sanity isn't achieved until we switch to single payer healthcare

Again: if you can't accept your child's identity, be it gay, trans, or whatever DON'T have children!

Oh, that was a sweet, sweet thing to read

It's still shocking to me that Rowling didn't retract her awful accusations

Man, I hated this so much, it really was the reason I stopped hanging out with the opposite gender.

Remember: puberty blockers are completely reversible! It hurts nobody to put kids on them until they “know for sure.”

Also, some non-trans kids take puberty blockers for other medical reasons. Another reason not to butt into the medical decisions of another person.

F**k this. If I had to go through male puberty, knowing it would do irreversible alterations to my body which I would hate (I identify as female), it would throw me into depression, too.

i actually didnt know that about ballet

Okay, I actually flinched - my mom's name is Linda and she absolutely treated me like a piece of property through my entire childhood. XD I'm adopted and she told me - frequently - that I was adopted "just" to be a sibling to my older sister, her bio child. She didn't want her daughter to be an only child. She's the epitome of the "Linda" above, though - I'm not female-gender-normative at all and I cannot even imagine how horrific my childhood would have been if I'd tried to express that to her beyond my preference for pants over frilly dresses.

the NPC shirt lmfao

Also, where's the outrage over intersex babies being given surgery without parental permission, and sometimes even parental awareness, in an effort to "normalize" their genitalia? This can cause loss of sensation, scarring, urinary issues, etc. Even WITH parental permission this seems like a terrible idea. ************* I know we all prefer to have things be black and white, A or B, but this is harmful! Biology is a complex thing; sometimes we need to accept that reality. ************ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/16324-intersex https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/07/25/us-harmful-surgery-intersex-children https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex_medical_interventions

I love the colourful hair

Regrettably, there's one interview that won't go out on air. Fsr.

But to elongated muskrat, it's a "slur".

It’d be nice if we went forward with this kind of thinking, instead of backwards with the insanity that came with overturning Roe v. Wade.

Don't forget that after being fired from IBM she started her career over from the bottom, in spite of her years of experience.

Ah yes, well-known christian festival, the Bacchanalia. Celebrating the well-known christian god Dionysus.

If only it was actually funny…

Love the mic drop moment on this one

There is always tension between 'safety' and 'progress'. Look at the history of the printed word, if you want examples; and check the meaning of the word "imprimatur". 'Change' is scary, but may well be necessary - and helpful.

Why are people so evil

But maybe he needs a friend to explain all this to him.

Some parents don't fully understand their children. This has been going on for millennia. The Golden Rule applies - to both sides. Be gentle, be tolerant.

On his good days Elon is a waste of space.

Violence is never truly 'legitimised', but too often, excuses are offered for it ...

Must admit, I have no concept of what "gender ideology' might be - but my ignorance is not proof of anything. I need to learn more.

I'm old, but I'm having difficulty with the claimed difference between 'genders' , 'sexes', etc. Please don't mock me, help me. Oh, and drawing someone who you claim to be wrong, licking a boot, doesn't really prove anything. Just sayin'.

Be cautious about banning books just because you don't like what they say. That's a dark road to start down - oppose them, rebut them, don't buy them, but don't expect to have them burnt, either. The other side just might have the 'right to differ' from your opinions; you claim the same right from them, remember?

If we reach a point where people don't vote for parties unless they have full and knowing agreement with every part of their manifestos, the voting booths will be silent places. Regrettably, at some points we have to choose between different flavours of good - or watch others choose for us.