Mallory's Musings & MischiefMar 19, 2023
I may be a bit biased, but I truly believe that trans people are the vanguard of a better society. People are fighting against us so hard because in so many ways we are the focal point of the failures of modern society. There's a reason so many trans people are some flavor of socialist or anarchist. The system is broken. It's broken for everyone, but we feel it in a very visceral and personal way.
Show threadMallory's Musings & MischiefMar 19, 2023

When people say "Trans Rights Are Human Rights", what they mean is that our fight is your fight too.

Shall people have bodily autonomy or not?

Shall healthcare be a human right or not?

Shall people have equal rights and opportunities regardless of their gender or not?

If trans people can't have rights, no one has rights, not really. They'll start with us, but it won't end there.

Show threaddode
@malcircuit I'm not sure where you are geographically but which rights are missing in your country?
Mar 20, 2023 at 1:25pmWeb
Show threadcalcifer 🧯Mar 22, 2023

@dode the UK has a "rape by gender fraud" precedent, so you wouldn't have to look far. In the US, there are several states actively restricting the right of trans folks to access adequate health care. And that's just a couple of examples you could have googled instead of being a sea lion at a trans person

@malcircuit

Show threaddodeMar 23, 2023
@calcifer @malcircuit we also have some healthcare issues in the UK. I hadn't considered the legal situation which I guess falls under rape by deception. That gets into the very messy space of what each party in a relationship understands to be the meaning of words. If we lose common understanding of words and aren't able to agree on definitions conflict becomes more likely. One reason why questions and discussion is important (no sea lions)