After all of these years, you are still someone who I respect and have so much gratitude towards. Thank you for talking about something that I think most of us in the community are currently struggling to understand and cope with. Your perspective is eye-opening and gives me hope that maybe one day we can feel that sense of community that we all once felt.
Hi from Barcelona. Things are going very different here in Catalunya but there is this thing that is common in all comunity: we all have our personal point of view in every single thing . And I shall say it’s better because then we can learn, understand and maybe progress from each others. Then not every person who appear in our life can’t be a friend. But we are so little that WE HAVE to respect each other for, at least the only reason: we are trans no matter how. Men, women, non binary etc… In french we say: unity make you strong. Lets be united. Because right now many politicians and mean persons will take advantages if we dont keep our unity. Peace
Well said, Dade. Thanks for speaking on this. You are absolutely right. I loved what you said about how you are able to have discussions and listen to your friend with opposite viewpoints. I think this is such an important life skill. I've noticed that many people won't even listen to those with different perspectives, and maybe worse, will get shamed by others for doing so! How are we supposed to learn and grow and come together if we can't even speak to one another without getting shamed for it?
Glad to see you, very well said, being united is a force that is so powerful, the more we utilize that force the more the world will listen again, we all have come a long way and yes still got a ways to go but with consistency and unite with each other we can all move forward with a little more ease.
Thank you for your wise words on this! I first came to your UA-cam channel in 2012, when I was just beginning my transition. Back then I knew nothing and I was craving to see, that life could be good after a transition. You helped me a lot back then and I am still so grateful for that! But you are right. I mostly left the trans community once I felt good enough in my own skin and didn't have any more questions. And each time I tried to bond with someone not only from the trans, but also the whole queer community I experience, that sharing this part of your life means next to nothing on behalf of sharing the same values, believes or interests. I also feel this disconnection within the community. The disagreements, the violence against both inside and outside the community. I feel, that we have to come together and support each other again. Not in a way to harm others or to piss them off, but in a way to stabilize and secure ourselves. We are vulnerable, at the moment more than ever. Anti-trans legislation is spreading all over the world and this is something that endangers everybody. Even non-trans people. Because it's fuel to more legislation against minorities and people who are different. Maybe I'm just a random trans man from Germany, but if you are looking for support: here I am. I'm not a loud activist, or someone to start a rebellion. But I believe in many small acts of kindness and support such as speaking up here for you. Thank you again for your words.
I dont interact with the trans or LGBTQ+ community very much because of all the gate keeping thats been happening, i feel like it was best for my mental health and the health of how i veiw myself to step away from the communities for awhile, but ill always be around when it needs me
Thanks, man. To think we should all agree on everything is absurd as expecting *all* men to agree on everything, or *all* people of the same ethnic background but right now, we need solidarity because things are not good.
You are my role model Dade. Thank you so much for making this video! I only have been on T for 6.5 months, but have seen so much FTM on FTM hate over small disagreements in our community.
I agree with your viewpoints in this video and appreciate your way of speaking. I'm in recovery and what keeps coming up for me in this is "Principles before Personalities".
Glad this has been brought up. In my experience on fb I was in a trans gaming group. Of course with most groups including this one politics should not be spoken about to keep it with the topic of the group. One of the admins posted about trump so I reported it to an admin not realizing one of the admins was the person who posted it. They got mad said rude things and kicked me out of the group. I was sad, disappointed and angry about it. I couldn’t believe they make a rule they can break and support it. After that I found it hard to join many trans groups. Some groups weren’t very active or some were promoting their products or others ads for them to make money. It has become hard to find support just for needing help on information or to feel including as trans in groups with the same hobbies. Hoping that some of these groups change because it’s difficult to find small help as resources. I currently live in Vegas and right now finding doctors has become difficult. There are a few but too far away. But it it Vegas so I can’t say that it’s any better for most medical help in Vegas. Even those people who aren’t trans have been scammed and have difficult time here my mom with cancer got scammed even telling her she has no cancer with over 10yrs of medical history, this is stage 4 cancer so it doesn’t just disappear. Sorry rambling .
I have been feeling this for a few years now. I appreciate you sharing and giving words out loud to what I have been thinking. In the beginning, I didn’t have people in person to follow or connect with, it was the internet. I didn’t talk to people on the internet, when I tried I got shut out. You are one of the people I continue to follow since I stumbled upon your account many years ago. Your videos were always accessible. You always are thoughtful and reflective. I think I hear some Four Agreements in there. Thank you for being a thoughtful presence in the trans community.
Thank your for consistently creating thought provoking content! Following your journey has taught me a lot throughout the years and I am always happy to see your updates or thoughts on any given topic. Please keep it up! :) Personally, I'd be really interested in another video of male privilege, and how experiencing it throughout the years has sharpen your views on societal pressures.
Wise words to listen to. We are really divided, all of us. And it's not just about people in different camps disagreeing, but people in the same camp disagreeing and hating on each other. I am very blessed to have people in my life who are opposite in my world view, and we still have each other's backs. Others are not so lucky and I have heard terrible stories of how they are treated for simply having a different opinion. We are at a point where we can't talk and people refuse to listen. People seem to be more focused on being right that we lost focus of what we are fighting for. Much love to you, and I hope that in the near future, it will be the trans community and not the trans... community?
THIS! Thank you! You're absolutely right! I've been feeling the same way about this mess. Even if we don't agree with each other's personal belief systems, we desperately need to come together as a community during this (political) climate!
I agree. This is not a trend only of the Trans community, but humanity at large. In order to create a community says the Old texts books you either center around something we love or hate. The problem is the communities that despise us have meaning to their lives attached to it. They are dangerously uniting through Hate. I believe you should be more active, but its dangerous as well. Maybe start a forum online as a next step. I would call it "we agree to disagree, now let´s get on with surviving challenging times". I am sure its a test of endurance. Gathering creates a lot of energy and belonging.be safe u all!
Hi Dade, 11 1/2 years for me too and I'm still around. lol This is a great video for our community. Yes, the pain of the present political stance on Trans-people is horrible. This is a time to unite and understand just as you have mentioned, we all have our differences. Your last sentence was absolutely right on. We, as humans, should all be this way but without the scales off setting there'd be no challenges. Blessings to you and your family.
What date just told us at the end of this video about him and his friend? Is the very definition. Of extraordinary intelligence. An enlightenment. We As human beings. Should all strive to be as Dade and his friend. Have become.
Well said. I like hearing the voices of tolerance and moderation comming from trans people. I think the recent backlash against trans people stems from the loud voices of intolerant radical trans people drowning out the rest. We humans must learn not to dehuminize those with whom we disagree.
Somehow your videos showed up in my YT feed, you are very well spoken and might I add, incredibly handsome! For what it’s worth, I would never have guessed you are trans on the street.
Ive watched you from the beginning. I did not always agree with your political views but i always was in ahh of your strength. But you are correct. Things have changed. The climate is darker now. Just live your best life.
I didn’t get support. The support I got was a stranger driving me home after being at the hospital. And then some of my cis friends not being dismissive when I told I was trans. And one person helped me pay something when I couldn’t due my transition messing with my access to my bank account. That was the support I got. I have not gotten support by a trans community and I feel like I had to fight the trans community to just making it slightly better at supporting younger trans guys.
I am sorry you didn’t get the support you felt you needed. I didn’t get (or ask for) they kind of support you mention in your post. For me, support looked more like people putting themselves out there on YT and sharing their stories. It was nice to see people working through similar things.
It is a process. Thank you for sharing this. I believe that there is now more understanding and acceptance (albeit it wouldn't feel that way with all the anti-trans legislative bills being introduced) from allies outside the trans community, but getting ANY community to come together for a single purpose is not impossible - but can feel pretty hard to do nowadays.
Excellent mature words. As a cis woman, who followed and supported your journey from early on, I see the wider application of your wisdom voiced here. Thank you. Wishing you everything that’s possible and good
That thing is feeling like you have the support and acceptance. I am not my husband is and when he transitioned it was when he was 27 now he is 45. Life was much different then and there were not many trans people in our country at all especially FTMs. But definitely his political views are much different from many other people out their he is not for dems or the left. But one thing he does stand for is trans rights.
1) you gotta get on ticktock, young people need to hear you and the algorithm brings interested people to your message. 2) Your message is spot on. 3) let's come together under this - "Mississippi Republican Says Trans Rights Supporters Should Face a Firing Squad" Vice (2022) Verbatim quote: “Now the Godless have power and they are destroying our country,” Foster tweeted at Ritchie. “Soon we will have to deal with this directly.” He is not currently "in power" but -He was only saying th quiet part out loud. - Who do you think Rondahsantis ( current GOP presidential wannabee) will want in power to keep his base/ party happy after he is elected? - b) It's gonna take a lot to continue to distract them from the failure of their government. 4) I also grew up Jehovah's Witness during critical development. You were more indoctrinated than I was, I think ( 1st grade-4th grade only) but I think it developed in me a critical thinking that lacks in others and it makes me wonder. 5) READ "On Tyranny"
Unfortunately, a political view is extremely important in fighting the current battle. It's paramount to vote a certain "way" in order to maintain a democratic way of life free from those ridiculous and sometimes dangerous laws. Anyone involved with or in the LGBTQ+ community, especially trans (currently), has to be more politically aware then ever before. Start on a grassroots level, but definitely start educating yourself on those politicians running for elections. Find out what their beliefs are and what laws, legislation, or policies they've backed. At the end of the day, who you vote for, can be life changing-in a positive or negative way. Take care ❤
I 💯 agree. This is a grassroots political battle. With that being said - we aren’t going to agree across the board on all the issues. Unfortunately, and your point taken, LGBTQ+ rights are mostly fought for on the democratic side.
You mentioned anti-trans laws again in this video; I must ask again to which ones are you referring? If you're labeling legislation meant to prevent minors from so much as receiving lupron for the purposes of halting the natural development process as "anti-trans" I'm afraid I must vehemently disagree. If not, then I guess I'll have to eat my words lol But if so, we *_absolutely should_* be preventing the use of such "treatments" on minors. Lupron's primary function is to prevent repeat SO's from ever reoffending again. It is a means of *_chemical castration,_* and I kid you not someone in favor of using it on children once tried to tell me that that, its *_intended function and purpose by design,_* was a mere *_side effect,_* and a rare one at that. If you don't want transgender adults to be miserable their entire lives due to permanent impotence and zero libido, then don't halt their bodies' natural development cycle as children. To combat legislation meant to safeguard children from such a fate, I would need to be reasonably confident that there was something else in there that didn't need to be, that _would_ be a detriment to the trans community. If such a thing is not present in the legislation in question, then prohibiting doctors from administering leuprolide acetate to minors would not be anti-trans by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, it is ostensibly *_pro-trans._* I will not budge on this, and while I myself am not trans, there are a great many trans people who see the issue this way and rightly won't budge on it either.
If you a) aren't trans, and b) won't budge... then why comment here, and why should I respond?. You are trying to choose and speak for people you have no experience with. No thanks. History has enough of that.
@@ElectricDade Me not being trans should not preclude me from taking part in the discussion; on the contrary, growing up gay and rather gender non-conforming means this current hot button topic is rather relevant to me. Were I growing up now instead of when I did in the late 90's/early 2000's, I likely would be influenced by my peers to think that I _was_ trans when I am very much not. I have not claimed to speak for anyone. I have rightly pointed out that whether you like it or not, a great many trans people do in fact maintain, for very good reason, that the transition process should start in adulthood. The harms inflicted on children subjected to this are well known and well documented; thinning and brittle bones, teeth shedding enamel and cracking, degenerative spinal disks, painful joints, seizures, etc. Not to mention the *_lifelong infertility and zero sex drive I brought up earlier._* It is not even approved by the FDA for use on children, and in fact they have issued several warnings about doing so; are you going to go after them? Are you going to accuse them of being motivated by bigotry rather than being motivated by adhering to the scientific method and medical ethics? These are medical experiments that are being conducted *_on children._* This isn't a mere breach of medical ethics. It takes the very concept of medical ethics, shatters it into little bits, tosses those bits in a shallow, crudely dug hole in the backyard, and takes a massive, diarrheic shit on them. You take issue with me refusing to budge on this being something that *_should not be done._* If this is a thing you wish all trans people would agree should happen, and if they don't they are somehow betraying their own "community," then I think you can reasonably expect to continue to be disappointed. Thank fuck.
@@radicaldreamer927 Everyone is influenced by their peers. It is part of growing up. Kids try things and experiment. No one, however, is transitioning at the drop of a hat - which is how you are making it sound. Kids who go on hormone blockers or start HRT do so after a lot of thought, deliberation, counseling, etc. It's not like dying your hair. It's not the governments place to put up a blockade into what are family matters. The statistics of those who transition and then regret it are very low. People, even young people, get to choose who they are and have room to make mistakes. I have two kids myself. They are not too far apart in age. The reason I say its a family matter is because I have one child who absolutely knows themself. If they said they were trans, I would take them seriously and start having discussions with them about what that all would mean. My other child is flighty and changes his mind constantly. He does not yet even know who he is as a person. If he said he were trans.... it would be a very different path since he is very much a follower. The path would be a lot longer to make sure he was being true to himself.
@@ElectricDade "It's not the government's place to put up a blockade into what are family matters." "Family matters" is rather vague, which is the exact opposite of what you want when you're dealing with law. I mean, that exact logic can be and in fact has been used to argue in favor of such practices as genital mutilation. Any abuse happening in a home can undoubtedly be described as "family matters," but I think any sane person can agree that besides community-wide vigilantism, the government is the victims' sole avenue for recourse. When it comes to "best interest of the child," the government does in fact have some veto power, for better or worse. "The statistics of those who transition and then regret it are very low." So? No, really. So? There are currently roughly 54,000 members of the detrans subreddit. The mere existence of such people is indicative of a medical malpractice issue that is widespread enough to affect *_tens of thousands at the very least._* Two things can be (AND ARE) true at once: 1) The process of medical transition is, for many affected with gender dysphoria, the proper treatment to allow them to function day-to-day with full peace of mind, and 2) doctors should be doing their due diligence to ensure that they have both ruled out any and all comorbidities AND ruled out such treatments as mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as viable options before even starting such a process. *_It's quite plain that this isn't being done in far too many cases._* But that's actually a wholly separate issue from putting children on puberty blockers. Yes, I do believe doing so is inappropriate because it's very premature and the child is more likely to grow up having regretted it. But if you'll recall, I also do not see any benefits whatsoever even if the child DOES grow up completely confident that transition was the right choice. Reread the thread: "The harms inflicted on children subjected to this are well known and well documented; thinning and brittle bones, teeth shedding enamel and cracking, degenerative spinal disks, painful joints, seizures, etc. *_Not to mention the lifelong infertility and zero sex drive I brought up earlier."_* Do these lifelong complications magically go away only for those for whom transition ultimately would have been the right choice? Is it really only the detransitioners who suffer from those complications? I repeat: *_if you don't want transgender adults to be miserable their entire lives, DO NOT put them on puberty blockers as children. Prohibiting the use of such treatments on children will ensure a much higher quality of life down the road, and therefore such legislation can only be described as PRO-TRANS._* "People, even young people, get to choose who they are and have room to make mistakes." And if those mistakes result in lifelong complications that significantly reduce quality of life? Listen, the Streisand Effect is absolutely real; a puritan, authoritarian approach to alcohol will only ensure that if the child does rebel, they will go into it hardcore and possibly develop debilitating alcoholism, but at the same time, going to the liquor store and buying it for them yourself as a parent probably isn't the best choice either. If they want to dress as the opposite sex, that's one thing. Leuprolide acetate is... another thing entirely.
Lupeon is used for other medical purposes such as certain forms of cancer. You don’t seem to understand the usage of lupeon on prisoners is different for patients who are prescribed the drug for medical or life saving purposes, so to refer to it as “chemical castration” is misleading.
In my country you can't transition medically or legally without a diagnosis and you can't get a diagnosis without being on a waitlist for 2,5 years and completing at least six appointments with a psychologist plus a full psych evaluation with a different psychologist. Strangely enough, people identify with their gender before they get to finally talk with two psychologists randomly assigned to them. What you're doing is gatekeeping.
Some people may not transition because they experience their dysphoria is in another way. Some experience euphoria instead. They may express it in how they dress, or act. I think when people are nonbinary or gender fluid it's beautiful bc they get to express themselves. I've stopped seeing life so binary because of it.
@@kaikr7440 Honestly? Good. That kind of gatekeeping is _necessary_ for something as permanent as body modification. We wouldn't be having so many detransitioners if the medical practitioners administering their "care" had done their due diligence to eliminate any and all potential comorbidities as possible factors for what they were experiencing. For those people who did detransition and are detransitioning, they were victims of medical malpractice, and they would most likely have been better served going through mindfulness-based cognitive therapy... a solution that likely would have been identified had they gone through the process you are deriding instead of being fast-tracked to a treatment that was ostensibly the wrong one for their particular needs. Do some people need medical transition? Obviously. But what you're describing is best practices for the road to get there.
After all of these years, you are still someone who I respect and have so much gratitude towards. Thank you for talking about something that I think most of us in the community are currently struggling to understand and cope with. Your perspective is eye-opening and gives me hope that maybe one day we can feel that sense of community that we all once felt.
Hi from Barcelona. Things are going very different here in Catalunya but there is this thing that is common in all comunity: we all have our personal point of view in every single thing . And I shall say it’s better because then we can learn, understand and maybe progress from each others. Then not every person who appear in our life can’t be a friend. But we are so little that WE HAVE to respect each other for, at least the only reason: we are trans no matter how. Men, women, non binary etc…
In french we say: unity make you strong.
Lets be united.
Because right now many politicians and mean persons will take advantages if we dont keep our unity. Peace
Well said, Dade. Thanks for speaking on this. You are absolutely right. I loved what you said about how you are able to have discussions and listen to your friend with opposite viewpoints. I think this is such an important life skill. I've noticed that many people won't even listen to those with different perspectives, and maybe worse, will get shamed by others for doing so! How are we supposed to learn and grow and come together if we can't even speak to one another without getting shamed for it?
Hey glad to see you. One of the best role models
Absolutely!
Glad to see you, very well said, being united is a force that is so powerful, the more we utilize that force the more the world will listen again, we all have come a long way and yes still got a ways to go but with consistency and unite with each other we can all move forward with a little more ease.
Thank you for your wise words on this!
I first came to your UA-cam channel in 2012, when I was just beginning my transition. Back then I knew nothing and I was craving to see, that life could be good after a transition. You helped me a lot back then and I am still so grateful for that!
But you are right. I mostly left the trans community once I felt good enough in my own skin and didn't have any more questions. And each time I tried to bond with someone not only from the trans, but also the whole queer community I experience, that sharing this part of your life means next to nothing on behalf of sharing the same values, believes or interests.
I also feel this disconnection within the community. The disagreements, the violence against both inside and outside the community. I feel, that we have to come together and support each other again. Not in a way to harm others or to piss them off, but in a way to stabilize and secure ourselves. We are vulnerable, at the moment more than ever. Anti-trans legislation is spreading all over the world and this is something that endangers everybody. Even non-trans people. Because it's fuel to more legislation against minorities and people who are different.
Maybe I'm just a random trans man from Germany, but if you are looking for support: here I am. I'm not a loud activist, or someone to start a rebellion. But I believe in many small acts of kindness and support such as speaking up here for you.
Thank you again for your words.
I dont interact with the trans or LGBTQ+ community very much because of all the gate keeping thats been happening, i feel like it was best for my mental health and the health of how i veiw myself to step away from the communities for awhile, but ill always be around when it needs me
Dude! Great to hear from you!
Thanks, man. To think we should all agree on everything is absurd as expecting *all* men to agree on everything, or *all* people of the same ethnic background but right now, we need solidarity because things are not good.
I completely agree with you on this. It’s the same way in the gay community.
You are my role model Dade.
Thank you so much for making this video!
I only have been on T for 6.5 months, but have seen so much FTM on FTM hate over small disagreements in our community.
I agree with your viewpoints in this video and appreciate your way of speaking. I'm in recovery and what keeps coming up for me in this is "Principles before Personalities".
Glad this has been brought up. In my experience on fb I was in a trans gaming group. Of course with most groups including this one politics should not be spoken about to keep it with the topic of the group. One of the admins posted about trump so I reported it to an admin not realizing one of the admins was the person who posted it. They got mad said rude things and kicked me out of the group. I was sad, disappointed and angry about it. I couldn’t believe they make a rule they can break and support it. After that I found it hard to join many trans groups. Some groups weren’t very active or some were promoting their products or others ads for them to make money. It has become hard to find support just for needing help on information or to feel including as trans in groups with the same hobbies. Hoping that some of these groups change because it’s difficult to find small help as resources. I currently live in Vegas and right now finding doctors has become difficult. There are a few but too far away. But it it Vegas so I can’t say that it’s any better for most medical help in Vegas. Even those people who aren’t trans have been scammed and have difficult time here my mom with cancer got scammed even telling her she has no cancer with over 10yrs of medical history, this is stage 4 cancer so it doesn’t just disappear. Sorry rambling .
I have been feeling this for a few years now. I appreciate you sharing and giving words out loud to what I have been thinking. In the beginning, I didn’t have people in person to follow or connect with, it was the internet. I didn’t talk to people on the internet, when I tried I got shut out. You are one of the people I continue to follow since I stumbled upon your account many years ago. Your videos were always accessible. You always are thoughtful and reflective. I think I hear some Four Agreements in there. Thank you for being a thoughtful presence in the trans community.
I’ve been thinking about this endlessly, especially the past year. You put this into words perfectly.
Thank your for consistently creating thought provoking content! Following your journey has taught me a lot throughout the years and I am always happy to see your updates or thoughts on any given topic. Please keep it up! :)
Personally, I'd be really interested in another video of male privilege, and how experiencing it throughout the years has sharpen your views on societal pressures.
I was JUST talking about this yesterday.
Wise words to listen to. We are really divided, all of us. And it's not just about people in different camps disagreeing, but people in the same camp disagreeing and hating on each other. I am very blessed to have people in my life who are opposite in my world view, and we still have each other's backs. Others are not so lucky and I have heard terrible stories of how they are treated for simply having a different opinion. We are at a point where we can't talk and people refuse to listen. People seem to be more focused on being right that we lost focus of what we are fighting for. Much love to you, and I hope that in the near future, it will be the trans community and not the trans... community?
THIS! Thank you! You're absolutely right! I've been feeling the same way about this mess. Even if we don't agree with each other's personal belief systems, we desperately need to come together as a community during this (political) climate!
I agree. This is not a trend only of the Trans community, but humanity at large. In order to create a community says the Old texts books you either center around something we love or hate. The problem is the communities that despise us have meaning to their lives attached to it. They are dangerously uniting through Hate. I believe you should be more active, but its dangerous as well. Maybe start a forum online as a next step. I would call it "we agree to disagree, now let´s get on with surviving challenging times". I am sure its a test of endurance. Gathering creates a lot of energy and belonging.be safe u all!
Hi Dade, 11 1/2 years for me too and I'm still around. lol
This is a great video for our community. Yes, the pain of the present political stance on Trans-people is horrible. This is a time to unite and understand just as you have mentioned, we all have our differences. Your last sentence was absolutely right on. We, as humans, should all be this way but without the scales off setting there'd be no challenges.
Blessings to you and your family.
I'm still going in the mens locker rooms no matter what. Imagine us in the women's bathrooms now.
Great message! I wish the politicians would realize there are all different kinds of trans people too.
Spot on, thanks for posting! Great points all the way through!
What date just told us at the end of this video about him and his friend?
Is the very definition.
Of extraordinary intelligence. An enlightenment. We
As human beings. Should all strive to be as Dade and his friend.
Have become.
Well said. I like hearing the voices of tolerance and moderation comming from trans people.
I think the recent backlash against trans people stems from the loud voices of intolerant radical trans people drowning out the rest.
We humans must learn not to dehuminize those with whom we disagree.
Somehow your videos showed up in my YT feed, you are very well spoken and might I add, incredibly handsome! For what it’s worth, I would never have guessed you are trans on the street.
This is right on! Thank you for speaking out!
Ive watched you from the beginning. I did not always agree with your political views but i always was in ahh of your strength. But you are correct. Things have changed. The climate is darker now. Just live your best life.
I didn’t get support. The support I got was a stranger driving me home after being at the hospital. And then some of my cis friends not being dismissive when I told I was trans. And one person helped me pay something when I couldn’t due my transition messing with my access to my bank account. That was the support I got. I have not gotten support by a trans community and I feel like I had to fight the trans community to just making it slightly better at supporting younger trans guys.
I am sorry you didn’t get the support you felt you needed. I didn’t get (or ask for) they kind of support you mention in your post. For me, support looked more like people putting themselves out there on YT and sharing their stories. It was nice to see people working through similar things.
It is a process. Thank you for sharing this. I believe that there is now more understanding and acceptance (albeit it wouldn't feel that way with all the anti-trans legislative bills being introduced) from allies outside the trans community, but getting ANY community to come together for a single purpose is not impossible - but can feel pretty hard to do nowadays.
Well said. Thank you.
Excellent mature words. As a cis woman, who followed and supported your journey from early on, I see the wider application of your wisdom voiced here. Thank you. Wishing you everything that’s possible and good
100%
That thing is feeling like you have the support and acceptance.
I am not my husband is and when he transitioned it was when he was 27 now he is 45. Life was much different then and there were not many trans people in our country at all especially FTMs. But definitely his political views are much different from many other people out their he is not for dems or the left. But one thing he does stand for is trans rights.
1) you gotta get on ticktock, young people need to hear you and the algorithm brings interested people to your message.
2) Your message is spot on.
3) let's come together under this -
"Mississippi Republican Says Trans Rights Supporters Should Face a Firing Squad" Vice (2022)
Verbatim quote:
“Now the Godless have power and they are destroying our country,” Foster tweeted at Ritchie. “Soon we will have to deal with this directly.”
He is not currently "in power" but
-He was only saying th quiet part out loud.
- Who do you think Rondahsantis ( current GOP presidential wannabee) will want in power to keep his base/ party happy after he is elected?
- b) It's gonna take a lot to continue to distract them from the failure of their government.
4) I also grew up Jehovah's Witness during critical development. You were more indoctrinated than I was, I think ( 1st grade-4th grade only) but I think it developed in me a critical thinking that lacks in others and it makes me wonder.
5) READ "On Tyranny"
You are cute 🥰 and have a great body too! I just found your channel and am enjoying your videos.
Well said thank you
Unfortunately, a political view is extremely important in fighting the current battle. It's paramount to vote a certain "way" in order to maintain a democratic way of life free from those ridiculous and sometimes dangerous laws. Anyone involved with or in the LGBTQ+ community, especially trans (currently), has to be more politically aware then ever before. Start on a grassroots level, but definitely start educating yourself on those politicians running for elections. Find out what their beliefs are and what laws, legislation, or policies they've backed. At the end of the day, who you vote for, can be life changing-in a positive or negative way. Take care ❤
I 💯 agree. This is a grassroots political battle. With that being said - we aren’t going to agree across the board on all the issues. Unfortunately, and your point taken, LGBTQ+ rights are mostly fought for on the democratic side.
Amazing intelligent man well said
You mentioned anti-trans laws again in this video; I must ask again to which ones are you referring? If you're labeling legislation meant to prevent minors from so much as receiving lupron for the purposes of halting the natural development process as "anti-trans" I'm afraid I must vehemently disagree. If not, then I guess I'll have to eat my words lol
But if so, we *_absolutely should_* be preventing the use of such "treatments" on minors. Lupron's primary function is to prevent repeat SO's from ever reoffending again. It is a means of *_chemical castration,_* and I kid you not someone in favor of using it on children once tried to tell me that that, its *_intended function and purpose by design,_* was a mere *_side effect,_* and a rare one at that.
If you don't want transgender adults to be miserable their entire lives due to permanent impotence and zero libido, then don't halt their bodies' natural development cycle as children. To combat legislation meant to safeguard children from such a fate, I would need to be reasonably confident that there was something else in there that didn't need to be, that _would_ be a detriment to the trans community. If such a thing is not present in the legislation in question, then prohibiting doctors from administering leuprolide acetate to minors would not be anti-trans by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, it is ostensibly *_pro-trans._*
I will not budge on this, and while I myself am not trans, there are a great many trans people who see the issue this way and rightly won't budge on it either.
If you a) aren't trans, and b) won't budge... then why comment here, and why should I respond?. You are trying to choose and speak for people you have no experience with. No thanks. History has enough of that.
@@ElectricDade Me not being trans should not preclude me from taking part in the discussion; on the contrary, growing up gay and rather gender non-conforming means this current hot button topic is rather relevant to me. Were I growing up now instead of when I did in the late 90's/early 2000's, I likely would be influenced by my peers to think that I _was_ trans when I am very much not.
I have not claimed to speak for anyone. I have rightly pointed out that whether you like it or not, a great many trans people do in fact maintain, for very good reason, that the transition process should start in adulthood.
The harms inflicted on children subjected to this are well known and well documented; thinning and brittle bones, teeth shedding enamel and cracking, degenerative spinal disks, painful joints, seizures, etc. Not to mention the *_lifelong infertility and zero sex drive I brought up earlier._* It is not even approved by the FDA for use on children, and in fact they have issued several warnings about doing so; are you going to go after them? Are you going to accuse them of being motivated by bigotry rather than being motivated by adhering to the scientific method and medical ethics?
These are medical experiments that are being conducted *_on children._* This isn't a mere breach of medical ethics. It takes the very concept of medical ethics, shatters it into little bits, tosses those bits in a shallow, crudely dug hole in the backyard, and takes a massive, diarrheic shit on them. You take issue with me refusing to budge on this being something that *_should not be done._*
If this is a thing you wish all trans people would agree should happen, and if they don't they are somehow betraying their own "community," then I think you can reasonably expect to continue to be disappointed. Thank fuck.
@@radicaldreamer927 Everyone is influenced by their peers. It is part of growing up. Kids try things and experiment. No one, however, is transitioning at the drop of a hat - which is how you are making it sound. Kids who go on hormone blockers or start HRT do so after a lot of thought, deliberation, counseling, etc. It's not like dying your hair.
It's not the governments place to put up a blockade into what are family matters. The statistics of those who transition and then regret it are very low. People, even young people, get to choose who they are and have room to make mistakes.
I have two kids myself. They are not too far apart in age. The reason I say its a family matter is because I have one child who absolutely knows themself. If they said they were trans, I would take them seriously and start having discussions with them about what that all would mean. My other child is flighty and changes his mind constantly. He does not yet even know who he is as a person. If he said he were trans.... it would be a very different path since he is very much a follower. The path would be a lot longer to make sure he was being true to himself.
@@ElectricDade "It's not the government's place to put up a blockade into what are family matters."
"Family matters" is rather vague, which is the exact opposite of what you want when you're dealing with law. I mean, that exact logic can be and in fact has been used to argue in favor of such practices as genital mutilation. Any abuse happening in a home can undoubtedly be described as "family matters," but I think any sane person can agree that besides community-wide vigilantism, the government is the victims' sole avenue for recourse. When it comes to "best interest of the child," the government does in fact have some veto power, for better or worse.
"The statistics of those who transition and then regret it are very low."
So? No, really. So? There are currently roughly 54,000 members of the detrans subreddit. The mere existence of such people is indicative of a medical malpractice issue that is widespread enough to affect *_tens of thousands at the very least._* Two things can be (AND ARE) true at once: 1) The process of medical transition is, for many affected with gender dysphoria, the proper treatment to allow them to function day-to-day with full peace of mind, and 2) doctors should be doing their due diligence to ensure that they have both ruled out any and all comorbidities AND ruled out such treatments as mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as viable options before even starting such a process. *_It's quite plain that this isn't being done in far too many cases._*
But that's actually a wholly separate issue from putting children on puberty blockers. Yes, I do believe doing so is inappropriate because it's very premature and the child is more likely to grow up having regretted it. But if you'll recall, I also do not see any benefits whatsoever even if the child DOES grow up completely confident that transition was the right choice. Reread the thread:
"The harms inflicted on children subjected to this are well known and well documented; thinning and brittle bones, teeth shedding enamel and cracking, degenerative spinal disks, painful joints, seizures, etc. *_Not to mention the lifelong infertility and zero sex drive I brought up earlier."_*
Do these lifelong complications magically go away only for those for whom transition ultimately would have been the right choice? Is it really only the detransitioners who suffer from those complications? I repeat: *_if you don't want transgender adults to be miserable their entire lives, DO NOT put them on puberty blockers as children. Prohibiting the use of such treatments on children will ensure a much higher quality of life down the road, and therefore such legislation can only be described as PRO-TRANS._*
"People, even young people, get to choose who they are and have room to make mistakes."
And if those mistakes result in lifelong complications that significantly reduce quality of life? Listen, the Streisand Effect is absolutely real; a puritan, authoritarian approach to alcohol will only ensure that if the child does rebel, they will go into it hardcore and possibly develop debilitating alcoholism, but at the same time, going to the liquor store and buying it for them yourself as a parent probably isn't the best choice either. If they want to dress as the opposite sex, that's one thing. Leuprolide acetate is... another thing entirely.
Lupeon is used for other medical purposes such as certain forms of cancer. You don’t seem to understand the usage of lupeon on prisoners is different for patients who are prescribed the drug for medical or life saving purposes, so to refer to it as “chemical castration” is misleading.
Many people don't transition now but they call themselves trans. They call themselves a woman but they look like a man.
In my country you can't transition medically or legally without a diagnosis and you can't get a diagnosis without being on a waitlist for 2,5 years and completing at least six appointments with a psychologist plus a full psych evaluation with a different psychologist. Strangely enough, people identify with their gender before they get to finally talk with two psychologists randomly assigned to them. What you're doing is gatekeeping.
Some people may not transition because they experience their dysphoria is in another way. Some experience euphoria instead. They may express it in how they dress, or act. I think when people are nonbinary or gender fluid it's beautiful bc they get to express themselves. I've stopped seeing life so binary because of it.
@@kaikr7440 Honestly? Good. That kind of gatekeeping is _necessary_ for something as permanent as body modification. We wouldn't be having so many detransitioners if the medical practitioners administering their "care" had done their due diligence to eliminate any and all potential comorbidities as possible factors for what they were experiencing. For those people who did detransition and are detransitioning, they were victims of medical malpractice, and they would most likely have been better served going through mindfulness-based cognitive therapy... a solution that likely would have been identified had they gone through the process you are deriding instead of being fast-tracked to a treatment that was ostensibly the wrong one for their particular needs. Do some people need medical transition? Obviously. But what you're describing is best practices for the road to get there.
Watson a tranz
Not a hint of female