Saving this for my next KYC identity check.

I don’t know where the adorably precocious children in this screenshot are purported to come from. Every kid I’ve ever met who questions me about my gender has been an argumentative little shit that wants to make a point out of not believing me.

Ride or die indeed.

I’m calling bullshit on this.

The article backhandedly implies that, while there may be 724,000 youth ages 13–17 who identify as transgender, they can be split into two groups: 1) those who exhibit gender-non-confirming behavior “from birth” (???) and 2) those who don’t. Those who don’t are only described as being subject to “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” (ie: trans-ing cuz it’s cool), which the article claims to have scientific merit.

Ok, sure, but how about spending SOME TINY BIT OF INK on the notion that some kids recognize that it’s fucking terrifying to be trans and get really good at deliberately repressing their gender identity. And then, if they do decide to come out, start broadcasting that gender identity “rapidly.” To the outside observer, the kid appears to have suddenly caught the trans, but actually they just suddenly decided to let people see it.

Any industry rag that doesn’t plainly acknowledge this scenario is peddling a narrative.

Skeets & toots ahoy!

Revision draft:

“The only boots worth licking are your dommy-mommy’s.”

Reposting a comment when this popped up two days ago:

If you have the stomach for it, the 2013 documentary Let the Fire Burn is worth your time.

JustWatch says it’s streaming on AppleTV, Ovid and Kanopy.

🗞️📣🗞️📣🗞️📣 EXTRA! EXTRA! 🗞️📣🗞️📣🗞️📣

Witch strikes moon in eye during broom-top fly-by; Italian Diviners claim: “That’s amore!”

If you have the stomach for it, the 2013 documentary Let the Fire Burn is worth your time. JustWatch says it’s streaming on AppleTV, Ovid and Kanopy.

Clever acts of civil disobedience.

Consider the risks, the disruption, the audience, the take-away message / discourse.

Protests need to get creative. The inflatable frog suits are good example: it’s ridiculous, it’s visibly passive, it’s practical, and it has great optics. Entire protest actions need to be designed with these things in mind.

Everyone (protestors and the public alike) are bored to tears of street marches, cute protest signs and the same dozen chants.

Absolute monsters.

👏👏

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That’s what they want. It would be very convenient for our enemies if we just disappeared.

The way through is to be trans and in their faces about it. Use the public toilet. Play sports. Don’t even try to pass. The only way through is to demonstrate the injustice. The challenge is having the will to do it and being smart about the demonstration (maximizing a positive exposure vs risk ratio).

A) How many people gave a shit about transgender folks in sports until the supposedly-unbiased-but-suddenly-purchased-by-a-billionaire news source started repeatedly publishing negative opinions about it?

B) Selection bias: what kind of person gets a call or email with an opinion survey and takes the time to fill it out?

FYI, Newsom also vetoed a bill that would allow trans folks to stockpile their HRT for a year:

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/gavin-newsom-vetoes-important-hrt

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB418

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I know, right?

I sat down with The Glassworker this weekend. There’s nothing quite like it.

FLCL came out 25 years ago.