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If it was actually impossible to change your sex, the government and a bunch of rich assholes wouldn't be spending billions of dollars trying to stop people from doing it

They can dress it up however they want, but at the end of the day, these people are harming children who are already severely marginalized and at risk for so many things that their cisgender peers will never have to face

These criminals should be held accountable for their actions

The Democrats should take a lesson from this. The left in Brazil has jailed one would-be dictator and looks to be on the path to jailing a second. They defeated authoritarianism twice not by hating trans people but by joining with us.

Donald Trump represents a fascist takeover of our government. It's wholly responsible to do anything and everything within the realm of politics to stop him.

I don't think it's acceptable to ask trans people to vote for people who hate them and want to erase them

Just 7 years ago, Twitter banned users who misgendered trans people. Our society knew how to treat us with dignity and respect. Then came the billionaire-funded campaign of hate and the seizing of the presidency by a demagogue. www.nclrights.org/our-work/cas...

If the Democrats can't beat jackasses like this without throwing trans people under the bus, then they deserve to lose

In California, trans youth: -can be forcibly outed at schools -cannot get access to medical care -cannot compete in sports And Gavin Newsom has vetoed numerous pro-trans bills. Rob Bonta has refused to enforce laws against many hospitals denying trans youth medical care.

Turek should lose simply for trying to eke out a victory in a close race by sacrificing a marginalized group. That's completely immoral and should be repulsive to anyone in the Democratic party.

Omg, stop the presses! An entitled cis-het white man has decided that he knows what's best for trans rights..

In a functioning democracy this would lead directly to impeachment

He needs to lose and then get purged from the party

The gender criticals are really such nice, well-adjusted people. Definitely no sign of mental illness whatsoever.

The Republicans are actually trying to rig the election

This exchange would make such a better campaign ad that a soundbite of some middle-aged politician with a bad haircut saying derogatory things about trans people. Do the Democrats actually understand how to inspire people?

This person is really missing the point. Nobody with a working brain is arguing there's no difference between Harris and Trump. What they're saying is that the Democrats refuse to commit to doing the work of seriously reducing the amount of fascism in our politics.

This is actually really cool

Shameful to see another institution kiss up to a petty despot.

Contrary to Nancy Lacore's anti-reality beliefs, trans people are not a big issue for voters, as poll after poll shows. She didn't need to bring transphobia into her House race. Shame on her for being a bigot.

Wow, giving an AI agent access to manipulate your bank account is right up there with making your password "1234567" www.axios.com/2026/10/22/a...

Last month I published a piece on research showing that trans women are anywhere from 1/3 to 2/3 less likely to even get a job interview, and right now I'm working on a piece regarding the wage gap for trans people (spoiler, it's huge). So no, we're not rich elites, and JK is a ghoul.

This seemed a lot more predictable (and likely) than all that distracting talk about AI eliminating humanity in the next 10-15 years. I hope the eventual lawsuits bankrupt all the AI companies and put the perpetrators in jail.

Amazing that Chris Geidner is doing this work. And so terrible that the rest of the press doesn't think this is an important case to make known to the wider public. More evidence of the deep transphobia in our institutions.

There are distinct downsides to being a sociopath, e.g., you think this ad is a good idea that will make your opponent look bad

This is a great piece. It really does a great job of explaining why the "distraction" rhetoric is so harmful to trans people and other marginalized groups—it takes the Dems away from fighting for us to fighting for middle-class white men. It's shameful that Sarah McBride has adopted this rhetoric.

It really should be more of a crisis that the Executive Branch just regularly arrests people based on complete lies in an effort to brainwash the public

Googling something else, I happened to find this article about a high school teacher transitioning in 2014. Just 12 years ago society knew how to treat trans women with kindness, support, and dignity. My heart breaks for what bigoted fascists have done in the time since. abc30.com/post/riverda...

As a person with a fully functioning brain, it's really bizarre to me that a journalist would hear something that makes no fucking sense and not think to question it

As someone who lived through the Napster era, won't the people who control the pipes eventually figure out how to lock down their pipes again?

These letters were a compromise made between doctors and psychiatrists in the '60s, because neither wanted sole responsibility in case trans people "regretted" surgery. The fact that the field still makes us get these letters is demeaning & based in an idea of regret that has been widely disproven.

Actually, no, universities routinely de-platform certain ideas and should continue to do so. Universities don't debate the Flat Earth theory, they don't teach that people of color are inferior to whites, that women are hysterical, etc, etc. It's perfectly fine to de-platform hateful bigots.

Josh Hawley really wasn't hiring the cream of the crop, was he?

This is how you fight fascism. Notice how different this is from bashing marginalized groups just enough to coddle hateful bigots on the right wing. If the great majority of Democrats weren't so hopeless inept and cowardly, they would be learning from this.

Segregating us tells us that we cannot ever be a part of society. This kind of systematic ostracism is one of the most heinous and harmful things that human beings can to do one another. It leads directly to depression, anxiety, suicide, and death.

Since time immemorial, cis people have controlled our bodies, our identities, and our lives "for our own good." When will they just drop the pretense? If they really cared about our well-being, they would treat us like human beings and let us have a modicum of autonomy.

If the Democrats don't at least try to impeach this sociopathic abomination they are useless exploiters of the marginalized groups who have steadfastly elected them year after year in spite of getting very little in return

I would love to be wrong about this, because the future of democracy probably does count on it, but history tells us that the Dems will win a pretty solid majority in both chambers and then proceed to hold useless hearing and pass marginal legislation meant to woo Republican voters.

I am a therapist specialized in serving trans people, and I cannot tell you how many of my cis counterparts need and rely on reporting like this so that they can actually know enough to help their clients. It's really vital that sites like this remain strong and keep growing.

"And I do love questions" 🤦‍♀️😂

I think a lot of cis liberals in this country are too privileged to understand. We are fighting for our lives. Bigoted Democrats are an existential threat. Do not lecture us on "purity politics." Tell me if you'd be okay voting for someone who wants to segregate you.

The cis hysteria over trans people existing claims another victim. This time it is a high school play that I'm sure would have been a really nice thing for everyone involved.

If I knew my doctor was going to treat me like a man and make me use male facilities, I'd stay the hell away from her. Also, it would just be stupid, cruel, and probably malpractice to do so, as my body phenotype is female at this point, and no one has called me a male for years . . .

omg, this is real narcissistic sociopath levels of behavior