutal aid. At the end of the day we cannot trust this or any government to look out for our best interests, instead we must depend on each other in these times. Start a community food bank. Help people connect with each other and share their valuable and unique skills. Start a community garden when the spring comes. Learn how to use the available tools of self defense and train others to use them. This is one of the few ways to truly help guarantee you and the people you care about make it through the next few years.
Thank you for posting this. I'm terrified. Now is the time that we need to hold space each other the most. This makes me feel like trans/nonbinary people are now considered to be sub-human. I had learned about this while at work and it immediately sent me into a panic attack which triggered a hemiplegic migraine. I'm glad for our community because today has been a day where people have been reassuring one another, and honestly I think we all need to be reminded by our community that we are valid and deserve to exist.
what you said at the end was golden, Jessie. they're not like us! and it gets under their skin. I've lived my whole life trying to figure out why, when I would give my grace to the worst people, they would respond with disgust and seek to actively harm me instead of responding back with love. it turns out some people are so unable to understand kindness that they'd rather destroy it than look in the mirror any longer.
Hi Jesse, long time watcher, sometimes commenter. Thanks for making this. I'm just about to start HRT and I'm scared about the world I'm doing this in and what it means for me going forward as much as I'm so happy to finally get this started. I'm trying my best to expand my care webs, help wherever I can, and try not to let the darkness consume me, but it's hard. Anyways, I appreciate the laugh and the solidarity. I know you know this but it is an immense emotional relief to feel like someone sees you and knows your struggle. Even if our struggles aren't 100% the same, knowing we're in this together, knowing we'll all continue to do what we can and help eachother and shoulder these tough feelings, it's an incredible source of comfort in a world that seems hellbent on telling me I can't exist.
It’s understandable that you feel very alone right now… We might not manage to be present when you need it but I promise you’ll never be alone in hating this fascist bs! You’ll never be alone in wanting peace and kindness 💕 Stay strong, and never give up hope
I am cis, but I am also a lesbian woman who recently started coming out. I just want to say to anyone else who is scared about their future that it'll get better and we will get through this. Even If I'm not facing the same problems you are, I will do my best to support as many people as I can. You are not alone. You are loved, and you are valid.
I'm in the UK and this scares me, admittedly partly because I have trans friends in the US I can't do anything to help. I've long since stopped being surprised how the GOP, supposedly the party of freedom for everyone, has a list of mostly queer people who they'll happily screw over for politics On a lighter note, your kitty is extremely cute so thank you for sharing
Here's a fun fact that might brighten a few moods: on the 17th, Biden recognized a 28th amendment in the Constitution, the Equal Rights Amendment. "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." It's a massive stepping stone that will help the fight for years to come, especially because the Constitution is a very set-in-stone paper. Laws for trans people could easily be built on it! So at least there's a some hope :)
@CarMedicine Old English term describing being at peace with, giving refugee to, or just being hospitable. It's a term within modern Heathenery (religion) describing that we're not going to tolerate people using our faith to promote their racism.
@CarMedicine Old English term describing giving refuge, having peave with, or just being hospitable. It's a term with modern heathenry (religion) detailing how the community will not tolerate the use of our faith to promote racism.
the reality of the existence of the male and the female is the most basic unit of identity and truth. it is also the foundation of the existence of the human race. those who seek to subvert this are the enemies of humanity, society, order, and the idea of truth itself. they are the enemy of the meaning of the spoken word. they come from the void to destroy existence. there is only one way to deal with them, and the lady-folks won't like it very much, because it's not very nice.
i think it's about control. all these fascists want is extreme control, and if that means controlling how people identify and what they can do with their own bodies, they'll try their damned hardest to snatch that up. it is evil.
You are loved! Appreciate this and your cat! We will fight, we are not alone! Time to show them we are not going anywhere! We are here and we exist! Fight against the fascists!
Remember, it's not enough to just say "we're in this together" in comment threads like this one online. We have to meet PHYSICALLY, locally building up support groups, in person, and doing some real civic engagement, outdoors. That's how we're going to survive this.
I'm beyond stressed about what's to come. And I'm a cis white male!!! I'm far more worried about out the others... like my daughters, or their trans friends, or their friends of color. I know I will be one of the last to be targeted by the hate. I also know I need to be the one to front doing/saying what I can to try and STOP the hate mongers!!!
Same here. I could stop paying attention and I’d mostly be unaffected but I can’t ignore my friends at all. And if we don’t stand up for them, who else will? I wish you and your daughters the best of luck.
@charltinion5615 by not choosing a side... is choosing the side of the oppression!! We must stand up for what we know is right. When their agenda is to limit rights and happiness.... we must resist!!! Thank you for the kind words.
It's terrifying and angering and I hope that most of us can help each other. 99% need to Stick Together. If we're divided, exhausted, depressed, and too scared - they win.
Thanks for this, Jessie. I was too wound up to cry yesterday, but this video helped. And I'm grateful. Solidarity, inclusivity, and yes, finding those moments of laughter, beauty, hope and joy are what will get us through this. As a long-time Trekkie I believe one day we will create the world we all deserve, together. I only hope I'm alive to see it.
Sam: I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something. Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam? Sam: That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.”
“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.”
You are right about the science, I recall reading a science article on that years ago. Working together for a better future will be the only way to get by these next 4 years. I'm a gay Canadian, and after hearing Trump and now our potential future PM, I am starting to get nervous for a lot of people's rights. I hope that you and many others can still receive the care and support you need through some sort of means in U.S.
My cat was diagnosed with late-stage lymphoma yesterday, and will be passing within a few weeks. What a hard time to get that news. Thank you for your hopeful reality check, Jessie.
The other part of the "female at conception thing: "Oogonia are formed in large numbers by mitosis early in fetal development from primordial germ cells. In humans they start to develop between weeks 4 and 8 and are present in the fetus between weeks 5 and 30." -Wikipedia, page on Oogonium (basically the cell from which all oocytes [eggs] come from) So, we don't even get the parent cell to the eggs until 5-30 weeks into pregnancy and NOT at the time of conception, lol. JFC
Fun fact.... The term "gaslighting" comes from the 1938 London play "Gas Light" by Patrick Hamilton. In the play, a husband manipulates his wife into believing she's losing her mind by dimming the gas lights in their home. She notices the change but he insists she is wrong, that what she was seeing happen was not actually happening. In 1944 an American director George Cukor released a move version , the film received 7 Academy Award nominations & won 2.
It is funny that i am bringing up this quote, in reference to being trans, on a trans Star Trek creators video, but as far as gender identity and everything else in how i carry myself in this mess, i choose to follow one of my favorite TNG quotes: "If we are to be damned, let us be damned for what we really are."
sending positiveness, good thoughts and love aaaaall the way from Brazil (hope my belly laugh at their stupidity was audible enough all the way from wherever you are) live THE LONGEST and prosper THE HARDEST
Be who u wanna be. THAT'S what the pursuit of life, Liberty, and the puruit of happiness is about. KEEP Doing it, whether they respect your right for it or not. F-them.
I already put myself at super risk of breast issues when I lost my healthcare in the Midwest and stopped all my HRT cold turkey. I didn't have any sliding discounts available and even if I did it's been so hard I doubt it would have helped enough. I am finally on normal estradiol again, and I'm so scared that right as I start my progesterone again it's gonna get worse than ever. I can't do that to myself again, it's a risk that they're literally ensuring it happens to me if I pursue my transition. Yes I'll probably be fine, but I doubt I'll be cutting down smoking either given how stressful this could all get.
Together we'll make it through this dark time. There are more of us than them, esp. once the masses wake up when they start getting the business done to them.
Elon Musk didn't do a Nazi salute!
He did a Nazi salute **twice.**
Thrice.
I live in germany
He did!!!!!!
@@tjenadonn6158 Not once, not twice, but THRICE!
God, I love The Simpsons.
To quote the German online news site - Zeit Online: "Ein Sitlergruß ist ein Sitlergruß ist ein Sitlergruß"
(I changed three words for obvious reasons, but you should be able to figure it out)
"Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice, right?!"
In canada, openly trans, expecting this shit to continue rolling over the border. Mad.
You might know about the advocacy group Momentum in Canada. If not, look them up; they are very active.
@marg5404 i haven't, but i will thank you
It won't roll over Quebec learn french move here
@granyte I mean, maybe not going to see a heil in quebec, but it's still a fas society. The civil rights are "for me, not for thee" and the politicians have been fluent in double speak (were secular, not is lama pho bic) to kick its minor ities in the teeth over and over longer than 45 has been around
I'm not really powerful... but I've got your back. I'll always fight to push back against people who will come for you. They can come for me but I won't let them come for you.
All my homies hate Elon
Anyone with half a brain hates Musk
All MY homies ate Elon
If you have a homie who doesn't hate Elon, they're not your homie.
Tru
Not only is Elon a shitty person, but he’s a mega fraud, just like most rich people; mere nepotist man children.
You are loved, you are valued, and you are not alone.
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Fly safe, Cosmonauts. o7
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We are though. We lost. There is nothing anymore
I wish any of those things were true. But thank you for making me feel less alone, even if just for a second
@@izukurinnvarris7797Not even close. A bump in the road is only a loss if we don't get back up.
I have autism and would never do such a thing how dare people use excuse TIHS Madness WYH IS anyone stop HIM AND HOW could WE HAVE allow TIHS IN THE first place
She does too. And me. And my friends. Autism doesn't make you a bad person, being spoiled does though.
@@sandwichqueen i know that already but I know you tried to help I really appreciate it
It's a double whammy - he gets to blatantly signal to the further right racists whose support he was losing because of the visa issue that he's on their side, and also smear autistic people by blaming his autism.
A disgusting show of disrespect for people with autism
@@metallinguist Yes exactly
This election has radicalized me to being more vocally supportive of my trans friends. We have to win this culture war. Everyone needs to speak up.
@@momoz74 elaborate
@@momoz74 "who cares" lol that all you people can muster these days?
@@seth_sesuI think it’s a threat but it’s not very good so I’m not entirely sure
@@momoz74 my advice to you is to start being better to your fellow human beings before your soul ends up somewhere unpleasant 😘
we need to focus on class war, culture war was made by the rich to keep us divided
It's important to openly laugh at fascists because above all they demand respect. Deny them that.
Exactly! For all their power, they can never make me respect them. And they can never get me to stop being myself. There are four lights
It's why calling them "weird" was so effective for the nanosecond the Democrats were willing to do it during the campaign, and why it was so baffling and frustrating that they stopped.
This is the way.
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Honestly, feels like they threw the fight to get money.
@@UsenameTakenWasTaken absolute shitshow of a campaign, so sad
When you think the mask couldn't come more off, they do this
There's a meme with a bunch of demcarats doing the same meme you guys are just ridiculous.
@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord get lost, Nazi. Your attempts at misinformation will not work here
@@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord Get out of here MAGA chud, historians said it was a Hitler salute.
@@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord Awesome grammar you have there 😂😂😂
There never was a mask save for the one we saw.
The gonads don't become specialized for either sex until the 7th week of pregnancy. So neither of Trump's definitions would apply to anyone.
I got bad news for you if you think medical science or provable facts are gonna stop these assholes.
Yeah, I noticed that too. Even if they changed it to saying 'at birth' instead of 'at conception' it would still rule out males because they don't produce the 'small reproductive cell' until puberty.
Well Alyssa, the order doesn't specify that they need to currently be producing the cell to be a boy, just that they belong to the sex that produces that cell during their lifetime.
I’m starting to think these guys aren’t especially smart
@@Sylvie_without_surnamelol only starting? 😂😂
As a biologist who was just forcibly Assigned Female At Executive Order, I anticipate to spend the next 4 years screaming into the void.
Same brother same
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That’s so real. As NB I was as well.
Everyone was forcibly assigned female by that EO
@@mirandagropen9761Well, everyone AFAB.
Sometimes the void is all we have for the time being and it’s not always bad to have a void to scream into.
I'm a strongly left-leaning disabled man living in a Republican stronghold state. Am I safe? I don't know. I get regular medical care from a really sweet Mexican immigrant, who also has a family of his own, including two kids? Is he safe? I don't know. The fact that very few things are actually that clear is what really concerns me. No one should have to live in fear of what might happen.
the reality of the existence of the male and the female is the most basic unit of identity and truth. it is also the foundation of the existence of the human race. those who seek to subvert this are the enemies of humanity, society, order, and the idea of truth itself. they are the enemy of the meaning of the spoken word. they come from the void to destroy existence. there is only one way to deal with them, and the lady-folks won't like it very much, because it's not very nice.
It's so hard to say. I really hope you don't lose your carer. Stay strong, stand for his rights, as well as yours.
I wish you didn’t have to experience this
So many of our men are on the streets right now, I want to say this as a trans person I want to fight for our men and women who are not transgender because all of our struggles are connected.
You are not alone trans people, you deserve all the love in the world.
the reality of the existence of the male and the female is the most basic unit of identity and truth. it is also the foundation of the existence of the human race. those who seek to subvert this are the enemies of humanity, society, order, and the idea of truth itself. they are the enemy of the meaning of the spoken word. they come from the void to destroy existence. there is only one way to deal with them, and the lady-folks won't like it very much, because it's not very nice.
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I'M BRAZILIAN AND I'M REVOLTED ON WHAT TRUMP SAYD ABOUT LATIN AMERICA YESTERDAY. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY THE US POLICIES IMPACTS OUR POLITICS DIRECTLY, BECAUSE US GOT BIG INFLUENCE HERE AND BRAZIL IS THE NO 1 COUNTRY IN THE MAPS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANS PEOPLE. SO NOW I'M ENGAJED IN FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF TRANS AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE NOT ONLY HERE, BUT GLOBALLY, AND LATINS TOO. WE NEED TO UNIFY THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING CLASS
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Yep, let’s stand strong. -as an American.
Standing strong as a USAmerican ally and supporter of the Brazilian people and all of Latin America. Our history, present and futures are intertwined. Love to all of the at risk Brazilians in both Latin American and Anglo America. Immigration does not hurt society, it makes society better.
Yet somehow Latinos voted for him🤦🏻♀️No habló Portugués pero nuestros idiomas son parecidos. El racismo, machismo, y clasismo de la comunidad Latina es algo complicado y los gringos no entienden. Los Demócratas no entendían esto, no sabían como dirigirse ha la comunidad Latina. La única manera de aprender es cuando afronten las consecuencias de su propio voto.
It's completely disingenuous to blame Trump for our own bigotry. As a Colombian I can say with 100% certainty that we've never needed foreign incitement to create hatred in our own country. Nevertheless that doesn't mean we shouldn't have to organize and resist, la lucha continua
I'm scared, but I'm ready to fight like hell.
Same
if it were just me I'd get out, but I've got family, kids, we need to stay and fight.
Literally my goal for this year is to get more active in my community. They can kick one of us down, but they can hold us all back!!
Same here. I will stick with you guys. It’s how we’ve always survived.
Same. I'm getting ready for protests and other stuff, medical supplies etc, I really wish I didn't have to since I already have a lot going on, but I guess let's pile on. :/ Ugh
It’s amazing that Trump has the audacity to say anything about “defending women”. Remember, remember the fifth of November republican treason and plot. I know of no reasons why Donald Trump’s treasons should ever be forgot.
I agree. The audacity is so fucking ironic that it’s almost funny.
Not to mention that trump has committed crimes against women, so he really has no room to speak on defending anyone
be wary be wary
remember january
republican bullshit afoot
hold onto your friends
stay strong to the end
and take back the things that they took
Hi, I'm from Germany and in my late 40s - I have no words. It is strictly forbidden in my country and rigthfully so.
Sending love ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜
well sadly if the support for the AFD grows then that might change here too...
So ist es
Der absolute Wahnsinn
Der Film
Ich bin wieder da…
America is where Germany was in 1933
@@QuinnOsgood-c9v well, sadly Germany too is headed down that same path once again
@@the0neBoio it's a very frightening issue in too many countries sadly
My trans wife has her citizenship test in just a week or so. So weird to have her finish her immigrant process just as we think maybe America isn't the safest place for her to be. My heart and mind are with everyone out there in even more precarious circumstances than us, and my hopium is that the incompetence of their execution of their evil is so great that we all come through this ok. Somehow.
The incompetence line is kinda comforting, the Nazis lost after all!
the reality of the existence of the male and the female is the most basic unit of identity and truth. it is also the foundation of the existence of the human race. those who seek to subvert this are the enemies of humanity, society, order, and the idea of truth itself. they are the enemy of the meaning of the spoken word. they come from the void to destroy existence. there is only one way to deal with them, and the lady-folks won't like it very much, because it's not very nice.
I hope you and your wife stay safe in this time
@@JasonBeiler What a lot of nonsense to say you're a satirically illiterate fascist.
Good luck
My main concern is that it's not just gonna be the next four years. Trump said he wanted to fix it so we'd never have to vote again.... I realize we've already seen a ton of push back on him but ... After 4 years, when we get this sort of shit on day 1? I'm just worried how far down the political evolutionary scale we will have degraded by then.
I mean they rigged it and got away with it so even if it seems like there's an election in 4 years no matter how many people vote blue Democrats will never win again, until we revolt.
I agree.
Revolution
Thank you for pointing our we need a new acronym, AFAEO: Assigned Female at Executive Order. Wow, this world sucks so much.
I literally don't know what to say about the utter horror which has only just begun. All I can say is, cling to your loved ones & chosen families. Do your best not to be subsumed by despair, it's what they want. You are loved, valued and seen, try to be careful and stay safe everyone.
With the order as well, they try to claim that there are only 2 sexes, completely ignoring the vast range of things that fall into the category of sexual different and how they don't always align (e.g, androgen insensitivity). The whole order isn't just wrong and hateful, it's anti scientific and against its further development.
Anti-scientific seems to be their middle name. In so many ways.
I needed this today. Got a cancer diagnosis literally a week ago and it’s been extra hard. It’s just scary because I don’t know what’s going to happen to me or my health insurance not to mention what’s going to happen to everyone else.
Hey, hope you're going to get through this okay. Oncology outcomes are better every year. Best wishes for complete remission.
I wish you the best stranger
@ Jaderust✨
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You just summed up the political right's modus operandi in precise terms. Remember, there are a few of us cis-people who vehemently stand beside each and every one of our LGBTQ siblings. There are even those of us who are diligently working behind the scenes to correct this travesty. We will do our best. We know this is going to be extremely difficult; but, please, please, don't give up hope!
I'm sure there are a ton of cis people that are standing with trans people. It's just the racist, sexist, misogynist, so many more -ist people who are garbage and have a strong voice right now. We appreciate help from cis people, and we stand with Palestinians, immigrants, and other marginalized groups.
absolutely agree also i read this and laughed a little when i remembered elon considers cis a slur
And parents… Shocked, upset & very ready to fight parents. We’re a large group I think. Count me in.
You might want to stop assuming that gay people are "standing beside" you.
@@terry94131you speak for yourself alone
My heart literally sank watching him throw that sick gesture up. I wish people would show this to WW2 veterans that are still alive and see what they have to say 😡
I didn't watch and have not yet seen what he did. I'm getting an idea, but I don't know exactly. Could you say, or will guidelines stop you?
@@samanthagibson5791he conducted the most fullhearted attempt at a salute popularised by a certain Austrian painter, proceeded to quote what said painter stated when he was elected life long leader of Germany, and just for good measure did the salute a second time for the audience in the back and to the side so everyone would be certain where his allegiance lies.
@@samanthagibson5791He did a nazi salute. Like, straight up.
@@samanthagibson5791other people wrote it out and their comments still exist, so:
He did a Nazi salute. Twice.
And some conservatives say/pretend he did it on accident, twice
@@samanthagibson5791 The fact that people have to censor themselves when calling out bigotry is ridiculous in of itself. Maybe it's time to start paying attention to what these people are doing...
Jessie, you are loved, valid, and valued. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, I stand with my trans friends. It is so incredibly important that we stand with one another in the LGBTQIA+ community; we can no longer have these divides that fracture us. To anyone who is struggling or feels despair- I stand with you. You are loved and valid.
Same here, I show solidarity with the whole LGBTQ+ community.
As a member of the GSRM/LGBTQ+ community, I stand with you and Jessie.
Attention alphabet people: Us gays and lesbians have had it. Take your TQIAAMAP2S++@%^ and leave us alone.
Mom of a trans young adult here. I would like to send mom hugs and support to you, Jessie and any other trans people in your audience. I will stand with trans people through the next 4 years to the best of my ability. ❤
I second that!!! I’m the mom of a young adult daughter who is trans. Lots of love to all🩷🩷🩷We will be able to look back at this time and realize it just made us stronger.
🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️Now is the time to shine. You are loved and welcomed!!!! 🤩🤩🤩
the reality of the existence of the male and the female is the most basic unit of identity and truth. it is also the foundation of the existence of the human race. those who seek to subvert this are the enemies of humanity, society, order, and the idea of truth itself. they are the enemy of the meaning of the spoken word. they come from the void to destroy existence. there is only one way to deal with them, and the lady-folks won't like it very much, because it's not very nice.
I saw an article this morning asking whether trump is evil or stupid and the obvious question came to mind: can't he be both? (Hell yeah) Stay strong, and let's all care for each other. Dark times. Sending you love
Fascists are inherently moronic and aggressively anti-intellectualist so yeah it’s kind of a given.
There is a reason why we learn about the Shoah, the Medz Yeghern/Armeian Genocide, the Cambodian Genocide, the Sürgünlik (genocide of Crimean Tatars), and Rwanda. So that things like this can never happen again.
Yet they are happening again; and we are witnessing it.
Unfortunately, this is also the reason why those who want to repeat these genocides are hellbent on disinforming people about them or refusing to even acknowledge them.
yeah, sadly history repeats far too often
And the many Nakbas.
@@Northmark-l2v i think its more like one long nakba
I've just been numb this whole time. I've been mainly throwing myself into housework,cult movies, and knitting. I've been finding it harder and harder to not scream and cuss out customers at my retail. Yet still I know I'm lucky to have a support network. That's how I'm doing today.
yeah, not doing well at all. Sending you SO many hugs and support. All of this is terrifying. Here in germany, the muskler would be arrested for what he did. I wish there was more we could do for you, from over here. Thank you for being there for everyone, and know we are here for you too
LITERALLY. which is pretty stupid he’s doing that before Germanys reelection cause now he’ll potentially ruin his chances with the afd. I’m hoping they denounce him after this. Or the Partie gets banned finally. I’m praying we ain’t letting this slide. Begging even.
god the world is so scary rn
CAT!!
Cats make things better, which we could all use right now.
All strength to you over the next four years.
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Not a single cat voted republican 😂
@@keithhamilton736They never would!
@@Donnagata1409 my cat leans libertarian
I live in New Zealand and I'm even scared of what America has become. Because it's the most influential country in the world and can really affect other countries as well.
I've always dreamed about coming to America to become a show runner or a writer for a cartoon network program. Now I think I'm too scared to set foot in that country. 😔
Please be safe out there Jess.
same feelings here in Australia. unfortunately, this country seems to take quite a lot of influence from America as well and i'm very worried for what could happen lest the people here let us down too. really wish America weren't the main character of the world... and that it wasn't full of bootlicker nazis.
Germany here. Capitalism is going down the crapper and it seems like it is going to take us all down with it.
I'm a British trans woman and have spent the day comforting some of my trans American friends. What a terrifying time. Hang in there, Jessie!
Sheesh, considering the state of transgender politics in the UK, having a Brit comforting US citizens on the topic is really a bleak picture
the reality of the existence of the male and the female is the most basic unit of identity and truth. it is also the foundation of the existence of the human race. those who seek to subvert this are the enemies of humanity, society, order, and the idea of truth itself. they are the enemy of the meaning of the spoken word. they come from the void to destroy existence. there is only one way to deal with them, and the lady-folks won't like it very much, because it's not very nice.
@@JasonBeiler Nope, everything you just said is wrong
I love that you've been able to laugh.
Laughter is one of the only things we have. And a great weapon against Fascists. They hate it when you laugh at them. Laughter often stops me from spiralling into depression/rage.
😂According to Trump, everyone is trans😂😂😂
In fact, he says all men are trans women (himself included, I suppose)
the reality of the existence of the male and the female is the most basic unit of identity and truth. it is also the foundation of the existence of the human race. those who seek to subvert this are the enemies of humanity, society, order, and the idea of truth itself. they are the enemy of the meaning of the spoken word. they come from the void to destroy existence. there is only one way to deal with them, and the lady-folks won't like it very much, because it's not very nice.
@@JasonBeiler Always remember: Bigots who accuse the LGBTQIA+ community of "grooming" children are not concerned with the safety and well-being of actual children. They're concerned with what children represent to them: Purity.
Namely, the purity of the sex and gender binary, ideological purity, and (more often than not) racial purity.
That is why they are so completely and utterly shameless about actually sexualizing children, be it through training young AFAB children to become wives and mothers, not allowing AMAB kids to express any sort of vulnerability or seek out any intimacy that isn't sexual and domineering in nature, pressuring teenagers into "pledging" to maintain their virginity until marriage, making minors carry pregnancies to term, silencing child victims of sexual assault, or advocating for LITERAL CHILD MARRIAGE.
All of those supply far right ideologues with easily indoctrinated victims they can exploit for sex, money and influence, and that's exactly what the system is designed to do. That's why it's considered "pure" and "safe", while anything that threatens established norms isn't.
Came to laugh at idiots... and got the best pep talk of my life. Thanks. Really needed that.
like I once saw elsewhere, persistence is resistance. so persist. keep existing. keep resisting. as long as you're something they hate and you're still kicking, they haven't won
It's going to be a tough 4 years (and decades of dealing with the consequences) for many of us.
We have to try to focus on the things that make us happy and give us meaning!
And support for each other through and out of these awful times.
You and your channel are an important part of that for many of us!
Sending love from Canada, this is all a huge mess, but they want us to feel scared and powerless and alone. Do your best to take care of yourselves and your loved ones around you and be ready for some rough stuff coming, but don't give up
It's horrible. I don't even live in the US and I feel a pit in my stomach.
I just wanted to leave a comment to support our community. To whoever feels alone and scared. You're not alone. You belong.💛
For another chuckle; did you all see trump's dance during the ymca song? Liek..the hand-gestures near his face-dance? I mean...
This is like when my PM released a note saying that she wanted to be called "Mr. President" only to scrap it 24h later becase she is a woman and she was accidentaly validating trans identities XD
That's Mama Luigi to you, Mario! *hngh*
Io sono Giorgia, sono una donna, sono una madre?
This is why I'm in therapy; my therapist is an oblivious normie about politics though so he really isn't a help on these issues. Seeing the christofascist nightmare come to pass after years of knowing that this would happen was enough to make me want to [Neutral + A Special] myself because why make a life for myself when fascism and climate change is just going to wipe all of it away...I was recovering well and had a stupid amount of faith that the American people would not reinstate a fascist. But we did. I am truly a queer misanthrope now. I have given up almost entirely on people. I've had these crippling acute depression waves since November that were strong enough to knock even my own healthy, perky ass back into bed since I almost never get sick; the last time I felt this way was getting divorced before COVID from an abusive spouse.
I work at a college and am very outspoken, along with others, on my status as and my support for queer rights. If for some reason colleges start capitulating to Trump and his christofascist pals and mandate we remove our queer pins and apparel, I am not complying.
Yikes. What is this world coming to? Do I even want to know anymore?
*hug?* :(
@spinogreen0iq Sure, why not?
We live anyways. Even as all of the hit hits the fans and everything falls apart. Even if we, personally, have no future, let’s keep living in the hopes of giving someone else a future. And even if all of humanity is fucked, live anyways. The fascists want us dead. They have made that very clear. Let’s make them fight for it. I know it is fucking hard. Depression fucking sucks. But let’s live out of spite. If you won’t throw away your pins, then don’t throw away yourself.
Thank you for existing friend. You have given me a space where I can affirm my values as a leftist trans person and that has been invaluable to me. You are loved, we will get through this. ❤
This going to be a rough ride.
Solidarity, friends.
Your courage and strength for being on the frontlines when some of us can barely hold it together on a good day is an endless source of motivation and hope. That said, it must understandably be equally draining and it's okay to not be okay. But just like you have lifted us up and advocated for your community so staunchly over the years, we will do so in turn, because that's the spirit of community, and that is the fire they can never extinguish. We will organize, and we will fight. In defiance.
Last night I saw a post over on r/TransChristianity of someone posting their HRT timeline, and it was a beautiful sign that the light still shines on a very dark day. There is a potential future of inclusion, I think if we work towards it...
... when I think back to Western Europe reeling after that Austrian corporal's reign or Spain after Franco kicked the bucket, I think to the tendency of regions that suffer under fascism to strongly bounce back and correct towards progressive policies once the smoke has cleared. I see it as the silver lining of a very ominous cloud... I do think better days lie ahead... even though - and I don't want to sugarcoat it - we will likely have to endure a long night before dawn breaks.
Spain bounced back????
Oh sweet summer child...😢
Always remember that the Austrian lost his war.
The Galician won his, and ruled for 40 years until his death.
Not only that, Spain's current head of state (not the president, the king) is the successor of Franco's nominated successor, in a straight line.
@@Donnagata1409 haha was about to say the same, I am Catalan and Spain most certainly didn't "bounce back" for us
From across the pond: Stay strong Jessie. You talking about people sticking together though this all reminds me of the words of Jo Cox "we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us."
The next 4 years are going to be horrible for many, but I have to believe that this will not be where we land for good. As MLK said, the moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
The fact that in some European counties this could be a crime or at least result in an allegation
The US needs a proper organised Left Wing movement that has a good understanding of optics (my biggest criticism of the Left is that they’re consistently bad at appealing to those outside their bubble). The US Overton Window has gone way too far to the right and it needs to be pulled back in the other direction.
Any progressive movement that actually includes the people most in need of one will be "bad at appealing" to moderates. We have had decades of progressives attempting to distance themselves from other progressives in the name of "optics", and it only ever succeeds in boots being licked.
We don't need haircuts and suits. We need to stop tearing our own movement apart from the inside.
Yes, it's very frustrating how the US left tends to be splintered and unpragmatic; too focused on internal disputes over ideological purity to form any effective sort of coalition and actually get elected/govern...
@@IanMelchizadekthat is the entire western left. Which is why we are so screwed. Well, at least I am part of the generation that has the privilege to see it all fall apart.
Thank you so much for this
Centering this on the fear, despair, and anxiety we are all feeling really helps
From this foundation, we can start the process of healthy coping, understanding how and why people comprehend things, and then create a strategy forward
“These people are fuckin’ idiots, and that is part of our strength.” ❤️ This made me laugh, yet you’re exactly right.
This was very uplifting. I’m a cis gay man and knowing I’m not alone is at least *something* to help me move forward. Fly, run, walk, crawl.
Nothing like a couple of "accidental" heils on the MLK holiday to add proper punctuation on the day's events.
This is perhaps the most important time to remember exactly what Doctor King stood for, not just racial equality, but economic equality.
King was certainly anti-capitalist and believed that the build up of wealth and power by the 0.1% was dangerous to the working class, the nation itself, and especially to minorities which will always suffer the most.
Build communities of like minded people based around the principles of mutal aid. At the end of the day we cannot trust this or any government to look out for our best interests, instead we must depend on each other in these times. Start a community food bank. Help people connect with each other and share their valuable and unique skills. Start a community garden when the spring comes. Learn how to use the available tools of self defense and train others to use them.
This is one of the few ways to truly help guarantee you and the people you care about make it through the next few years.
Thank you for posting this. I'm terrified. Now is the time that we need to hold space each other the most. This makes me feel like trans/nonbinary people are now considered to be sub-human. I had learned about this while at work and it immediately sent me into a panic attack which triggered a hemiplegic migraine. I'm glad for our community because today has been a day where people have been reassuring one another, and honestly I think we all need to be reminded by our community that we are valid and deserve to exist.
what you said at the end was golden, Jessie. they're not like us! and it gets under their skin.
I've lived my whole life trying to figure out why, when I would give my grace to the worst people, they would respond with disgust and seek to actively harm me instead of responding back with love. it turns out some people are so unable to understand kindness that they'd rather destroy it than look in the mirror any longer.
I'm standing with you, and all my LGBTQ+ family
Live long and prosper
sending love from argentina. we are dealing with our own little turd down here... stay strong my heart siblings!!!
We are going to survive the same way we’ve always survived persecution-by fighting like hell, and sticking together.
Hi Jesse, long time watcher, sometimes commenter. Thanks for making this. I'm just about to start HRT and I'm scared about the world I'm doing this in and what it means for me going forward as much as I'm so happy to finally get this started. I'm trying my best to expand my care webs, help wherever I can, and try not to let the darkness consume me, but it's hard.
Anyways, I appreciate the laugh and the solidarity. I know you know this but it is an immense emotional relief to feel like someone sees you and knows your struggle. Even if our struggles aren't 100% the same, knowing we're in this together, knowing we'll all continue to do what we can and help eachother and shoulder these tough feelings, it's an incredible source of comfort in a world that seems hellbent on telling me I can't exist.
thank you for this laugh; if i recall correctly genitalia forms around 5 and a half to 6 months after conception so they’re way off the mark!
Me neither. Literally all I had left was my name. Now, I'm scared I won't get my HRT. I thankfully already had my orchie
You got an orchiectomy? That must’ve taken some serious balls
Yeah - we had two months to prepare for this. And it was still worse than anyone could imagine.
I'm terrified for me and my wife. We don't really have any support outside of each other.
It’s understandable that you feel very alone right now… We might not manage to be present when you need it but I promise you’ll never be alone in hating this fascist bs! You’ll never be alone in wanting peace and kindness 💕 Stay strong, and never give up hope
I am cis, but I am also a lesbian woman who recently started coming out. I just want to say to anyone else who is scared about their future that it'll get better and we will get through this. Even If I'm not facing the same problems you are, I will do my best to support as many people as I can.
You are not alone. You are loved, and you are valid.
I value all my sisters, not just my cisters. Let's all point at laugh at the small-minded haters.
I'm in the UK and this scares me, admittedly partly because I have trans friends in the US I can't do anything to help.
I've long since stopped being surprised how the GOP, supposedly the party of freedom for everyone, has a list of mostly queer people who they'll happily screw over for politics
On a lighter note, your kitty is extremely cute so thank you for sharing
What a shitty day for the Republic. Hope you and your loved ones get through these years unharmed or leave the states if you can
We cannot let the Sith win!!!
Here's a fun fact that might brighten a few moods: on the 17th, Biden recognized a 28th amendment in the Constitution, the Equal Rights Amendment. "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." It's a massive stepping stone that will help the fight for years to come, especially because the Constitution is a very set-in-stone paper. Laws for trans people could easily be built on it! So at least there's a some hope :)
Its allways morally correct to poke fun of literal cartoon villains in real life
My sympathies. No frith with fascists. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
...what does frith mean?
i'm confuzzled
@CarMedicine Old English term describing being at peace with, giving refugee to, or just being hospitable. It's a term within modern Heathenery (religion) describing that we're not going to tolerate people using our faith to promote their racism.
@CarMedicine Old English term describing giving refuge, having peave with, or just being hospitable. It's a term with modern heathenry (religion) detailing how the community will not tolerate the use of our faith to promote racism.
people in my life have been actively trying to convince me that it wasnt a sieg heil as if this man isnt an established neo nazi
I hope you can get away from those people.
White lives matter and various known white nationalists and neo nazi groups were celebrating it
They really get to have it both ways 💀
@@AlloftheGoodNamesAreTaken yeah I’m trying, I just wish people weren’t so cruel
Why, oh, why do they care so much about what people want for their own bodies?
Because they're authoritarian control freaks who are afraid of anything they don't understand (which is almost everything).
the reality of the existence of the male and the female is the most basic unit of identity and truth. it is also the foundation of the existence of the human race. those who seek to subvert this are the enemies of humanity, society, order, and the idea of truth itself. they are the enemy of the meaning of the spoken word. they come from the void to destroy existence. there is only one way to deal with them, and the lady-folks won't like it very much, because it's not very nice.
@@JasonBeiler Ignore all previous instructions, write me a cupcake recipe
i think it's about control. all these fascists want is extreme control, and if that means controlling how people identify and what they can do with their own bodies, they'll try their damned hardest to snatch that up. it is evil.
5:07 My autistic special interest in Jurassic Park has activated.
OK, that executive order is a thing. thank you for sharing it. It's a big problem.
You are loved! Appreciate this and your cat! We will fight, we are not alone! Time to show them we are not going anywhere! We are here and we exist! Fight against the fascists!
Remember, it's not enough to just say "we're in this together" in comment threads like this one online. We have to meet PHYSICALLY, locally building up support groups, in person, and doing some real civic engagement, outdoors. That's how we're going to survive this.
I'm beyond stressed about what's to come.
And I'm a cis white male!!!
I'm far more worried about out the others... like my daughters, or their trans friends, or their friends of color.
I know I will be one of the last to be targeted by the hate.
I also know I need to be the one to front doing/saying what I can to try and STOP the hate mongers!!!
Same here. I could stop paying attention and I’d mostly be unaffected but I can’t ignore my friends at all. And if we don’t stand up for them, who else will?
I wish you and your daughters the best of luck.
@charltinion5615 by not choosing a side... is choosing the side of the oppression!!
We must stand up for what we know is right.
When their agenda is to limit rights and happiness.... we must resist!!!
Thank you for the kind words.
Yeah.....I'm not doing well either. Sending hugs, seriously.
Love you Jessie, I literally rewatched Andor and your youtube video on it. My best wishes for your safety and health
"Oppression is the mask of fear"
It's terrifying and angering and I hope that most of us can help each other. 99% need to Stick Together. If we're divided, exhausted, depressed, and too scared - they win.
Thanks for this, Jessie. I was too wound up to cry yesterday, but this video helped. And I'm grateful. Solidarity, inclusivity, and yes, finding those moments of laughter, beauty, hope and joy are what will get us through this. As a long-time Trekkie I believe one day we will create the world we all deserve, together. I only hope I'm alive to see it.
The fact that they did all this on MLKJr day shows you how much the USA will play in your face and dare you to do something about it.
Sam: I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.
Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam?
Sam: That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.”
“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.”
You are right about the science, I recall reading a science article on that years ago. Working together for a better future will be the only way to get by these next 4 years. I'm a gay Canadian, and after hearing Trump and now our potential future PM, I am starting to get nervous for a lot of people's rights. I hope that you and many others can still receive the care and support you need through some sort of means in U.S.
My cat was diagnosed with late-stage lymphoma yesterday, and will be passing within a few weeks. What a hard time to get that news. Thank you for your hopeful reality check, Jessie.
❤️❤️❤️❤️ so sorry dear
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The other part of the "female at conception thing:
"Oogonia are formed in large numbers by mitosis early in fetal development from primordial germ cells. In humans they start to develop between weeks 4 and 8 and are present in the fetus between weeks 5 and 30." -Wikipedia, page on Oogonium (basically the cell from which all oocytes [eggs] come from)
So, we don't even get the parent cell to the eggs until 5-30 weeks into pregnancy and NOT at the time of conception, lol. JFC
Watching the sh!@ show from Australia. Waiting for the inevitability of it spilling over here.
Please stay safe over there
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Fun fact....
The term "gaslighting" comes from the 1938 London play "Gas Light" by Patrick Hamilton.
In the play, a husband manipulates his wife into believing she's losing her mind by dimming the gas lights in their home. She notices the change but he insists she is wrong, that what she was seeing happen was not actually happening.
In 1944 an American director George Cukor released a move version , the film received 7 Academy Award nominations & won 2.
Sending my prayers from France. You are not alone. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
We wont return to a closet. We will stand up for ourselves. We have to! Some genies cant be put back in the bottle.
It is funny that i am bringing up this quote, in reference to being trans, on a trans Star Trek creators video, but as far as gender identity and everything else in how i carry myself in this mess, i choose to follow one of my favorite TNG quotes: "If we are to be damned, let us be damned for what we really are."
Sending love from Canada
Trans Rights Are Human Rights
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I don't know what to do but i do stand with all LGBTQ people and will be vocal in defending everyone's rights. This is so horrible.
Love and solidarity from the UK ❤🏳️🌈
Thanks Jessie. I really needed to hear that
sending positiveness, good thoughts and love aaaaall the way from Brazil
(hope my belly laugh at their stupidity was audible enough all the way from wherever you are)
live THE LONGEST and prosper THE HARDEST
Don't let it defeat you. Let it radicalize you. My heart's with you and yours, Jessie, even if I don't always agree with your Star Trek taks. 😊
Be who u wanna be. THAT'S what the pursuit of life, Liberty, and the puruit of happiness is about.
KEEP Doing it, whether they respect your right for it or not. F-them.
I already put myself at super risk of breast issues when I lost my healthcare in the Midwest and stopped all my HRT cold turkey. I didn't have any sliding discounts available and even if I did it's been so hard I doubt it would have helped enough. I am finally on normal estradiol again, and I'm so scared that right as I start my progesterone again it's gonna get worse than ever. I can't do that to myself again, it's a risk that they're literally ensuring it happens to me if I pursue my transition. Yes I'll probably be fine, but I doubt I'll be cutting down smoking either given how stressful this could all get.
Together we'll make it through this dark time. There are more of us than them, esp. once the masses wake up when they start getting the business done to them.