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Cake day: June 6th, 2023

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  • I assumed “thought about being a different gender” in this context meant “actively desiring it irrespective of negative impacts of sexism and gender roles.” Such that, even if one could magically take away those negative impacts, the desire would remain.

    For what it’s worth I (cis, a man) have felt less than a man on occasion and have always been more of the quiet, sensitive, bookish type. Sure, I have pondered being another gender briefly here or there – as a thought experiment or trying to empathize, perhaps – but I have never seriously wanted to trade being a man for any reason. I want to stay how I am, actually.

    Hopefully this is helpful to some.


  • Channel 7 journalist Liam Bartlett says in the promo that “children are being told they should change from boy to girl, or girl to boy, from as young as 12-years-old”.

    Oh look, bullshit trans hate.

    We should live in a world where if a child has gender dysphoria it is OK and they can express themselves however they want and be whoever they are.

    … instead of having hateful gasbags like this pour hate on them for being different.

    None of this asshole’s pearl clutching has anything to do with protecting children, it’s about rejecting and destroying people who aren’t like them. Whether LGBTQ+ or black or brown or neurodivergent or whatever else.

    I think it matters when people who aren’t hateful assholes take a stand and accept others visibly, vocally. I guess it will take a while to change and unfortunately hateful bigots are a fact of humanity but hopefully our efforts make sure there are fewer of them.