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[–]cutenoobies 89 insightful - 1 fun89 insightful - 0 fun90 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Ooooh my fellow gay friends and I had a brunch over the weekend (duh), and we talked about JK Rowling. Most were in disagreement over trans women in female sports and transing of children, and some were not even aware that such a thing was going on. In the end they also agreed with JKR. Real world is much more logical than echo chambers of reddit and twitter, and we have to thank JKR for making it mainstream.

At the same time there have to be awareness at mass level so that trans lobby is removed from pharmaceuticals, social media and politics, because as long as they got that lobby, things are going to be hard.

[–]msteacherlady 46 insightful - 3 fun46 insightful - 2 fun47 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

...and removed from education! Before Covid, I (high school teacher) already had a workshop where they shoehorned in some trans sensitivity and gave us all a booklet before moving on to the core activities that had nothing to do with trans!

[–]GConly 33 insightful - 2 fun33 insightful - 1 fun34 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

. In the end they also agreed with JKR

And that's why GC got banned. The last thing they want is people exposed to the facts.

[–]Bloommagical 25 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 0 fun26 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's the other way around. Pharma makes billions off of trans surgeries and billions more off HRT and blockers. Make transitioning illegal for anyone under age 21 and you not only save a lot of confused children from permanent physical and mental damage but you cut off a lot of money from this massive trans lobby.

[–]jjdub7Gay Male Guest Commentator 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Or, you abolish the mandated coverage laws in many states that "prohibit transgender exclusions" (aka mandate transgender inclusions) on healthcare policies to end this gravy train from the front rather than chasing after it from behind. Things like laser hair removal, cartilage shaves, and a whole host of other non-medically-necessary 'treatments' must be covered benefits under these laws for transitioning individuals - many of which are also cosmetic services that women generally pay out of pocket for - all subsidized by higher premium costs for everyone across the board.

One of the fatal flaws of Obamacare in trying to make care "affordable" was allowing the ivory towers to quietly push such inclusions through in the aftermath of everything else going on in the sector once ACA became law.

[–]notdelusional 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Do they really? Hormones are cheap and pharma is not doing the surgeries. Seems to me the shameless srs clinics are really raking in the cash on this fad.

[–]jjdub7Gay Male Guest Commentator 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Real world is much more logical than echo chambers of reddit and twitter

Yes, but remember how the activists use framing to corral opinions into the echo chambers on a massive scale - e.g. coining "transgender" to lump AGP and trans-med into a new Trojan Horse umbrella group that's then used to drive the discourse.

There's always work that needs to be done to dispel that framing so that people are again able to view the situation plainly rather than from the perspectives they're fed, and imo those personal, low-key discussions between friends are the best strategy on such topics.