Trans Day of Visibility

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On one hand, it's so sad to see people jump to opposition, hatred and violence when confronted with something that challenges their established ideas of reality, even if it doesn't negatively impact them personally while improving the lives of others. It's especially jarring when they come up with crazy explanations for why those other people can't really be feeling what they claim they're feeling.

Like the idea that trans people are just doing it for attention. As if it's a "trend" and if it's not opposed, young people might start going trans en masse! I have yet to see anyone explain how making yourself the target of derision, discrimination and violence is supposed to be desirable. It's the same nonsense as the homophobic panic from earlier about children being raised to become gay somehow. Hell, it's also like people saying ADHD diagnosis is a "trend" and trying to deny medication to those who desperately need it.

Then there's Ray Blanchard and his Autogynephilia. Coming up with personal rationalizations that let you keep being a shithead without feeling like a bad person is one thing, but attempting to infect mainstream science and medical practice with those rationalizations is just despicable. He's as deserving of his medical license as Andrew Wakefield, and yet somehow got appointed to work on the next DSM.

What's more, if you happen to care about the cause of a group that you aren't part of, you must be "virtue signalling"! I often wonder if the people who say that are a very loud minority of actual sociopaths, or if people otherwise capable of empathy can so easily lose the ability to even imagine their opponents having empathy.

Anyway, on the other hand, I'm glad to be living in a period of history when such nonsense is set to permanently end within my lifetime. Barring some catastrophic regression.

Though I do wish my country was making better progress.

Bump for many reason and the most important stay strong

Nice post.

I'm not worth much, but I am no longer worthless.

An individual's worth is largely determined by what is in his or her heart, and only God knows that.

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Nobody should ever feel threatened for being themselves. Who does it affect anyway?
I hope everything will be fine for you :)
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Huge respect for having the strength and courage to be who you are, even when people can't accept it as easily as other.
I don't think I would have the strength to be myself in your situation. Keep it up.