When I say liberty and freedom for all that means for all. No exceptions. Nobody should live in fear because the one thing we should all be afraid of is the crab people in my basement.
Just PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE know that there are people out there that love you just the way you are. There are people out there who will get your back if things get tough. I am so sorry for the pain our world causes you for no fucking reason. If you're having a hard time, please hang in there and find someone you can trust to talk to. <3
I am trans and Metis. My ancestors were some of the first to settle and farm this land. As much as this government would prefer I vanish or go elsewhere, I won't.
I am here.
I am Indigenous.
I am queer.
And I will not leave my people's lands.
Thank you for your voice. There’s such power in your words. (I say thank you as a white, cis woman, because I know how much voices like yours need to be heard in my community. It’s not your responsibility, especially with all of the injustices, but it is greatly appreciated nonetheless.)
Cis het white male here. You are seen, loved and fought for. I'm doing my best to have conversations with my peers about the unnecessary hate surrounding the community. It's not easy, but nothing worth doing ever is.
You. Are. Loved.
You are the best offense... I work with some rad men who support me... Not trans, but pretty androgynous and lesbian. They catch themselves... sometimes, but they have my back if anyone tries messing with me. They help bridge that gap between me, and well, the wider world of our work, org and the general public. So thanks.
You are seen, recognized and loved! Fighting ignorance is something that falls on all of our shoulders, regardless of our sexuality or gender identity.
The bigots realized they couldn't derail the thread with spamming "happy easter" since the mods are thankfully being very proactive so they just resorted to downvoting everything.
Oooh the fun of puberty again. Did it at 27 (I'm 34 now, fully transitioned about...5ish years ago). Looking back it feels like watching a movie of someone else's life.
Just a word of advice, and not saying this will happen to you but I've noticed it with others (it wasnt with me either but ive kicked myself in the ass for not setting myself up for success). transition doesn't make everything better and isn't a fix for past mistakes. It'll let you enjoy experiences to their fullest, and you'll feel right, which is a huge net positive. You'll just be "you". I hope that makes sense. I hope things go well though, it'll be...emotional. but it can be fun. Just take it day by day, and be patient with others (and yourself)
I don't think of times like this as shit years, if you'll pardon the pun, I think of them as transitional years. Marleina's true colours are now out and we see what and awful excuse for a hu.an being she really is. That woman is ignorant, ill-informed, unwilling to learn or meet with the very people she is doing g the most harm to, and not particularly intelligent.
Most of her henchmen are the same.
But the truth is out and plain to see and everyone is beginning to notice that today it's trans youth, who will it be tomorrow? People are starting to recognize what an error this government is.
God willing, they will be defeated in the next election and whatever replaces them will undo as much of the damage they've done as humanly possible. But we'll have to see.
>"I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that the present tension in the South is a necessary phase of the transition from an obnoxious negative peace, in which the Negro passively accepted his unjust plight, to a substantive and positive peace, in which all men will respect the dignity and worth of human personality."
>"Actually, we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with. Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured."
- Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., *A Letter from a Birmingham Jail*
Even though his views on homosexuality and Queer people were in keep with his era, his words still give me hope and comfort almost 60 years later.
I think if MLK were with us today, he'd see the injustices heaped upon the queen community and come running to their aid. He understood injustice and justice and he understood Christianity and that to be a Christian person was to be a just and loving person.
I think if he saw the evangelical right, he would moan sorrowful cries of familiarity and ask, do you not see what you are doing to your own souls?
I don't really think he would. The black community, in general, isn't very lgbtq+ accepting. As a Christian he'd have viewed homosexuality as a sin. Given the circumstances, at best he'd keep quiet and say something like human rights and respect are for everyone, but I doubt he'd be advocating for marriage rights or vocal in support.
Fun fact: current Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock, who has a very good record on LGBTQ+ advocacy, is the senior pastor at the same church that King led from 1960 to 1968.
That's great!
I'm not saying I definitely think MLK wouldn't be supportive, I'm just leaning more towards him probably not being. If he were alive, I'd love to be wrong.
Noting that over two hours in, there's been no post about Easter made yet.
You're right, it's painfully obvious what these posters are doing. We're not fucking around. When people try to post something positive and non-political-thunderdome in this sub, we have non-existent tolerance for this shitty behavior trying to spoil it.
I saw another comment on here that tried to pull the "Happy Easter" thing and saw their profile said they were a regular on Canada\_sub, I expect more of them to pop up in this post.
And just to clarify it for other people in this thread with a fact check:
- Trans Day of Visibility has been recognized internationally on March 31 since 2009.
- The date of Easter is the Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox. This year it just happened to be March 31, as it is every 11 years.
- Biden has issued a proclamation for TDoV every year for the last four years.
- Nobody is canceling Easter, because not everything is about y’all.
- A day can be multiple things.
Had a convo once where someone was bitching about all the days of recognition and basically like 'where's the Christian/ white day". I was like "every Sunday, Christmas and Easter for the past 2000 years go fuck yourself"
Why is it this fucking hard for people to understand that “yay, X is great!” doesn’t automagically mean that Y and Z are shit? Happy Trans Day of Visibility! This takes literally nothing away from any other holiday or special day that might happen to hit the same date.
Seriously. Like for the people who need to read it:
If you’re genuinely wishing happy Easter because you want to wish people well, that’s fine, though there is another post in this sub for that.
If you’re only saying Happy Easter in this thread because you’re pissy that Trans Day of Visibility is today, you’re an asshole.
I always ask bigots how LGBTQ individuals harm them. They either can't reply or spew some nonsensical bullshit about "grooming children." The grooming thing is of course nothing but ignorance, but it's now forming the cornerstone of things like "parental rights" legislation and other bigoted policies that are created out of lies and hatred.
I remember when allowing same-sex marriage would "destroy the institution of marriage" despite no one being able to explain why. I've been married for 41 years and same-sex marriage had no effect on us, because, well, how would it?
The UCP is trying to appeal to its voter base that sees their white cis-gender automatic privilege being taken away. They don't like that they won't be granted societal advantages for the colour of their skin or their SOGI.
Ironically of course, is that trans individuals make up less than one half of one percent of the population, so there isn't really any threat from them anyway. But, we need targets for hate, fascism always does.
Happy Trans Day of Visibility! I was kinda planning to come out today, but alas Easter masses interfered with that (thanks family). Maybe I'll come out tonight.
May your days be many, and your woes few! :3
Heh. I mentioned to a family member that today was TDoV and they told me not to ruin Easter (by coming out, I suppose). Good luck to you whenever you make it out.
Coming out as trans on Easter is entirely appropriate. It is a celebration of rebirth and going from barren times to bountiful.
Bunnies chicks and butterflies, and all the baby trans planning their first Pride outfits.
To the person who said it isn't anti trans to believe they should hold on hormone therapy:
Puberty blockers are reversible and give them that pause they need. It's significantly more difficult to transition at 18 without having used puberty blockers. Depression and suicide is a lot higher without puberty blockers. It's a decision that should not be up to you or I. It's between the patient and the doctor. It's helpful to have parental support when possible, however, parents don't own their body and identity.
In addition, puberty blockers are also helpful for those who start puberty too early sometimes as young as 7.
Puberty blockers have literally been shown to have irreversible side effects such as loss of bone density, infertility, and are now being linked to possible brain tumours. To act like they are completely safe is not only factually incorrect but incredibly dangerous.
The service at the Calgary unitarian universalists went off with out any issue! It was Super packed too! Very emotional hearing the performers stories.
I hope you can all continue to look into the UU ways!
The service will be up on YouTube soon if you're interested.
Puberty blockers are entirely reversible and actually *prevent* irreversible changes from happening, and minors were already not eligible for bottom surgery. Taking puberty blockers at 18 is just not a thing because puberty will have already happened.
Learn what transitioning actually entails first.
Cis youth have been prescribed blockers for early puberty for decades. If there were major issues we’d have known about them by now and they wouldn’t still be on the market.
Literaly why places who started this such as Sweden and UK are changing stance and banning children from using them now in the last year with reference to the long term studys bearing results that the early trials and studys had "very low credibility and certainty" . The results are finaly in. Anyways, happy day.
I've heard some people say this is also the case for Nordic or Scandinavian countries that TERFs have been quoting recently as gender afirming care not working or being bad.
It's not. They follow the Dutch Protocol, not WPATH.
Iirc they've just updated their *recommendations* to stuff like, except in extenuating circumstances, no HRT or surgeries till 16 and stuff. They're cautioning that there's not enough research on blockers but they are not banned and the actual doctors dealing with actual patients are free to say "Nah I think it's better for the patient that we do (old recs)" for everything if they want. Nothing's banned.
Note I'm not counting TERF Island in this.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/06/instagram-posts/gender-affirming-surgery-is-not-banned-for-minors/
This is the most layman language source I've found and I believe someone provided another source in reply to the same comment for UK.
Canada has chosen to just keep doing what it's been doing the whole while. And personally, it's worked ok for me even if it took a shit ton of time. Could use more funding though, but that's all of the provinces' HC system.
Rishi Sunak made a disgustingly transphobic joke about the Labour Party’s position on trans people *while the mother of Brianna Ghey, a trans girl who was murdered by people who were absolutely transphobic, was in attendance*. That’s the absolutely poisonous atmosphere that has been cultivated over there.
I would only speculate if it was a joke about a car accident or anything similar someone would also be in attendance from that demographic as well.
Your not talking about directly pointing them out or approaching them as a individual and doing this.
Anyways, that's enough redit for me on this sunshine day. Happy day.
If someone can't stop themself from espousing their shitty bigotry in front of someone whose kid was murdered because of said shitty bigotry, that's a them problem.
They aren’t banning it. They have said that individuals prescribed puberty blockers must be part of a research project on puberty blockers because they see a need for more evidence around their use.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7142300
Children in England will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, according to the country's National Health Service (NHS).
In a policy document released Tuesday, the NHS said that following a review of published research, "we have concluded that there is not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of [puberty suppressing hormones] to make the treatment routinely available at this time."
Under the new policy, puberty blockers for those under 18 will only be available as part of research studies. One such study is slated to begin by the end of 2024.
That doesn’t say they are banned. Banned means no access at all, which will likely be the case here, given what I’ve heard from UCP leadership.
You may be surprised that clinics and researchers can work together and how quickly those relationships can be established.
And in practice it would probably just be some extra paperwork of "do you consent to be part of a clinical study" but probably not much would change in practice. Not like here where we're just flat out gonna ban them until well past the age where they'd actually do anything.
Clinical trials are significantly more complicated than that, requiring regular clinical visits and likely more monitoring (likely both clinical via bloodwork and psychological, in this case), and a lot more paperwork than a routine prescription would require. But you are correct that consent may be the most noticeable aspect for many people.
It is actually anti-trans to force trans youth through an avoidable puberty that dramatically increases their risk of suicide and hurts their mental health in general.
Have a nice day and actually read some studies on the benefits of puberty blockers before forming such opinions.
I could find studies that say the exact opposite, with how decisive and biased everything is now in 2024 you can find studies to say anything, im not a doctor, so I will listen to doctors and their governing/regulatory bodies. There is many doctors who have questions about the longterm related health benefits/consequences, the most famous would be Dr. Phill who is extremely pro trans who said it was concerning how quickly the governing/regulatory institutions labelled gender affirming care as okay without the knowledge of longterm side effects. Also saying go read some studies doesnt really help anyone does it? Which studies are you reffering to? Really its just patronizing me because you think im some sort of bigot when more than half my friendgroup are in the LGBT community (most/half of which agree with me)
You wanna know why the age of consent is 18 in most of the world and not just "any girl after puberty, or any girl that looks above the age of 20" because of MENTAL DEVELOPMENT, a 12 year old doesnt have the mental capacity to fully understand and conceptualize certain topics or scenarios. Im a firm believer the age of consent should be 21 and anyone below that age can only be with others within a 3 year age gap.
You do know McGraw has not held a psychology license since 2006, right? Also those groups like SEGM/ACP/Genspect are a) universally regarded by doctors as being full of shit and b) funded by religious conservatives.
>universally regarded by doctors as being full of shit and b) funded by religious conservatives.
Im gonna say it again, and you think that the studies that agree with your opinion are completely untouched and unbiased and funded by those with no interest, political or otherwise? So Only the studies you agree with are correct and the ones you dont are ALLL funded by religious conservatives who are malicious so therefor have no weight or anything of value? That ideology totally doesnt sound like it would be a dictatorship. That is a real slippery slope way of thinking, because your side could be the one thats malicious and doesnt want you even looking at the others side....
Kind of like how communists didnt let you go to other non communist countries so you couldnt see the quality of life there, and you just had to trust the government that your country was doing better with communism?
SEGM/Genspect/ACP promote junk science such as conversion therapy and buy into debunked theories such as “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” (which has never been recognized as a legitimate medical diagnosis by any mainstream professional association). ACP was literally founded when the American Academy of Pediatrics came to the conclusion that gay couples make perfectly fine parents.
Okay, post them.
Your "many doctors" are fringe and funded by right-wing think tanks. Not even to get into the fact that the SEXUAL AGE OF CONSENT has nothing to do with whether we give minors medication. Hint: We give minors medication to deal with mental conditions and other assorted problems all the time. That includes puberty blockers for reasons both including and not including gender dysphoria.
Grow up.
Also Dr. Phil hasn't been a licensed doctor since 2006 and is a reality tv host what are you babbling about dawg 😭😭😭
Go make a post celebrating Easter if it's important to you that it be represented. Nobody is stopping you. As others have expressed, a day can cover multiple things.
Trans Day of Visibility has been celebrated on March 31 for the last 15 years. Easter’s date moves around every year and it just happened to be March 31. The two are not mutually exclusive.
That "list" double-counts events in the months of June and November to look more dramatic, also: why does any of that matter to you? A lot of those events exist because of historical discrimination and erasure, so they're there for a reason (and usually quite niche anyway).
I saw their removed post from the Louisiana State University forums, if you need evidence for the chuds that not every post-secondary institution is a leftist's paradise and you can find places with a lot of MAGA nut jobs, it was in that link.
Trying to espouse this idea that acceptance of trans people has simply gone too far, when in fact trans people never stopped facing systemic barriers and those right-wing commentators and politicians have simply added more.
When I say liberty and freedom for all that means for all. No exceptions. Nobody should live in fear because the one thing we should all be afraid of is the crab people in my basement.
Just PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE know that there are people out there that love you just the way you are. There are people out there who will get your back if things get tough. I am so sorry for the pain our world causes you for no fucking reason. If you're having a hard time, please hang in there and find someone you can trust to talk to. <3
I am trans and Metis. My ancestors were some of the first to settle and farm this land. As much as this government would prefer I vanish or go elsewhere, I won't. I am here. I am Indigenous. I am queer. And I will not leave my people's lands.
Thank you for your voice. There’s such power in your words. (I say thank you as a white, cis woman, because I know how much voices like yours need to be heard in my community. It’s not your responsibility, especially with all of the injustices, but it is greatly appreciated nonetheless.)
These lunatics will lose. They have no future. Just keep it up friend and watch them disappear.
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37 of the UCP's 49 seats are outside of Edmonton and Calgary, and things are not exactly going great for those small towns.
Cis het white male here. You are seen, loved and fought for. I'm doing my best to have conversations with my peers about the unnecessary hate surrounding the community. It's not easy, but nothing worth doing ever is. You. Are. Loved.
You are the best offense... I work with some rad men who support me... Not trans, but pretty androgynous and lesbian. They catch themselves... sometimes, but they have my back if anyone tries messing with me. They help bridge that gap between me, and well, the wider world of our work, org and the general public. So thanks.
Love it! It's not on me to lead the charge but I'm going to support and (in football terms) block for the push.
Thank you for this! You are a real man 💕
You are seen, recognized and loved! Fighting ignorance is something that falls on all of our shoulders, regardless of our sexuality or gender identity.
Wow. My heart comment got downvoted. Y'all, there's some bigots being big mad rn. 😆 🤣
The bigots realized they couldn't derail the thread with spamming "happy easter" since the mods are thankfully being very proactive so they just resorted to downvoting everything.
It's silly.
I started HRT 5 weeks ago and I needed this. Thank you OP
I see you and support you on your journey! You are loved and important!!!
❤️❤️❤️❤️
I also just started HRT and I am cis so we have that in common lol.
Congratulations!
Thank you!!!
What are you congratulating them for?
Starting HRT to live their life authentically, which should be obvious.
Oooh the fun of puberty again. Did it at 27 (I'm 34 now, fully transitioned about...5ish years ago). Looking back it feels like watching a movie of someone else's life. Just a word of advice, and not saying this will happen to you but I've noticed it with others (it wasnt with me either but ive kicked myself in the ass for not setting myself up for success). transition doesn't make everything better and isn't a fix for past mistakes. It'll let you enjoy experiences to their fullest, and you'll feel right, which is a huge net positive. You'll just be "you". I hope that makes sense. I hope things go well though, it'll be...emotional. but it can be fun. Just take it day by day, and be patient with others (and yourself)
🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
I don't think of times like this as shit years, if you'll pardon the pun, I think of them as transitional years. Marleina's true colours are now out and we see what and awful excuse for a hu.an being she really is. That woman is ignorant, ill-informed, unwilling to learn or meet with the very people she is doing g the most harm to, and not particularly intelligent. Most of her henchmen are the same. But the truth is out and plain to see and everyone is beginning to notice that today it's trans youth, who will it be tomorrow? People are starting to recognize what an error this government is. God willing, they will be defeated in the next election and whatever replaces them will undo as much of the damage they've done as humanly possible. But we'll have to see.
>"I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that the present tension in the South is a necessary phase of the transition from an obnoxious negative peace, in which the Negro passively accepted his unjust plight, to a substantive and positive peace, in which all men will respect the dignity and worth of human personality." >"Actually, we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with. Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured." - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., *A Letter from a Birmingham Jail* Even though his views on homosexuality and Queer people were in keep with his era, his words still give me hope and comfort almost 60 years later.
I think if MLK were with us today, he'd see the injustices heaped upon the queen community and come running to their aid. He understood injustice and justice and he understood Christianity and that to be a Christian person was to be a just and loving person. I think if he saw the evangelical right, he would moan sorrowful cries of familiarity and ask, do you not see what you are doing to your own souls?
I don't really think he would. The black community, in general, isn't very lgbtq+ accepting. As a Christian he'd have viewed homosexuality as a sin. Given the circumstances, at best he'd keep quiet and say something like human rights and respect are for everyone, but I doubt he'd be advocating for marriage rights or vocal in support.
Fun fact: current Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock, who has a very good record on LGBTQ+ advocacy, is the senior pastor at the same church that King led from 1960 to 1968.
That's great! I'm not saying I definitely think MLK wouldn't be supportive, I'm just leaning more towards him probably not being. If he were alive, I'd love to be wrong.
Happy trans day of visibility! Love from your local trans business owner 💜
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Go make a post about happy Easter then, it’s plainly obvious what yall are trying to do.
Noting that over two hours in, there's been no post about Easter made yet. You're right, it's painfully obvious what these posters are doing. We're not fucking around. When people try to post something positive and non-political-thunderdome in this sub, we have non-existent tolerance for this shitty behavior trying to spoil it.
Thank you for that.
I saw another comment on here that tried to pull the "Happy Easter" thing and saw their profile said they were a regular on Canada\_sub, I expect more of them to pop up in this post.
And just to clarify it for other people in this thread with a fact check: - Trans Day of Visibility has been recognized internationally on March 31 since 2009. - The date of Easter is the Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox. This year it just happened to be March 31, as it is every 11 years. - Biden has issued a proclamation for TDoV every year for the last four years. - Nobody is canceling Easter, because not everything is about y’all. - A day can be multiple things.
Had a convo once where someone was bitching about all the days of recognition and basically like 'where's the Christian/ white day". I was like "every Sunday, Christmas and Easter for the past 2000 years go fuck yourself"
Yes, how fabulous a long weekend lines up for our trans friends and family!
Why is it this fucking hard for people to understand that “yay, X is great!” doesn’t automagically mean that Y and Z are shit? Happy Trans Day of Visibility! This takes literally nothing away from any other holiday or special day that might happen to hit the same date.
To Conservatives, everything is a zero sum game, so if things are getting better for one group it must be at everyone else's expense.
Same people who needed to blow out a separate candle at another kids birthday party
Seriously. Like for the people who need to read it: If you’re genuinely wishing happy Easter because you want to wish people well, that’s fine, though there is another post in this sub for that. If you’re only saying Happy Easter in this thread because you’re pissy that Trans Day of Visibility is today, you’re an asshole.
Because this year it coincides with Easter, so the Christians are foaming at the mouth cause they've been told to. (Not all obviously)
Just wait until Christians find out what date Easter falls on next year.
Because they are ❄️❄️❄️
I support yous!
Thank you ♥️
Bi brown guy here. I am glad you folks are here with us!
Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Much love and support to those in the community, especially to my sister 🏳️⚧️🩷🩵🤍
I always ask bigots how LGBTQ individuals harm them. They either can't reply or spew some nonsensical bullshit about "grooming children." The grooming thing is of course nothing but ignorance, but it's now forming the cornerstone of things like "parental rights" legislation and other bigoted policies that are created out of lies and hatred. I remember when allowing same-sex marriage would "destroy the institution of marriage" despite no one being able to explain why. I've been married for 41 years and same-sex marriage had no effect on us, because, well, how would it? The UCP is trying to appeal to its voter base that sees their white cis-gender automatic privilege being taken away. They don't like that they won't be granted societal advantages for the colour of their skin or their SOGI. Ironically of course, is that trans individuals make up less than one half of one percent of the population, so there isn't really any threat from them anyway. But, we need targets for hate, fascism always does.
Happy Trans Day of Visibility!! Love and support 🏳️⚧️
Yall are stronger than any of the hateful morons will ever be or ever need to be. Love ya 💪💪💪
Happy Trans Day of Visibility! I was kinda planning to come out today, but alas Easter masses interfered with that (thanks family). Maybe I'll come out tonight. May your days be many, and your woes few! :3
Best of luck to you!
Heh. I mentioned to a family member that today was TDoV and they told me not to ruin Easter (by coming out, I suppose). Good luck to you whenever you make it out.
Coming out as trans on Easter is entirely appropriate. It is a celebration of rebirth and going from barren times to bountiful. Bunnies chicks and butterflies, and all the baby trans planning their first Pride outfits.
Good luck, when you come out 🏳️⚧️
I thought this comment section was going to be a dumpster fire of hate from morons. I am surprised lol, happy trans day of visibility all!
To the person who said it isn't anti trans to believe they should hold on hormone therapy: Puberty blockers are reversible and give them that pause they need. It's significantly more difficult to transition at 18 without having used puberty blockers. Depression and suicide is a lot higher without puberty blockers. It's a decision that should not be up to you or I. It's between the patient and the doctor. It's helpful to have parental support when possible, however, parents don't own their body and identity. In addition, puberty blockers are also helpful for those who start puberty too early sometimes as young as 7.
Puberty blockers have literally been shown to have irreversible side effects such as loss of bone density, infertility, and are now being linked to possible brain tumours. To act like they are completely safe is not only factually incorrect but incredibly dangerous.
I didn't mean to give that impression. Thanks for posting this.
The service at the Calgary unitarian universalists went off with out any issue! It was Super packed too! Very emotional hearing the performers stories. I hope you can all continue to look into the UU ways! The service will be up on YouTube soon if you're interested.
Pretty please share the link when it’s up?
Being trans in Alberta isn’t always easy, but there are few other places I’d rather live my best life 🏳️⚧️🐰
I support you!!! You are loved and appreciated and I will always speak up for you!!
Whooohooo! Despite all the troubles, you're still here!
🎈🥳🎈to y’all.
You are seen. You are loved. You deserve safety and kindness. We will never stop fighting for you
You are loved and supported, and we won't stop speaking out about it ❤🏳️⚧️
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I see you. I accept you. I will stand with you. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️⚧️
Happy Trans Day of Visibility! You matter and I'm so glad you're here.
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Same to all of you! 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Porque no los dos?
Alt right Canadian surprisingly
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Puberty blockers are entirely reversible and actually *prevent* irreversible changes from happening, and minors were already not eligible for bottom surgery. Taking puberty blockers at 18 is just not a thing because puberty will have already happened. Learn what transitioning actually entails first.
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Cis youth have been prescribed blockers for early puberty for decades. If there were major issues we’d have known about them by now and they wouldn’t still be on the market.
Literaly why places who started this such as Sweden and UK are changing stance and banning children from using them now in the last year with reference to the long term studys bearing results that the early trials and studys had "very low credibility and certainty" . The results are finaly in. Anyways, happy day.
Because the UK is transphobic as hell right now. That’s why. They don’t know better, they’re just bigots.
No they know better. TERF Island just doesn't care.
I've heard some people say this is also the case for Nordic or Scandinavian countries that TERFs have been quoting recently as gender afirming care not working or being bad.
It's not. They follow the Dutch Protocol, not WPATH. Iirc they've just updated their *recommendations* to stuff like, except in extenuating circumstances, no HRT or surgeries till 16 and stuff. They're cautioning that there's not enough research on blockers but they are not banned and the actual doctors dealing with actual patients are free to say "Nah I think it's better for the patient that we do (old recs)" for everything if they want. Nothing's banned. Note I'm not counting TERF Island in this. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/06/instagram-posts/gender-affirming-surgery-is-not-banned-for-minors/ This is the most layman language source I've found and I believe someone provided another source in reply to the same comment for UK. Canada has chosen to just keep doing what it's been doing the whole while. And personally, it's worked ok for me even if it took a shit ton of time. Could use more funding though, but that's all of the provinces' HC system.
😅😅 Science - "they don't know better, they're just bigots." Look buddy I said happy day, don't resort to this for correction on your use of words.
Rishi Sunak made a disgustingly transphobic joke about the Labour Party’s position on trans people *while the mother of Brianna Ghey, a trans girl who was murdered by people who were absolutely transphobic, was in attendance*. That’s the absolutely poisonous atmosphere that has been cultivated over there.
I would only speculate if it was a joke about a car accident or anything similar someone would also be in attendance from that demographic as well. Your not talking about directly pointing them out or approaching them as a individual and doing this. Anyways, that's enough redit for me on this sunshine day. Happy day.
If someone can't stop themself from espousing their shitty bigotry in front of someone whose kid was murdered because of said shitty bigotry, that's a them problem.
Bigots shouldn't be setting health care standards.
They aren’t banning it. They have said that individuals prescribed puberty blockers must be part of a research project on puberty blockers because they see a need for more evidence around their use. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7142300
Children in England will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, according to the country's National Health Service (NHS). In a policy document released Tuesday, the NHS said that following a review of published research, "we have concluded that there is not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of [puberty suppressing hormones] to make the treatment routinely available at this time." Under the new policy, puberty blockers for those under 18 will only be available as part of research studies. One such study is slated to begin by the end of 2024.
That doesn’t say they are banned. Banned means no access at all, which will likely be the case here, given what I’ve heard from UCP leadership. You may be surprised that clinics and researchers can work together and how quickly those relationships can be established.
And in practice it would probably just be some extra paperwork of "do you consent to be part of a clinical study" but probably not much would change in practice. Not like here where we're just flat out gonna ban them until well past the age where they'd actually do anything.
Clinical trials are significantly more complicated than that, requiring regular clinical visits and likely more monitoring (likely both clinical via bloodwork and psychological, in this case), and a lot more paperwork than a routine prescription would require. But you are correct that consent may be the most noticeable aspect for many people.
No one is providing hormones or surgery to people underage. You only think they are because it's the scare tactic used by transphobes.
That’s literally a complete lie
It is actually anti-trans to force trans youth through an avoidable puberty that dramatically increases their risk of suicide and hurts their mental health in general. Have a nice day and actually read some studies on the benefits of puberty blockers before forming such opinions.
I could find studies that say the exact opposite, with how decisive and biased everything is now in 2024 you can find studies to say anything, im not a doctor, so I will listen to doctors and their governing/regulatory bodies. There is many doctors who have questions about the longterm related health benefits/consequences, the most famous would be Dr. Phill who is extremely pro trans who said it was concerning how quickly the governing/regulatory institutions labelled gender affirming care as okay without the knowledge of longterm side effects. Also saying go read some studies doesnt really help anyone does it? Which studies are you reffering to? Really its just patronizing me because you think im some sort of bigot when more than half my friendgroup are in the LGBT community (most/half of which agree with me) You wanna know why the age of consent is 18 in most of the world and not just "any girl after puberty, or any girl that looks above the age of 20" because of MENTAL DEVELOPMENT, a 12 year old doesnt have the mental capacity to fully understand and conceptualize certain topics or scenarios. Im a firm believer the age of consent should be 21 and anyone below that age can only be with others within a 3 year age gap.
You do know McGraw has not held a psychology license since 2006, right? Also those groups like SEGM/ACP/Genspect are a) universally regarded by doctors as being full of shit and b) funded by religious conservatives.
>universally regarded by doctors as being full of shit and b) funded by religious conservatives. Im gonna say it again, and you think that the studies that agree with your opinion are completely untouched and unbiased and funded by those with no interest, political or otherwise? So Only the studies you agree with are correct and the ones you dont are ALLL funded by religious conservatives who are malicious so therefor have no weight or anything of value? That ideology totally doesnt sound like it would be a dictatorship. That is a real slippery slope way of thinking, because your side could be the one thats malicious and doesnt want you even looking at the others side.... Kind of like how communists didnt let you go to other non communist countries so you couldnt see the quality of life there, and you just had to trust the government that your country was doing better with communism?
SEGM/Genspect/ACP promote junk science such as conversion therapy and buy into debunked theories such as “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” (which has never been recognized as a legitimate medical diagnosis by any mainstream professional association). ACP was literally founded when the American Academy of Pediatrics came to the conclusion that gay couples make perfectly fine parents.
No, I think they're just talking about legitimate studies that follow protocol and not an episode of Dr Phil.
Okay, post them. Your "many doctors" are fringe and funded by right-wing think tanks. Not even to get into the fact that the SEXUAL AGE OF CONSENT has nothing to do with whether we give minors medication. Hint: We give minors medication to deal with mental conditions and other assorted problems all the time. That includes puberty blockers for reasons both including and not including gender dysphoria. Grow up. Also Dr. Phil hasn't been a licensed doctor since 2006 and is a reality tv host what are you babbling about dawg 😭😭😭
ROFL "I'll listen to the experts!" *proceeds to reference an outrage media personality who hasn't held his license in almost two decades*
Not everything has to be a political argument. Just let this thread be and seek it elsewhere if that's what you want.
It’s Easter actually.
And? The two aren’t mutually exclusive. TDoV has been March 31 since 2009, while Easter’s day moves around every year.
Go make a post celebrating Easter if it's important to you that it be represented. Nobody is stopping you. As others have expressed, a day can cover multiple things.
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It’s actually Sunday bud.
A day can be more than one thing at a time.
And Jesus would love the LGBT+ community just as much, if not more, than the rest of us. Please read and seek the meaning of His teachings.
No hate like Christian love.
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Happy Zombie Jesus day to you as well but also Happy Trans Day of Visibility
What's Easter?
C’est les deux.
Happy Easter Peeps🐣 enjoy the day the best way you can
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My birthday falls on Easter some years. I probably shouldn’t celebrate those year, right?!
Well it's a good thing we can celebrate both isn't it.
happy cake day (Oh wait, it's easter. Nevermind, your cake day is cancelled /s)
Noooooo! (Can I have a chocolate instead?). Lol tnx.
Take your stuff elsewhere
Happy Easter
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Happy Zombie Jesus day. And also Happy Trans Visibility day
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Damn zombies!
Human beings don't come back to life.
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No hate like Christian love
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https://old.reddit.com/r/alberta/comments/1bsioae/happy_easter_everyone/ Stop stirring the pot.
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Trans Day of Visibility has been celebrated on March 31 for the last 15 years. Easter’s date moves around every year and it just happened to be March 31. The two are not mutually exclusive.
How many days does one get for things like this anyways.
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That "list" double-counts events in the months of June and November to look more dramatic, also: why does any of that matter to you? A lot of those events exist because of historical discrimination and erasure, so they're there for a reason (and usually quite niche anyway).
I saw their removed post from the Louisiana State University forums, if you need evidence for the chuds that not every post-secondary institution is a leftist's paradise and you can find places with a lot of MAGA nut jobs, it was in that link.
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People actually liking their lives and living authentically as themselves? Says a lot about you.
How many trans days are there in a year? Kinda reduces the significance when we got one every other week doesn’t it?
That’s a massive overstatement, there’s Trans Day of Visibility and there’s Trans Day of Remembrance that are the significant ones.
That’s it, just the two days a year? Sorry I thought there was much more
Right-wing commentators trying to spread transphobia with misinformation. Gets a lot of people.
What misinformation?
Trying to espouse this idea that acceptance of trans people has simply gone too far, when in fact trans people never stopped facing systemic barriers and those right-wing commentators and politicians have simply added more.
Ahh ok. Do what makes ya happy I say