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[–]censorshipment 38 insightful - 15 fun38 insightful - 14 fun39 insightful - 15 fun -  (1 child)

"In fact, who you are is who you say you are."

This is something a liar would say.

[–]PenseePansyBio-Sex or Bust 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

"In fact, who you are is who you say you are."

Then we're the world's foremost authorities on transgenderism... and it is our considered opinion that the whole thing amounts to a crock o' shit.

Well, the experts have spoken! Can't argue with that. Detrans line starts right over there (conveniently located next to the booths for class action lawsuits).

[–][deleted] 38 insightful - 3 fun38 insightful - 2 fun39 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

"The body doesn't just have one place where we can sit there with a microscope and say hey this is who you are."

Yet they'll screech at the top of their lungs that you can discern someone's gender identity or biological sex based on a brain scan.

[–]purrvana 30 insightful - 3 fun30 insightful - 2 fun31 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

And then when you suggest all trans people should go for brain scans to be "diagnosed" before being able to change their IDs they'll go "ohhh, no, that's too much work, we already go through so much" because deep down they know it's BS

[–][deleted] 30 insightful - 14 fun30 insightful - 13 fun31 insightful - 14 fun -  (1 child)

Exactly. Or they'll say you're 'gatekeeping'. They'll compare it to gay conversion therapy and say 'gay people don't need to be diagnosed! trans is the same way! #bornthisway bigot!'

Then they'll go back and cry in their little hidey holes like r/arethecisok, r/eggirl, r/lgballt, r/traaaaaaaaaaaaaans, r/AL and go 'Hey I'm a 78yo MTF trans-age 16yo trans girl named Mercedes and I had a run in with a T--F today. She said I can't be sure im female brained unless I get it checked. WHAT IF I GET IT CHECKED AND MY BRAIN ISN'T FEMALE?? -sad catgirl noises-' only to have all the comments siding with OP and giving 'headpats'.

There's no winning with them. Point out their inconsistencies and they make YOU feel like the crazy one.

[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 27 insightful - 3 fun27 insightful - 2 fun28 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Gay men don't need expensive surgeries, so whether we're all born this way or not, there's still a big difference

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

I've literally suggested that they should go for an MRI to prove intersex brain development to one scientifically literature one before.

He panicked. He knows as well as I do the hetero transwomen have normally developed male brains, and that would effectively bar any straight guy from gaining a legal transition to female.

That's about 85% of them.

[–]ChodeSandwichtender and moist 21 insightful - 4 fun21 insightful - 3 fun22 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

TRAs don't want to be formally diagnosed with anything unless they can walk away from it as soon as it stops being convenient.

[–]haveanicedaytoo💗💜💙 25 insightful - 3 fun25 insightful - 2 fun26 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

There is something seriously wrong with Teen Vogue. Within the last few years, they also had articles encouraging teen girls to have anal sex and praising sex work. They also recently posted a propaganda piece about how Facebook is safekeeping the election which turned out to be a sponsored advertisement.

[–]ukrdude10 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Can someone please explain why this sub has a problem with sex work? I don't really see an issue with it as long as it's between consenting adults, especially in the gay community where there isn't a gigantic power discrepancy between client and service provider.

[–]ChunkeeguyTeam T*RF Fuck Yeah 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In most situations is highly exploitative and damaging and leads to people being trafficked and worse. I agree that adult men choosing to do sex work in first world countries are not in the same situation as women anywhere or men in developing countries.

[–]JulienMayfair 19 insightful - 6 fun19 insightful - 5 fun20 insightful - 6 fun -  (3 children)

Wow, I'd never heard Chase Strangio talk before. He sounds like a nine year-old boy.

[–]GoValidateYourselfuseful lesbian 12 insightful - 6 fun12 insightful - 5 fun13 insightful - 6 fun -  (2 children)

Do you mean Strange Chasio? Or Strangio Chasio? Or The Strange Chase? LOL don't mind me, I can never read his name without laughing

[–]JulienMayfair 12 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The jokes do write themselves, and it just goes to show that it's always the same TRAs pushing these narratives. I wouldn't give the ACLU a dime these days, which is sad, because they used to be an admirably principled organization.

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

[–]hetisachoice 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wish gay people had this kind of power, but we apparently used up all our political capital getting Anita Bryant canceled. How nice that she cared enough about us to throw her career on the sword to keep us from being treated as equals under the law.

[–]PenseePansyBio-Sex or Bust 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

One thing a lot of people in the intersex community talk about, are medically-unnecessary surgeries that are forced upon intersex children to make them fit into these boxes of male or female

Except, of course, if it's a little boy who likes pink-- then that's obviously a medical EMERGENCY and he's gotta go in the female box, stat! TOTALLY different situation! (somehow)