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You want to hide the fact that gay and trans people exist from children? Why? Besides, children will go through puberty, and they will get to experience a whol

You want to hide the fact that gay and trans people exist from children? Why? Besides, children will go through puberty, and they will get to experience a whole lot of hormonally driven urges which, it may surprise you, have quite a lot to do with sex. Want to promote teen pregnancies, STDs, unrealistic views of sex gleaned from porn, and ignorance about sex, consent, and intimacy? Then ban books and any other publicly scrutinized sources of knowledge suitable for them, and just let them figure it out themselves. We help children learn about society, language, maths, and science, but sexuality is somehow off-limits?

high_na_euv 2y ago
Concept is simple As of today there are many concepts or things that society decided that arent good for kids and they are 18/21 age restricted. And now: is the topic of transgender people important and appropiate for them? I'd say no. Transgender people are very, very tiny population and the topic itself is milion times overblown by media. Changing gender may easily fuckup your life and % of the cases where it is viable idea is tiny
- voidUpdate 2y ago
  As someone currently going through this, you have to talk to a lot of people about it before you can do anything regarding being trans. The only way its fucked up my life is now there are a lot of people who hate me for some reason, apart from that I've been happier now that I'm able to live the way I prefer. As are all my trans friends. Do you mean that only a tiny percentage of the world should transition, or that a tiny percentage of those with gender dysphoria should transition?
  - bletc 2y ago
    Not always the case, see e.g. https://lacroicsz.substack.com/p/by-any-other-name https://lacroicsz.substack.com/p/by-any-other-name She was prescribed testosterone at her first appointment with Planned Parenthood. There was basically no gatekeeping.
- spaceribs 2y ago
  You're right, it is a simple concept. Avoid talking about any and all things you deem uncomfortable and strange. Reject the identity and existence of millions of people until it's "appropriate". Maybe we should ship all transgender people to a reservation so that children don't interact with them until it's age appropriate? It's so simple!
  - voidUpdate 2y ago
    Honestly sometimes I wish they could ship us all off to somewhere else so we don't have to deal with transphobes anymore. Just somewhere remote with good internet where we can all live in peace
    - spaceribs 2y ago
      You know as well as I do that it never stops there.

high_na_euv 2y ago

Concept is simple As of today there are many concepts or things that society decided that arent good for kids and they are 18/21 age restricted. And now: is the topic of transgender people important and appropiate for them? I'd say no. Transgender people are very, very tiny population and the topic itself is milion times overblown by media. Changing gender may easily fuckup your life and % of the cases where it is viable idea is tiny

voidUpdate 2y ago
As someone currently going through this, you have to talk to a lot of people about it before you can do anything regarding being trans. The only way its fucked up my life is now there are a lot of people who hate me for some reason, apart from that I've been happier now that I'm able to live the way I prefer. As are all my trans friends. Do you mean that only a tiny percentage of the world should transition, or that a tiny percentage of those with gender dysphoria should transition?
- bletc 2y ago
  Not always the case, see e.g. https://lacroicsz.substack.com/p/by-any-other-name https://lacroicsz.substack.com/p/by-any-other-name She was prescribed testosterone at her first appointment with Planned Parenthood. There was basically no gatekeeping.
spaceribs 2y ago
You're right, it is a simple concept. Avoid talking about any and all things you deem uncomfortable and strange. Reject the identity and existence of millions of people until it's "appropriate". Maybe we should ship all transgender people to a reservation so that children don't interact with them until it's age appropriate? It's so simple!
- voidUpdate 2y ago
  Honestly sometimes I wish they could ship us all off to somewhere else so we don't have to deal with transphobes anymore. Just somewhere remote with good internet where we can all live in peace
  - spaceribs 2y ago
    You know as well as I do that it never stops there.