This is the terrifying person the maga right conservatives want to erase and claim is a threat to society. This is a really informative video by a young man who describes the steps it took to get what he needed to be the person he really was. This person’s lived experience put to lie all the myths the anti-trans people claim are happening, like mass pushing kids to be trans, no medical checks, and just rushing kids to sex changes. It amazes me that in 2023 we still have throwbacks to dark ages in understandings of biology and social development. Notice this boy knew his gender was wrong most of his early childhood and even at 9 years old he knew he was not a girl but should grow up to be a guy, but it became a serious issue for him at 12 years old. Puberty time. This is the same period of time the maga religious right wants to claim kids don’t know anything about gender or sexual attraction. And even though this boy did not have teachers telling him about pronouns or gender expression, he still realized he was not his assigned sex / gender. He talks about gender conversion, gender dysphoria, and the misinformation about trans kids / people. His story is interesting. It also is very informative and destroys a lot of the trans haters talking points, even to the point of no harm and many benefits of letting kids socially transition. Well worth watching. Hugs
I was a transgender child.
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Hi Scottie;
It took me a couple of tries to get through this video. He mentioned that transgender rights are the civil rights of the time. I thought that very important.
Over the course of this country’s existence, we have struggled with the willingness to consider some “classifications” of a person as a full citizen and what rights a person has. I find it interesting that some believe they have the right to make that decision. Further, I find it really interesting that the most basic of things determine “personhood”. For instance, for some time, women didn’t have the same rights as men. White men vs. Indiginous, Mexican, African, Asian. At one time, the accent, language, or where a person lived further divided the “white” folks, but that became a bit too difficult I think. And, there has been questions about a person’s full rights based on religion, but again that is something that almost has to be declared in order to be prejudged.
My point: We seem stuck on thinking that if it isn’t what is staring us in the mirror it is somehow lesser-than. I don’t believe we as a people or as a person will advance in this life until we can view people as worthy of the same rights as that guy in the mirror.
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It was worth sitting through the forty-eight and a half minutes of the video. In fact it’s necessary to understand if one is to understand all the layers of what it is to be trans. The presenter was speaking from personal experience backed by facts. I didn’t really learn anything new fact wise. What it did help me understand more coherently is that gender is much more complex and nuanced than a binary of either being either innately biological or purely a social construct. Neither tell the whole story. The point is well made that gender is as much a matter of doing as it is a matter of being. I think that understanding is sadly lacking amongst the anti-trans brigade. It’s not simply a matter of “feelings” as so many detractor claim.
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