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[–]Britishbulldog 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Peaktrans.org Transgendertrend Fairplayforwomen Forwomen.scot. GC Academia Network. The first 3 are U.K., the other is international. I’m sure American members can supply good critiques on the EO. Lastly, the article that peaked me- Pronouns are Rohypnol.

[–]Baileyscheesecakes 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I wonder if a different approach might be worth exploring. If she won't listen to counterarguments, then ask her to tell you why she believes what she does. If she is a baby boomer, she surely was not raised thinking that anyone could just decide to be a woman. Why does she no longer believe that biology defines what a woman is? What persuaded her to change her view of this? Does she believe that stereotypes define womanhood? Were the 70s feminists wrong to fight against them? Maybe getting her to explain her position will help open up conversation, especially if your links and rational arguments make her feel defensive?

[–]BEB 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Great idea!

[–]our_team_is_winning 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's a shame she only believes leftist media (which in USA is 95% of media) because they have gone hopelessly Woke at this point. There is no truly Liberal media. Have you showed her the It's Ma'am Gamestop video and asked if she believes she's watching a woman have a meltdown?

https://youtu.be/Lb6OpRfyLFo

When I see that man, I see a violent man and I feel scared. That is the sort of man the law wants to say is 100% identical to a female.

Would she undress in front of this dude? Would she feel safe for you to undress in front of him, or for a 12 year old girl to?

[–]BEB 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

And the US Equality Act would not allow just ANY man into women (and children) sex-segregated spaces, it would allow ANY GROUP of men.

[–]our_team_is_winning 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Remember when sports journalist Lisa Olson entered the New England Patriots locker room? I remember the (tasteless) joke going around: How is Lisa Olson like an Iraqi woman? They've both seen a Patriot missile close up.

Men were angry about it. Rightly so. But women aren't supposed to be?

The media is ignoring this COMPLETELY. 100% media blackout. The only mention is about "trans rights" and "equality for transgender" and "ending discrimination" and their favorite "transwomen of color are being murdered." The precious few editorials (not news articles, only opinion page pieces) calling this dangerous appear in the much smaller conservative press, and people immediately dismiss them with "that's a neo-Nazi outlet!" or similar.

[–]BEB 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have lost patience with people who refuse to see the danger. Especially with older women, because we have spent our lives avoiding sexual harassment and assault, and many of us didn't successfully avoid it.

That being said, I think that after the initial, "We are against it because the Republicans are for it" passes, the Mildly Woke will come around to the GC view. Let's hope that's before the Democrats ram the atrocity that is the Equality Act through Congress.

Remember, CALL THE US SENATE (both parties) on MONDAY and say NO to the Equality Act as written, because it destroys the sex-based rights of women & gay men, destroys the privacy/dignity & safety of women AND often children, and destroys women's sports.

The Equality Act should be called the Misogyny Act, so please say that to every Senator you have time to call.

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

Tell her about the kids. That in the US, according to the CDC ( study released Jan. 2019), almost 2% of US high school students now id as trans. That's 40 kids in a high school of 2000.

Does your mom remember 40 trans kids in high school? Or does she remember 40 kids she suspected of being gay (her age group would have tried to hide it, but even back then, many kids knew that other kids were gay)?

Is it a coincidence that "gender non-conforming" kids (the ones people her age usually suspected were gay) are the ones now "coming out" as trans? If these kids were left alone would they instead grow up to be gay adults happy in their own bodies and selves?

Tell your mom that almost immediately some of these kids can access puberty blockers, either illegally online or through Planned Parenthood, their own doctors, etc.

Far from harmless and irreversible, the puberty blocker Lupron, which I believe is the most-used in the US, is an advanced prostate cancer drug, still used to chemically castrate sex offenders.

The longest term study on cross-sex hormones on transgenders, ( reported on in CIRCULATION, the journal of the American Heart Association Feb. 2019) found an increased risk of (IIRC) blood clots, heart attacks and strokes in relatively young people.

Your mom is probably a little too old for the various waves of anorexia that hit US girls, but ask her if she thinks that anorexics, who also suffer from distorted self-image, should be indulged in altering their bodies to "fix" their minds? Or should anorexics' minds be "fixed'" so that they are content in their bodies?

Mention the financial incentive for transitioning - that these kids will become lifetime and very expensive medical EXPERIMENTS. A huge market to dump bad drugs like Lupron and HRT. Repeated surgeries will also bring in big $$$ for the Medical Industrial Complex.

Here is a blog by very respected LGBT people that goes into the dangers of medically transitioning children, many of whom would have grown up to be happy gays.

https://www.genderhq.org

Also point her to LGB ALLIANCE, because these are LGB people in many countries rebelling at the takeover of gay politics by TQ+ . Sexuality and gender identity are two separate issues, with different goals, and LGB Alliance doesn't want them conflated.

https://lgballiance.org.uk/

Also this blog, that exposes the huge amount of money behind Big Gender. The author was a Leftist environmental activist:

the11thHourBlog.com

There's a demonstration against minor transition going on today:, apparently in a few cities:

@gendermapper

Good luck! If not, she'll sort it out herself soon, as trans activists and their Democratic cheerleaders become ever more outrageous in their demands.

[–]one1won 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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