Marie Monday

Obviously this topic doesn't belong in a serious newspaper, I'm just saying you can write an article like this in a decent style and this awful writing deserves to be made fun of. And so do you for posting it and falling short on the critical thinking you imply that you're big on. 'tabloid journalism has it's place' is another cowardly take btw

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jadis

Somehow this "critical thinking" I keep hearing about always amounts to outrage at the usual targets designated for outrage among right-thinking left-liberals.

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Marie Monday

Nice try except you know I'm not as simple minded as that. If I pick on you for posts that are on these issues it's because that's all you post about (well that and classical russian pianists)

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Synthgirl

Greetings to anyone who still uses this site! I thought I'd stop by to clean up this thread a bit by posting some articles on transgender topics that actually matter.

An increasing number of clinics in the UK have denying trans adults healthcare, ripping them off of necessary medications.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2658721.html

See above.
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/...ire-gp-9827583

Puberty blockers, an important tool in helping trans teenagers safely make decisions regarding medical transition, have been banned in the UK. Here's a bunch of doctors and other experts speaking about the 'review' used to justify the ban.
https://ruthpearce.net/2024/04/16/wh...-and-evidence/

A nice Reddit post I found on the same subject.
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoo...t=share_button

And here's France's take on the matter.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/...ffirming-care/

On the US side, here's a handy collection of the thoughts and statements of the Commander-in-Cheeto regarding trans people and some potential policies he seeks to implement.
https://glaad.org/fact-sheet-trump-transgender/

And let's not forget the SCOTUS.
https://ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/s...rgument-recap/

And here's an example of the things state level politicians are saying about trans people.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/o...utm_medium=web

Here's an article from today about how a certain one of our great united states is treating trans prison inmates.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/f...or-of-forcibly

I hope I can do my part to help keep this thread focused on the important big picture things and help people who happen to come across this golden oldie of a forum to get informed on what's happening to our community.

BassoonPlatoon

People take this way too far and it's disheartening. We created this terms and we created what they mean. Meanings change. That said, nobody is forced to do anything that they don't want to do, but it is strange that anyone would choose to be like that. I believe it has a lot to do with environmental factors.

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jadis

https://x.com/DarlingtonUnion/status...70342635909422

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Psy-Fi

Haven't heard anything from Rishi Sunak lately. Has Keir Starmer commented on this subject?

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jadis

Rishi oh Rishi... I do miss the little guy

I promise to research this question and post an update. I've been slacking on my transvestigative reporting duties ever since we've gotten a dog that's too small to piss and **** outside.

But I did see something quite striking in the past couple of days that I'll post below.

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jadis

Makes for a riveting viewing. Apropos of the Cass review, puberty blockers and everything else


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5kw...nel=TimesRadio

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Synthgirl

A lot has happened since January. Here’s some more news on what’s happening to trans people.

https://www.advocate.com/politics/dh...al-orientation
DHS quietly axes ban on surveillance based on LGBTQ identity

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/t...m-lgbtq-purges
The New McCarthyism: LGBTQ+ Purges In Government Begin

https://www.newsweek.com/push-suprem...states-2036390
Push for Supreme Court To Overturn Gay Marriage in Multiple States - Newsweek

https://www.motherjones.com/politics...avender-scare/
LGBTQ Federal Workers Brace for a McCarthyist Purge – Mother Jones

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaki...n-culture-wars
Hunter Schafer's Passport Casualty in Culture Wars — Assigned

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/02/...dent-athletes/
Texas demands NCAA conduct 'sex screening' of athletes | PinkNews

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1...licy-transfers
Bureau of Prisons to move trans inmates as early as this week : NPR

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...administration
Trump administration memo orders Pentagon to identify and fire transgender members of US military

https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89...l/HB03399I.htm
Texas bill that intends to ban adult trans healthcare

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/u...=bsky-nytimes#
Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections

https://19thnews.org/2025/02/amy-par...dministration/
Amy Paris, trans official who pioneered change, fired by Trump administration

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/t...-trans-montana
"The Crime Is Being Trans": Montana House Passes Indecent Exposure Bill Applying Only To Trans People

https://globalnews.ca/news/10841743/...h-legislation/
Alberta unveils 3 sweeping bills affecting trans and gender-diverse youth

"And now I want Congress to pass a bill permanently banning, criminalizing sex changes on children and forever ending the lie that any child is trapped in the wrong body. This is a big lie, and our message to every child in America is that you are perfect, exactly the way God made you."
- Donald Trump

This is another thing that happened; very dangerous rhetoric here. By saying “no child is trapped in the wrong body” he’s also implying that nobody is, because we were all kids once and a lot of us knew we were trans as kids. Blatantly ignoring science and medicine once again, but what would you expect from a guy who hired a guy who thinks psychiatric medicine should be banned. Also children don’t get sex changes or “mutilation” just so we’re all clear.