I’m not trans. As far as I know, my kids aren’t at the moment. Nobody in my family is. None of my good friends are. I don’t prescribe medication for gender affirming care. I don’t specifically treat folks for gender dysphoria. So why do I give a fuck?

You don’t punch down. There’s no transgender machine producing trans judiciary and trans politicians and trans PACs to come for my cisgender. There are trans folks being discriminated against, outed, beaten, jailed, and killed. I hate bullies.

@mcnado My church has several trans members and many other members of the queer community. If folks stopped ostracizing them and took time to get to know them , they would realize that they are wonderful people! 👍

@Galley @mcnado

Absolutely! I have no close contact with any trans people, but know two are.

One was a professional contact who wrote some software we used at work. After they came out, I figured "so what, their code and customer support was what I cared about." That wasn't going to change

The other is a woman I met as a woman. There were some bigots in our hobby community that made a point of saying she used to be male. So what? She has always been a pleasant person when we have talked

@Galley @mcnado

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