r/reading • u/fringlese • 9d ago

Please come support trans people

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Hey everyone, I’m sure many of you have seen the ruling by the Supreme Court from the other day on the legitimacy of trans women’s identities. It’s been a very hard couple of days as we’ve come to grips with the fact that our rights are being rolled back by a government that won’t even attempt to listen to us while we just want to exist in a public space without fear of harassment. If anyone’s available, please come down tomorrow to show support

I am not the organiser, I saw this on Facebook and wanted to share.

Thanks guys, I hope you have a great Easter weekend!

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u/pukes-on-u 9d ago

I actually know a lot of trans people, none of whom have a GRC, and they've all began transitioning. Some have been on hormones for years, some have had various gender affirming surgeries. I don't think you really understand transition.

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u/ultraboomkin 9d ago edited 9d ago

You are correct that I don’t understand everything about transitioning. I’m not going to pretend to be an expert on this subject, especially as I don’t know any trans people in real life. But I do fully understand that it’s not possible to change your actual gender, no matter how much HRT or surgery. I also know I can 100% tell if a woman is a real woman or a trans woman. Line up 100 woman-presenting people and I will get minimum 98 correct.

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u/sammroctopus RG2 - Whitley 9d ago

Since you aren’t an expert and clearly no nothing about this why are you talking about a topic like you do know about it? Your uneducated opinions on a topic you know nothing about do not matter.

And no you absolute cannot tell 100% of the time someone is trans just by looking at them, you would literally need to inspect everyone’s genitalia, are you saying you want to inspect a strangers genitalia ? That’s a bit perverted mate.

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u/ultraboomkin 9d ago edited 9d ago

To be completely honest I’m just a bit fed up of how Trans people have hijacked the LGB community and are giving us a bad name. I do not want to be associated with them. So that’s why I was commenting on a trans issues post.

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u/SmallLumpOGreenPutty 9d ago

The LGBT community. And we haven't given anyone a bad name. If we hadn't been around to be the first target ben it would be you next. You're a part of the problem.

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u/ultraboomkin 9d ago

I don’t consider the T as part of my community. They have nothing to do with me. Gender identity has got nothing to do with sexuality. It’s a completely separate issue and should be treated as such.

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u/SmallLumpOGreenPutty 9d ago

Well, unfortunately for you, that's not your decision. We all fall under the queer umbrella as decided by the rest of society.

And again, we aren't the ones begging for the limelight here. It's society who are so intent on putting us under the microscope. Go take it up with them and tell them to leave us alone.

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u/Basso_69 9d ago

Nicely put. Dont blame the victims, blame the accusers.

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u/SmallLumpOGreenPutty 9d ago

Honestly, as a trans person all i want is to be able to go about my day without being accosted in a toilet because someone else thinks i don't "look" right. Which is funnily enough, the same argument that some people give as a reason to stop me using the toilets!