Charlie Stross1d ago

About trans rights:

They're a wedge issue. If you think it's okay to deprive trans people of the right to exist in the public sphere then you're saying human rights are conditional and/or can be withdrawn. Which puts you on a slippery slope to no human rights for anyone.

When you trace the roots of the modern anti-trans movement they boil down to some combination of bigotry and billionaire bullshit— the oligarchs think rights are for the rich.

So: trans-rights are human rights. No exceptions.

Show threadLegit_Spaghetti1d ago

@cstross I've seen people I thought were otherwise reasonable say insane shit like "trans women shouldn't be allowed to compete in women's sports," and I'm like, why is this stupid shit so effective in turning people into idiots. Let people compete wherever they want. Who fucking cares.

Trans rights ARE human rights!

Show threadMorgan ⚧️1d ago
@Legit_Spaghetti @cstross the sports issue is a good example of something that may seem less important than it really is. Because to the average person who sees sports as entertainment, it doesn't really make sense to fight for it either way. It's just a game, right? So even those who support trans people and view us as the genders we are probably don't care that much about our right to compete in sports with other people of our gender. They don't see that it's just step 1.
Show threadsabik1d ago
@raphaelmorgan @Legit_Spaghetti @cstross
I mean, playing sport has a range of benefits, health, community, etc; kicking people out of sport is real harm
Show threadMorgan ⚧️
@sabik @Legit_Spaghetti @cstross touche--I was forgetting that for athletes, their sports tend to be as important to them and their health as music is to me and mine. It probably seems like something that doesn't matter to a lot of people, and those who do care about sports are more likely to have a cis female athlete in their life whom the bigots can weaponize
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