The transgender community is facing a silent genocide in the U.K.
The transgender community is facing a silent genocide in the U.K.
The comment was “okay cissy”.
Why was this removed?
Because denying genocide is cool and good, and being mean to the people denying your genocide is bad (:
/s cissies will always be snowflakes who are more offended by an insult than an attempt to wipe out trans people
I mean, they keep killing themselves.
If non-existence is preferable to the discomfort, I’d say the need to help them is pretty fucking immediate.
And that is a very serious issue that I feel deeply for and want to help them with.
But it’s not a fucking genocide.
UN definition of genocide: www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml
Although you can’t technically genocide trans people because they’re not one of the special groups outlined in the definition, you don’t actually need to kill people to commit a genocide. I would argue that there is “intent to destroy, in whole or in part” trans people by “Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group” and “Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part”. By taking away healthcare and other accommodations, serious harm is caused to trans people. Couple this with the high suicide rates of bullied and marginalised trans people, one could argue that the lawmakers are intending to kill trans people (although I personally wouldn’t go that far)
It’s not genocide for the same reason that straight-up euthanising, say, schizophrenics isn’t: Neither are a people, but a subset of every people.
I’d lump it in with eugenics but genocide is catchy so I’ll permit it despite better semantic judgement.
EDIT: What, y’all disagreeing with me about the use of “genocide” being politically opportune?
The government literally covered up the massive leap in suicides since banning trans care for youths.
Bit more than not being represented.
How magnanimous of you…
Well now that we all agree on the exact proper word to describe it, can we maybe stop Terf island from “massacring” a population for the horrible crime of existing? I know that it was vital for us all to spend our finite energy and time to get the exact most perfect word for the evil they are causing.
By that logic, all US Citizens are victims of ongoing genocide.
Genocides are a real thing that are really happening to people across the world, you can’t just make it mean something less than it is in good conscience.