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Trans rights are certainly not regressing. In the 90's, slurs about ladyboys, chicks with dicks, and so on and so forth were the norm in basically any social ci
by throwaway22032 3y ago
Trans rights are certainly not regressing. In the 90's, slurs about ladyboys, chicks with dicks, and so on and so forth were the norm in basically any social circle. The concept of an actual, real trans man or woman was completely alien to society.
Homosexuality follows pretty much the same pattern with a head start.
Women are achieving far better to the extent that some are starting to feel as if we've left young boys behind.
Gaza sucks, but we've always had wars. Ask a survivor about WW2.
Climate change is about the only thing on your list that is actually worth worrying about in an existential sense. We are worrying about it a LOT more as a society as we did back then, we just may not be doing enough about it.
It basically sounds as if you've gotten stuck on, say, people having debates about trans women in sport, and catastrophised that into somehow the whole world is going to shit. Maybe if you're a gay trans woman who ties most of their happiness into being able to broadcast their sexuality and gender identity then a reason to be upset might be that society isn't 100% accepting. You have to admit that's a super rare position to be in, though, and it's a hell of a lot easier than it was hiding in the closet in the 70s.
- spencerflem 3y agoI agree it's better than the 70's , I didnt grow up then but it doesn't sound great. That's why I was saying that I could have been hopeful about this getting better since at least the 2000s to 2010s. But more recently, it seems to be going backwards. In my home state of Florida there's a ton of laws being passed, book bannings, etc. that are incredibly awful and depressing that undo a lot of progress. Gaza's closer to the Vietnam War, or the Global War on Terror - two tragedies that I at least hoped we could have learned from.