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submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

I don't know why I was born transgender, but I have no secret agenda. I want my child to live in a world where they are safe and free to be exactly who they are.

Fewer than 1 in 3 people report personally knowing someone who is transgender. Yet the American public is saturated with viral social media videos and political news stories, largely generated by a well-funded coalition of organizations long dedicated to making it as difficult as possible for LGBTQ+ people to go about their daily lives.

These organizations proudly advocate for the abuse of LGBTQ+ young people through the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy, and they have celebrated their role in influencing Texas to “investigate” parents who’re doing their level best to support their transgender kids.

They’ve succeeded in generating national debates about excluding transgender kids from school sports, banning medically necessary health care and even prohibiting restroom usage – all under a guise of “protecting young people.” But these debates are largely missing the point. 

Transgender people are our friends, family members and neighbors. They work in the cubicle next to us at the office, and they pray next to us in our houses of worship.

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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 7 months ago

Its so clearly a scapegoat. Unfortunately rationality is in short supply.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

There are so few that isolated communities can more easily demonize them and radicalize people against them as a social boogeyman and a distraction from the actual grifting and thieving and indoctrinating that is happening by clergy and politicians and billionaires. But people keep listening to what people say instead of watching what they do and allow themselves to be manipulated.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 34 points 7 months ago

We should make a secret agenda. On Tuesday, all the trans people will meet up for taco night.

[-] lath@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

Up next, in the news: Mexicans targeted by secret trans agenda! Shadowy cabal using southern immigrants to push for government takeover! Does eating asparagus turn you gay? Are Chihuahuas a covert ploy to further the feminization of our country? These questions and more, answered just after the break! Stay tuned!

[-] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

May I humbly suggest that we make it a taco OR hot dog night? I'd hate to force people into a choice that doesn't work for them.

[-] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago

I have no objections. A taco is technically a hot dog after all.

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Welp, you've effectively started a religious war. Great. 🤣

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[-] mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

And a taco is just a open-faced sandwich folded over.

[-] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago

Is a taco an open-faced sandwich? Or does an open-faced sandwich become a taco when you pick it up and fold it over to eat it?

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[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 29 points 7 months ago

Well, that's the problem. They don't want you to live.

[-] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Outspoken anti-Trans bigot and Nazi platformer Kellie-Jay "Posie Parker" Keen has stated just as such on multiple occasions. She's talked a lot about "we can't let them trans the children," but when you press her (hell, even when you don't) she will admit that she doesn't think anyone should be allowed to transition at any age. She's also said that anyone who has transitioned should be forced to detransition. So... she doesn't like trans people and wants to torture them... other anti-Trans activists are shocked that she attracts Nazis and really want her to go away, but she's their ideology taken to it's conclusion.

https://youtu.be/JBy93QX7ysE?si=g3krNkO-xML144Hs

[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

I'm pretty sure the Transgender community is just getting scapegoated by Trump & the GOP because they're a convenient group to go after. It's a relatively little known and "strange" group (to mainstream America) that are considered "sexual deviants" and such; a group that, until relatively recently (within 10-20 years), no one would've batted an eyelash if you made fun of being transgender or joked about it. It may even still be a reality in some places, my workplace would shitcan you in a heartbeat for that, but I'm sure other places wouldn't care as much. So just as with illegal immigrants, the Chinese, Muslims, and any other group they can find, the GOP are targeting them to use as a scapegoat for whatever stupid, needlessly cruel shit they can think up.

[-] mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

I'm trans and I have an agenda that right wingers would find very dangerous.

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[-] lemmylem@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago

I love everyone, just don't expect me to call you kitten, princess, or any other pronouns outside of he/him, she/her, they/them. That's basically where I draw the line. Other than that, do whatever you want.

[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Uh huh...but that isn't transgender, that's Tumblrgender and they do not represent trans people lol.

[-] Asclepiaz@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Is that a thing? 😮 I also will not be addressing anyone as kitten.

[-] Arthur_Leywin@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

You're saying I can't call strangers pookibear? 🤬

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[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago

nono, see you don't understand, the secrete agenda is living.

Don't tell the government, they won't like that.

shitposting aside, i like how it says "fewer than 1 in 3" which is incredibly wide, but i'll assume greater than .5 and less than 1 for sake of the argument. That means, assuming you have a handful of siblings, and parents, there is a none zero chance that someone in your family is trans.

Let's break it out further, at work, you probably interact with someone who is, especially if you work with customers/clients. Extended family? Almost certainly, online friends and acquaintances? You'd be stupid to think there isn't a trans person somewhere in that group.

i feel like that stat, and the next sentence "yet the american public" are in direct conflict, considering that statistically, it's pretty likely that you know a trans person, and considering that for something to be a massive political hot button issue on one side of the aisle, it would have to be at least somewhat prominent.

This shouldn't be a surprise, this is how this shit works. People don't like black people having freedom, suddenly the KKK exists. People don't like women being able to own bank accounts, suddenly misogyny is now a thing. Queer people exist now, why are we acting surprised with that phrasing?

Alright, enough of my autistic shenanigans, go have fun and enjoy something. It's good for the soul.

[-] Kedly@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago

1 in 3 KNOW someone whos trans, not IS someon who's trans

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[-] dhork@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Plot twist: the Trans Agenda is very similar to the Gay Agenda.... It was always just a Trapper Keeper. Turns out they just like to be organized.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Stop asking start fighting

[-] misspacific@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

trans people and our allies are fighting; that's why the christian theocrats are freaking out and using us as the threat of the day to drum up their stupid, ignorant base.

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