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They're trying to make it so that it's more likely LGBTQ+ kids end up in homes that aren't welcoming of their identities. Make sure they're raised in a way that forces them to denounce being LGBTQ+.
Ok, Ok, Let's Talk Trans
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Give them all streaming access to Bolton Wanderers games.Let's all start a giant kids home and call it Cheshire Place. All are welcome
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To elaborate a little, this is actually an incredibly fucked up story. The TL;DR is something to the effect of:Nex Benedict's death being ruled a suicide.
Nex Benedict died by suicide, autopsy report says
Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old Two Spirit teenager from Oklahoma, died by suicide according to a partial autopsy report.www.thepinknews.com
- Nex was bullied by a group of girls for over a year
- Nex either poured a water bottle onto or threw a water bottle at one of their bullies last month
- The bullies cornered them in the bathroom and brutally beat Nex, including repeatedly slamming their head into the wall
- The school did not call an ambulance for Nex, and it was students - not faculty - that broke up the fight
- Nex was confronted by police in the hospital (ostensibly the video linked in the article), wherein the officer both-sides the beating
- Nex was released from the hospital, and died the next day
- Police, day of, were running with the overdose claim and said there was "no trauma" involved before backpedaling that shit
- Internet says the "drugs" being claimed responsible are Prozac and Benadryl, but veracity TBD
Even if Nex succumbed to suicide, let's be clear: Nex was murdered. It doesn't matter what that title is within the scope of the law - manslaughter, whatever - 3 cis girls murdered an Indigenous non-binary person, after bullying them for over a year, because of some water.
Every single faculty member, police officer and student responsible for this bullshit needs to be held accountable.
Not a single one will be.
And this is the plight of the trans community. It doesn't fucking matter about hypothetical boogey-people steamrolling a kid in sports. It doesn't matter about trans people being in the "wrong" bathroom to piss and shit.
The only thing that matters is that the perpetuation of all this bullshit is factually getting people within our community murdered by people outside of it. And literally nothing is being done to stop it, including the bare minimum banning of the social media accounts for the right-wing hate group responsible for this and so, so much more.
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This. This fucking right here. It's ok to murder someone, to bully them for a fucking year, to smash their head against a wall, because they were different. They weren't a good Christian biggot like their leaders were. Fuck every teacher at that school, fuck every student that participated in the bullying or the assault, and fuck Oklahoma.
They won't ban accounts on Twitter, that's why Elon bought it, to turn it into a right wing hate jerk-fest. Moral obligations be damned.
The applause. Fuck every person in that room.
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Regardless of whether it was a suicide or not, the fact of the matter is they were subjected to violence which ultimately lead to their death. All this goes unaccounted for and it is the LGBTQ+ community that pays the ultimate price.
But they're not gonna hold the staff, police, and students responsible for this. They've made it abundantly clear that violence against the community isn't only allowed, but encouraged. What they're doing is by definition, genocide. Anything to wipe trans people off the face of the Earth. If it wasn't clear before, it sure as hell is now.
Need I say? v
I'll say this right now, and I'm gonna warn you all because this is me being unhinged. This is me seething with anger. There's an old saying and it goes like this: the only good Nazi is a dead one.
They want to advocate genocide? That can go both ways. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, life for a life.
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Yup. It goes beyond just Twitter, but even then - advertisers should be completely out. The government itself should be stepping in because it's spreading insane amounts of misinformation, it's endless rallying calls for crime and violence that are expressly illegal.
But, nope, let's target TikTok 'cause muh Gynas or whatever.
And these fucking companies and government agencies and stooges can't even be bothered to close or stop using their accounts, anyway.
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Something needs to be done, and not soon. Right....fucking....now. This has gone on long enough, and the longer it goes on, the worse it's gonna get. Eventually, we're gonna end up with another mass genocide if we're not careful, which is already happening now as we speak.Yup. It goes beyond just Twitter, but even then - advertisers should be completely out. The government itself should be stepping in because it's spreading insane amounts of misinformation, it's endless rallying calls for crime and violence that are expressly illegal.
But, nope, let's target TikTok 'cause muh Gynas or whatever.
And these fucking companies and government agencies and stooges can't even be bothered to close or stop using their accounts, anyway.
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Next up on the hit list, community centres. They've been targeted by smear campaigns and there have been some of them that have been defunded as a result, putting them at risk of being shut down.
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The GOP is using lies to defund local LGBTQ+ centers. They’re treating our lives like a game.
It's time we play harder.
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Typical tactic. Lie about anything they don't understand, make it seem awful, get it out of our sight! Ugh.Next up on the hit list, community centres. They've been targeted by smear campaigns and there have been some of them that have been defunded as a result, putting them at risk of being shut down.
The GOP is using lies to defund local LGBTQ+ centers. They’re treating our lives like a game.
It's time we play harder.
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Just like they did to the Vanderbilt University Medical Centre. Targeted it with propaganda and not only forced them to shut down their services for trans patients, but also made them release peoples' personal medical information.
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Alberta, in classic Alberta fashion, is planning to restrict trans healthcare for trans kids, as well as further restrictions being placed upon the trans community.
TLDR version of what's being rolled out this upcoming fall by Alberta's Conservative government.
TLDR version of what's being rolled out this upcoming fall by Alberta's Conservative government.
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That clause that specifically states that trans teenagers can receive HRT as long as they're deemed mature enough might as well be an explicit denial.
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This....this because an educator wore a rainbow face mask.
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An educator wore a rainbow facemask. Then the bomb threats started.
Butler Middle School in Waukesha, Wisconsin, has received four bomb threats in the past two weeks.
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This....this because an educator wore a rainbow face mask.
An educator wore a rainbow facemask. Then the bomb threats started.
Butler Middle School in Waukesha, Wisconsin, has received four bomb threats in the past two weeks.
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Over a fucking face mask. Seriously now? Good God, what has the world come to? -_-
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I mean, they threatened to bomb the kids hospital in Boston...people are not stable.
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The sad part is that one day, these threats may become reality, and it's not just LGBTQ+ people that are going to be caught in the crosshairs, but other innocent people too.
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Oh of course, just think how many horribly sick children were in that hospital on that day, and they had to have their care interrupted, their lives thrown into chaos all over some ignorance.
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Yeah, and the most chilling part that comes to mind is that if someone did carry out with the threat, then you have so many children being caught up in a terrorist attack. Just sick stuff.
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With where Ontario is trending... they won't be much further behind.
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leave it to me to look for “silver” linings in everything, but…
a lot of these news stories, as awful as they are, have one thing in common: the evil specter of libsoftiktok. what’s happening isn’t that a lot of these small communities are suddenly turning on their own queer people, it’s that there’s one utterly deranged person with a platform and a few tens of thousands of keyboard jockeys with so little going on in their loveless lives that they spend their days targeting harmless individuals, giving their employers no recourse but to part ways with them, and making peoples lives a living hell
it’s not exactly “good” news but i just try to remind myself that these people are a very vocal and very small minority that is spread like expired peanut butter across the united states and populating places like 4chan and lolcow, not the grocery store or the park
a lot of these news stories, as awful as they are, have one thing in common: the evil specter of libsoftiktok. what’s happening isn’t that a lot of these small communities are suddenly turning on their own queer people, it’s that there’s one utterly deranged person with a platform and a few tens of thousands of keyboard jockeys with so little going on in their loveless lives that they spend their days targeting harmless individuals, giving their employers no recourse but to part ways with them, and making peoples lives a living hell
it’s not exactly “good” news but i just try to remind myself that these people are a very vocal and very small minority that is spread like expired peanut butter across the united states and populating places like 4chan and lolcow, not the grocery store or the park
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Fuck Chaya Raichik. Abusive monster.
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Compounded by others who are joining in on spreading the propaganda. Tory governments and people like Matt Walsh trying to paint the community in a villainous way.
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Alabama lawmakers expanding their Don't Say Gay law to ban education of sexual orientation & gender in the classrooms for all grades. Also being banned are flags that represent the LGBTQ+community. They went on a spiel claiming it was a necessary proponent to stop students from being indoctrinated.
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And if that's not enough, there was yet another death reported within the trans community. A black trans woman in Houston Texas was gunned down on late Saturday morning. A video caught the incident, and the police are searching for the man who killed her.
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Alabama lawmakers expand horrific 'Don’t Say Gay' bill to all public school grades
Lawmakers in Alabama have proposed to expand the "Don’t Say Gay" bill to all public school grades, restricting LGBTQ+ topic discussions.
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And if that's not enough, there was yet another death reported within the trans community. A black trans woman in Houston Texas was gunned down on late Saturday morning. A video caught the incident, and the police are searching for the man who killed her.
Police hunt for man caught on video shooting down a trans woman
"She was larger than life she had a lot of energy and always smiling and personable."
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Another day, another death of a trans person reported. 
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'Abducted' 21-year-old trans man Alex Franco found shot dead in Utah desert
The body of a 21-year-old trans man, Alex Franco, has been found in a remote part of the Utah desert. He was reportedly abducted on 18 March.
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Not just in Canada.
A rider in the spending bill limits displays in foreign embassies now. Which we're supposed to take as a "win" given all the other shit Republicans wanted in there as trojan horses, but honestly... still no. Fuck literally all Republican members of congress, but fuck Joe Biden and his administration too.
Politics are not, and never were, a game. There is no compromise on the rights of human beings, other preachy words, so on, yadda yadda, preaching to the choir here.
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I know a lot of schools that have barred anything that shows support for the LGBTQ+ community too because people kicked up so much of a stink that they caved in to the pressure.Not just in Canada.
A rider in the spending bill limits displays in foreign embassies now. Which we're supposed to take as a "win" given all the other shit Republicans wanted in there as trojan horses, but honestly... still no. Fuck literally all Republican members of congress, but fuck Joe Biden and his administration too.
Politics are not, and never were, a game. There is no compromise on the rights of human beings, other preachy words, so on, yadda yadda, preaching to the choir here.
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Mmhm. There's no end to the caving either, but they're too chickenshit to realize it.
Appeasement went real well with Hitler, as we all know.
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Yup, and look what that policy eventually led to.
Should also note we've also had entities & businesses officially withdraw their support from the community in the face of backlash, showing us that they never truly supported LGBTQ+ people to begin with.
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Of course, corporations/Captial have no moral compass. Whatever they think will make the most money will be what they do, all else is inconsequential. The public outcry after the horrendous treatment of the AIDS crisis, the largely positive public sentiment regarding gay marriage - the numbers said Rainbow Capitalism was the way to better profits. And they were right.
But Rainbow Capitalism only exists for a short period per year, and given enough pushback - which is to say if someone so much as sneezes in their direction - then they'll just drop all support and probably disavow with some Both Sidesism. With the very real threat of violence in this current atmosphere, which will not be checked nor balanced by anyone within a position of power or authority? Yeah, no, there are very few allies out there.
I'm still okay with Rainbow Capitalism as a largely cringey and obnoxious thing that at least helps remind people about LGBT+ issues that would otherwise just be entirely ignored in favor of 100% aggressive, draconian bullshit.
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I'd say with the threat of violence becoming more & more ubiquitous, we're gonna being seeing even more corporations distancing themselves from the cause.
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Absolutely.
More a question of what the next target will be. Fucking Joanne and her brainworms delving into Holocaust Denialism paints a fairly clear picture of where those bigots will wind up, and I'll be curious to hear about the many ways the Jewish communities push back or pretzel themselves into agreeing with it.
But that's political poison, so I don't know where the influencers and politicians will point their ire.
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It's abundantly clear the direction they're headed in. The fact that it's so eerily similar to what went down almost 100 years ago is what's scary about it.Absolutely.
More a question of what the next target will be. Fucking Joanne and her brainworms delving into Holocaust Denialism paints a fairly clear picture of where those bigots will wind up, and I'll be curious to hear about the many ways the Jewish communities push back or pretzel themselves into agreeing with it.
But that's political poison, so I don't know where the influencers and politicians will point their ire.
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Well, as you would expect, no charges are being placed upon those responsible for Nex Benedict's death. A shame these things are allowed to happen without consequence.
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Outrage after Oklahoma prosecutor declines charges in Nex Benedict bullying death
Adocates and community members are outraged that Stephen Kunzweiler, the Tulsa County district attorney, has decided not to pursue criminal charges in the death of the transgender teen.
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In the absence of justice, the only remaining path is violence. Violence becomes not just a solution, but the solution. Fascists and Liberals alike have long forgotten that the social contract is only valid whilst agreed upon by all parties - if parties break the contract, or otherwise fail to uphold them, then the entire thing is null and void.
Declining to prosecute people that contributed, via abuse, to a suicide speaks volumes for the state of Oklahoma and will have repercussions that extend far beyond the LGBT community. This is especially telling in light of the recent conviction of Jennifer Crumbley:
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Do not ever allow someone to tell you (or in this case specifically, children in your circles) to not defend yourselves. Never. If a bully comes at you, you take that bully the fuck down or get hurt trying. Your school record doesn't mean a fucking thing, there is nothing a school can teach or offer you that isn't more readily available - and better fucking taught - through other means! Often through the teacher(s) themselves without the fucking education system being in the way.
Declining to prosecute people that contributed, via abuse, to a suicide speaks volumes for the state of Oklahoma and will have repercussions that extend far beyond the LGBT community. This is especially telling in light of the recent conviction of Jennifer Crumbley:
Jury finds Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan school shooter’s mother, guilty of manslaughter
A jury finds a Michigan school shooter’s mother guilty of manslaughter in the deaths of four students.
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Do not ever allow someone to tell you (or in this case specifically, children in your circles) to not defend yourselves. Never. If a bully comes at you, you take that bully the fuck down or get hurt trying. Your school record doesn't mean a fucking thing, there is nothing a school can teach or offer you that isn't more readily available - and better fucking taught - through other means! Often through the teacher(s) themselves without the fucking education system being in the way.
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In the absence of justice, the only remaining path is violence. Violence becomes not just a solution, but the solution. Fascists and Liberals alike have long forgotten that the social contract is only valid whilst agreed upon by all parties - if parties break the contract, or otherwise fail to uphold them, then the entire thing is null and void.
Declining to prosecute people that contributed, via abuse, to a suicide speaks volumes for the state of Oklahoma and will have repercussions that extend far beyond the LGBT community. This is especially telling in light of the recent conviction of Jennifer Crumbley:
Jury finds Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan school shooter’s mother, guilty of manslaughter
A jury finds a Michigan school shooter’s mother guilty of manslaughter in the deaths of four students.
Do not ever allow someone to tell you (or in this case specifically, children in your circles) to not defend yourselves. Never. If a bully comes at you, you take that bully the fuck down or get hurt trying. Your school record doesn't mean a fucking thing, there is nothing a school can teach or offer you that isn't more readily available - and better fucking taught - through other means! Often through the teacher(s) themselves without the fucking education system being in the way.
I'm not one to condone violence against others, but you are 100% correct. When there is no justice and these deeds are allowed to go unpunished, what other solution is there other than to fight fire with fire? As I said before, if they want to play that game, then all bets are off. That's where the "eye for an eye" expression full should apply. No one should take this lying down. This is where the community and people who support them fully needs to band together.
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And especially after this, I don't want to hear anymore bullshit from them about "protecting the youth". One just tragically died and they DID NOTHING about it, all because Nex being trans doesn't fit their narrative.
This will for sure open up the floodgates for LGBTQ+ people being persecuted & abused without consequence. I can guarantee you this ruling will give way to a lot more of this happening. The fact that those girls got off scott-free means they can freely do whatever nasty things they want to do to trans people and get away with it.
This will for sure open up the floodgates for LGBTQ+ people being persecuted & abused without consequence. I can guarantee you this ruling will give way to a lot more of this happening. The fact that those girls got off scott-free means they can freely do whatever nasty things they want to do to trans people and get away with it.
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Ignorant fuckwad
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Fuck the people agreeing with him too.
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There's a certain charm to how dumb that walking douchebag is.
In that he's so dumb he managed to simultaneously misgender her, but also acknowledge that he needs to transition before it's "okay" to hit her since she is, in fact, a woman.
...But I mean primarily he's a dumb, hateful bigot within the sphere of Dana White whom is also a dumb, hateful bigot so news at eleven and all that I suppose.
In that he's so dumb he managed to simultaneously misgender her, but also acknowledge that he needs to transition before it's "okay" to hit her since she is, in fact, a woman.
...But I mean primarily he's a dumb, hateful bigot within the sphere of Dana White whom is also a dumb, hateful bigot so news at eleven and all that I suppose.