Can't unsee

Fucking transphobia.

It's like, everything seems to be going along fine, and I think the world is starting to get it, and then suddenly the veneer of tolerance gets stripped away and we're suddenly dudes in dresses.

Thought for the Day

If, as I insisted, you'd read Tove Jansson's elliptical, elegant Fair Play or her marvelous The Summer Book, you could perfectly envision the Norwegian island chain where married lesbians Hege Dalen and Toril Hansen [adidas] were eating at their campsite when they heard shots and screams across the water. Did they run and hide? No, they're lesbians, so they jumped in their boat and sped toward the slaughter. The women pulled terrified teens from the water and the rocky coast as the insane far-right gunman shot through their vessel. Unfortunately, there were too many youth to fit in the boat. Hege and Toril ferried the group to safety, then hurried back to the massacre, rescuing another boatload. Then they did it yet again. And still again. Altogether in their four trips they saved forty people from the scene where seventy-six died.

— "Married Lesbian Couple Rescued 40 Teens from Norway Massacre"

Link via moondancerdrake

The Rules

Here's how it works:

First, that whole thing about trans people and pronouns: it doesn't apply if the person in question is someone you just don't like anyway. Besides, when you boil it all down, "he" is gender-neutral, so there.

Second, it's possible to support LGBT people while rejecting the most basic premises of trans identity. This is totally possible.

Words like 'cis' and 'transphobia' are divisive, and should not be brought up in conversations about serious topics. But some times it's necessary to distinguish real women from trans women. This is what useful terms like "woman born woman" are for, and it's a shame that people get up in arms about that terminology.

Finally, when disagreements about issues of gender emerge, the dictionary should get the final word. Because dictionaries are about facts! Not fuzzy thinking: FACTS!

To demonstrate how all of this works, apresvie shows you how to apply these rules on the Internet.

On a more serious note, I feel I should say this publicly: I believe Jack, and am glad that he's getting support. I'm probably not reacting to the situation with the right amount of anger assistance, but it nonetheless remains my hope that Kynn owns her behaviour and gets help.

Other Thought for the Day

I think I first heard this from kalmn:

Speak your truth, even if your voice shakes.