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Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced a bill this week to legally erase transgender people, entitled the “Defining Male and Female Act of 2024.” He claimed that the bill will stop what he called the Biden administration’s attempt to “replace biological sex with dangerous radical gender ideology.”
The bill is a long list of terms and definitions, where words like “father” and “girl” are defined with the words “male” and “female.” Those two words are then defined as “an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports and utilizes [sperm or eggs for male or female, respectively] for fertilization.”
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Ya know, this “guy” goes by the name Roger and wears a suit and tie - why I bet he uses the “mens” bathroom… but how do we even know he’s “male”? No seriously, how do we know he’s not secretly just using the “mens” to try to assault/molest/peep on other alleged “men”?
I mean, if he’s defining “male” then what follows, clearly, are inspections. He should not be exempt from them but, if he truly has nothing to hide, should be willing to be first in line.
wHaT ArE yOu HiDiNg “Roger”?
Man, I hope all the trans who said they wouldn’t vote for Harris because she didn’t talk about them are feeling great about the new government that will be in control during the next few years!
If we used a more representative electoral system, these people would be free to vote for who they want, safe in the knowledge their vote would still be counted against the republicans.
Are you working to replace First Past The Post voting in your state now that we have a few gasps of ait between elections?
Only true if the right isn’t united. With a split left and a united right then the right ends up with the most people elected anyway. The only reason the left got a plurality in France is because it decided to work as a team for once, otherwise the far right would have taken over.
Also, acting like the system isn’t FPTP in the meantime is just acting against your own interests.
This is what centrists think solidarity looks like.
The constant purity testing of candidates/policies?
The entitlement and vindictiveness when that entitlement is not met.
You gotta work with the system you have, you can disagree with it, in the meantime you’re still working against your interests of you decide to not vote for the lesser of two evils.
You gotta work with the system you have, you can disagree with it,
Yeah, I saw how that worked out here on lemmy.
in the meantime you’re still working against your interests of you decide to not vote for the lesser of two evils.
Already voted for Harris. This is about your gross vindictive glee at the misfortune of others.
Glee? What glee? I’m just pointing out that some people were saying they wouldn’t vote for Harris because she didn’t talk about the issue close to their heart specifically and in the end they’ll be part of the reason why things will get worse for them. Fuck around and find out works both ways and I hope that will be a lesson for them.
Glee? What glee?
Fuck around and find out works both ways and I hope that will be a lesson for them.
There is no glee. I’m sorry it seems that way to you. There is a lot of frustration going around. Playing the blame game gets us nowhere. I was part of the problem too blaming non committal lefties. I’m sorry for my past attitude. I’m just not convinced that block has any interest in making change anymore. I think we’re all miserable at the moment. We all have friends or know people that will be personally affected in the next four years so there is absolutely no glee here (at least for me)
I was part of the problem too blaming non committal lefties.
You. Still. Are. That’s the entire fucking point of your Schadenfreude-laden gloating that trans people are going to suffer, just on the off chance that some of them stayed home.
I’m not gloating. I’ve stated as much numerous times. I’m pretty glum about it. I’m disappointed in the DNC overall.
Try to have a convo without getting so bitter all the time. I’m not your enemy.
Well, said senator could find himself and his cohorts erased as well
Setting aside the mind, it is a biological fact that approximately 1 in 1700 people are born with both sexual organs.
They’re supposed to just, die?
According to Republicans, yes
Because irony has been bludgeoned to death by these bigots, I’d like to point out they’ve already been performing sex-reassignment surgery on intersex infants to make them conform to a binary sex, without the knowledge or consent of the baby and sometimes the parents. That’s been happening for ages in some places.
So all their tantrums over kids getting sex surgeries are technically true, except they have it completely backwards. It’s done to newborns to force traditional conformity, and they’re the ones doing it.
Intersex people occur at the same rate as redheads. This is the same thing as a proposal to kill all redheads for being redheads
This is really fascinating. I had to idea. Would love to read more on this if you have any recommendations
But gingers don’t have a soul so I guess it’s fine?
What seems like a rhetorical question to you does not to a fascist.
Another fact, indigenous peoples all over the world had several genders, some dozens.
These dumbfucks really seem to believe that trans started with Biden or Obama, don’t they?
If centrists wanted to be upset about bigotry against trans people, they could have started when they were blaming trans people for Harris losing. They could have started when their candidates were parroting Republican “boys in girls’ sports” bigotry in their own ads.
The indignation here rings hollow because like all the pretended morals of centrism, it is hollow.
For the first time in history we had a president address trans issues in a state of the union. No democratic politicians have enacted legislation against Trans - in fact quite the opposite. But here you stand grandstanding again.
Get over blaming centrists for all your problems and enjoy the next four years
It’s the only options we got in a FPTP. If you think not participating absolves you of any moral agency then you are just naive. I never said the democrats were champions of trans issues. I said steps were being taken in the right direction. They were very small steps, but it was something. Democracy demands vigilance and active participation. Its only as strong as it’s participating individuals. The same goes for any other polity, so don’t delude yourself in thinking that we are immune to corruption in any alternate system either.
Tell me, how happy were you to see the bigotry you agree with at all times repeated by candidates in your own party?
Like what? Got any examples?
https://youtu.be/TKBJoj4XyFc?t=714
Colin Allred and Vicente Gonzalez, in their own words.
I remember these now. I find those two candidates and their messaging despicable. However I should caveat: these are two small town local races. They run in stark contrast to the messaging from the President.
I understand the Dnc is a big party tent. In an ideal world I’d love to see a true progressive party take hold in America. The DNC needs a thorough shake up. Im feeling pretty glum about it atm tbh
However I should caveat: these are two small town local races
Allred was running for US Senate. Gonzalez was running to represent TX-34 in the US House of Representatives. I gave you their names and you can use google.
I understand the Dnc is a big party tent.
Yeah, big enough for anti-trans hate and not one but two Cheneys. But fuck progressives.
In an ideal world I’d love to see a true progressive party take hold in America.
And an ideal world is your prerequisite since it means shutting out progressives until that happens.
I personally didn’t shut down progressives. When I say ideal world I’m just stating my preference. As in I’d really like to see a progressive party. Non the other way around.
Might as well define the Earth as flat and the Moon as green cheese while he’s at it.
Do these fuckers have literally nothing else to do than wage wars against reality?
Maybe a strategy to distract the masses while they and their
supportershandlers steal the country blind.I think you mis-spelled “Likely”.
I know you misspelled “certainly.”
They might try. They’ve already tried to legislate a definition of pi to equal exactly 3.
No, I refuse to believe that’s ever hap-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_pi_bill
Motherfucker…
Yes because if they admit reality, none of them should be in power.
It keeps us divided. It misdirects the anger of their base towards something other than how badly they are being fucked.
Never attribute that to malice which can be adequately explained by stupidity… Unless it comes from the mouth of a Republican politician.
Not the dangerous radical gender ideology of trying to be happy
Is there any argument for trans people getting their rights removed?
Bigotry
People dont hate trans people just to hate trans people. They have reason, even if they are bad
Name one.
Confusing children during pivotal construction of their identity.
Encouraging life changing and life altering medical treatments and medications during the confusion, sometimes leading to regret albeit very low 1% or less detransition with proper psychological help.
Suicide causes for transgender teens is often reported as bullying or bigotry, but not often reported on the lack of support for dysphoria and other mental health conditions.
A lack of stability in life often leads to chaotic life altering decisions, sometimes self harm and death.
Chaos and instability caused by the movement have created schisms in classrooms, identity in schools become more chaotic leading to worse public school safety. Especially when inclusivity becomes the #1 school agenda, leading to some schools and teachers even taking it upon themselves to “guide” students without parental consent. Creating distrust in parental and teacher relationships.
People matter. I’ll get down voted for saying it, but there has to be an understanding of the need for a stable help for people with gender dysphoria. The inclusivity of it has hurt the movement more. Making everything sexual for children while not even acknowledging the sickness of it.
If that were a valid explanation then why is the bill banning any adult recognition of trans adults?
There’s a different conversation on whether to allow gender affirming therapy for minors.
Sure. Different conversation I agree. I wasn’t commenting to the original post. Just that the idea that transgenderism and the issues surrounding it arent hard discussions with people outside of the community here is irrational.
Making everything sexual for children while not even acknowledging the sickness of it.
Same shit said about gay people.
Being gay isn’t sexual. Being straight isn’t sexual. Being trans isn’t sexual. Someone saying they are a girl is not sexual. Someone saying they are a boy is not sexual.
You see how none of this relates to sex?
The real answer is that a lot of people don’t really understand being trans. A lot of people used to the same way about gay and lesbian people. Conservatives tried to rally hard against gay and lesbian people, but that proved unpopular. Trans people don’t have that same protection. So, they’ll go after it until people finally get it.
Conservatives only have identity politics.
I’ll agree someone saying they are are a girl/boy or trans isn’t sexual. Gender isn’t inherently sexual. Someone being gay/straight feels like it’s absolutely sexual. Implied with the"sexual" in homo or heterosexual. You could have nonsexual gay/straight thoughts/feelings I guess, but those are just feelings. Like, ANYONE is allowed to have them regardless of orientation, and honestly sounds like it’s bordering on asexual. Do you have a learning example for that line of thought? Before any angry blowback: I’m not trying to be a dick about this. As far as my understanding of this goes, I don’t follow that comment.
I’m referring to nudity and expressing sexuality in front of children. Drag and children. Parades of expression with children involved. Seeing essentially naked men and women and children being encouraged to interact in it.
Nudity is also not inherently sexual. You can be naked for reasons outside of having sex, such as cleaning yourself, using the bathroom, changing outfits, sunbathing, relaxing, etc. None of those are inherently sexual.
Wearing drag is not sexual either. It’s been a thing for centuries, and that’s just the easily identifiable stuff.
Wearing kink gear is not inherently sexual, though I can understand that you don’t recognize that because it has connotations. But you can wear it without it being a sexual act.
“Expressing” sexuality is purposefully vague. Is kissing expressing sexuality? Is holding hands? Children do those. That would be an expression of your sexual orientation. You aren’t really making any sense.
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Ah yes not bigotry just made up bs points that are meant to do nothing but stop trans people from being accepted.
A lot of these points had analogues in the past with other minority rights movements, but why look to the past and see how those points were non-issues when we can instead get mad about the transgenders CoNfUsInG OuR ChIlDrEn.
And
Suicide causes for transgender teens is often reported as bullying or bigotry, but not often reported on the lack of support for dysphoria and other mental health conditions.
This just means we need to let kids be who they are and support them in their transition, that is the only logical conclusion of that issue.
People matter.
Unless they’re t****n freaks, then they can get outed to their abusive parents and sent to conversion camps for all I care :^)
Are you referring to yourself? No one who loves their children wants to send them to conversion camp. There are definitely discussions to have regarding the proper medical treatments and psychological care and how the involvement of the state and legislature hurts more than helps. But I don’t want the state being involved in how we raise our children. I don’t want to change children or parents sending their kids to camp. But you can’t pretend that parents and our communities aren’t involved in the way a child is raised, how they grow mentally and encouraging strengths, and guiding them in a healthy way. Let kids be who they are and make sure they get the support they need.
You say that and yet when a child decides to confide in their teacher for their own safety, instead of their parents, you want them to be forced to out the children.
And the entire “poor confused children” rhetoric doesn’t do anything but hurt us. We are not confused, we are devastated by being forced to go through the wrong puberty.
It really doesn’t sound like you’re a bigot but please examine the sort of rhetoric you take in and spread.
And specifically, christian nationalism.
That was what i was asking
One argument i have seen against acknowledging the existence of trans people is that people will be tricked into changing their gender
Its not a good argument, but it exists.
It’s bullshit and you’re either a sucker or a liar for playing along, pretending you don’t know what subtext is.
I wasnt asking for valid arguments against a group of people
Also, i had to search the definition of the word subtext
People can hate other people simply to make themselves feel better. Or for societal gain. That is less a reason for “why should this person be hated”, and more “what will I gain for hating/inciting hate against this person”.
You can go to pretty much any school and find someone being excluded or bullied for a nonsensical reason. I remember growing up when being “gay” was the worst thing someone could be in middleschool. That hate didn’t come from reasoned arguments or even fear. It came from something being different and the knowledge of calling someone out for being gay could societally give you a leg up on them.
It’s literally just bigotry and propaganda
Doesnt propaganda still have to give reasons or have a reason for people to believe the message?
The reason is bigotry. And misogyny.
I doubt you’ll see them freaking out about trans men playing men’s sports.
Bullshit. It comes from a simple disgust reflex. Everything else is post-hoc justification.
“As a physician who has delivered over 5,000 babies, I can confidently say that politicizing children’s gender to use them as pawns in their radical woke agenda is not only wrong, it is extremely dangerous" has got to be the most unaware sentence I’ve ever seen.
Someone should establish a Department of Senate Efficiency to look into whether that is an efficient use of the senates time.
Not a catchy enough name for fuckin Neanderthals to chuckle about
He claimed that the bill will stop what he called the Biden administration’s attempt to “replace biological sex with dangerous radical gender ideology.”
bill attempts to stop something that was never occuring
Holy shit, it worked and it hasn’t even been signed yet.
I don’t know about y’all but I don’t remember Kamala or Biden directly spreading information in favor of lgbtq+ values. That’s mostly been Hollywood. There might be some lobbying going on and some shoulder rubbing, but… I mean, I have yet to even hear Biden say the word trans in any real context unless I’m wrong, here. Their stance is less a stance and more of a “you’re human, you’re cool too”.
But the scene does seem to be that the Republican party can just claim they stopped Kaijus and Holy wars and their fanbases will eat it up, so…
“Hey, my podcast said you didn’t exist yesterday.”
…sorry to disappoint you.
Not stating anything in the article isn’t true, but wouldn’t it be better to post a less biased source? That website has a very obvious bias. The other day, someone used motherjones as a source. I know Lemmy is extremely left leaning, but left wing rags shouldn’t be used as legitimate sources.
The headline alone should be enough to avoid that website. No one is trying to erase them. That’s hyperbole.
Legally erase. It’s not hyperbolic, it’s literally what the bill is about.
Imagine if we had a senate that was focused on real political and social issues instead of who has the “right” to go to the bathroom. Fucking nonsense.
I mean they had the chance during 4 years didn’t they
No-one is “replacing biological sex” silly.
Gender is different from sex. It’s related, but separate.
Sex and gender are also both very nuanced and complicated terms
Idk about the terms, but the concepts and definitions are, yeah.
