I didn't have the language growing up to know that I am trans, but I knew I was different. I hope my son never has to face what I did.

I don’t know why I was born transgender, but I have no secret agenda. I want my child to live in a world where they are safe and free to be exactly who they are.

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Fewer than 1 in 3 people report personally knowing someone who is transgender. Yet the American public is saturated with viral social media videos and political news stories, largely generated by a well-funded coalition of organizations long dedicated to making it as difficult as possible for LGBTQ+ people to go about their daily lives.

These organizations proudly advocate for the abuse of LGBTQ+ young people through the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy, and they have celebrated their role in influencing Texas to “investigate” parents who’re doing their level best to support their transgender kids.

They’ve succeeded in generating national debates about excluding transgender kids from school sports, banning medically necessary health care and even prohibiting restroom usage – all under a guise of “protecting young people.” But these debates are largely missing the point.

Transgender people are our friends, family members and neighbors. They work in the cubicle next to us at the office, and they pray next to us in our houses of worship.

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  • KillingTimeItselfEnglish
    14•9 months ago

    one of the funny things about banning trans people in sports to me, is that sports is literally unfair from the get go. You ever wonder why usain bolt is tall as fuck? You ever seen the skeleton shape of an olympic swimmer? ALL of that shit is entirely abstract, and completely genetically made up.

    literally, who cares. It’s all bullshit, you can’t just wake up, and decide to be an olympic level athlete one day. I mean sure you could be pretty good, that’s pretty good.

    Also, if it’s “unfair” isn’t that more of an indictment on the institution hosting it itself? College athletes for example. Isn’t it kind of weird that if you can play sports well, you get a free education? I don’t get a free education just because i use linux well.

    • @jordanlundM
      1•9 months ago

      My kid got 1/2 his college paid for because he was good in debate. :) So there is that!

      • KillingTimeItselfEnglish
        3•9 months ago

        yeah, i would still consider that sport though. It’s such an arbitrary definition. You could apply that to anything that you can be competitive in.