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People need to be allowed to keep their ID cards
I hope everyone is aware of the threat to đłď¸â⧠ď¸trans Kansansâ IDs. If I had a Kansas ID, Kansas would ask me to surrender my ID. It’s nonsense. There’s never been a reckoning. Anti-trans moral panic is hotter than ever.
On a journey toward truth
New art, ancient thought. Truth and the meaning thereof isn’t in a dictionary. It’s something you go on a journey to find. Philosophy by Guillermo Hurtado.
Will everything be OK?
No one can promise, but we can prepare. Put your plan into action. Uncertainty is a fact of life. We can promise each other we’ll do the work. We can iteratively take that moment to think about what we need and to prepare.
âDonât Say Gayâ could go national
USAmericans should vote on November 8, 2022. We could end up with a Republican-controlled Congress and a President DeSantis. If we do, the USA could have a national âDonât Say Gayâ law.
Floridaâs âDonât Say Gayâ, originally K-3, now through Grade 12?
High school teachers in Florida canât say it. First it was K-3. Now itâs through Grade 12. Teachers canât mention LGBTQ identity. Why is Ron DeSantis doing it? LGBTQ people did nothing to deserve it.
Supreme Court allows criminalizing trans kidsâ healthcare in Idaho
The April 15, 2024 ruling denies injunctive relief. I donât care about preliminary injunctions per se. âI care about trans kids. We have to pay attention to what is happening.
Give trans kids privacy and affirmation
Doing so wonât hurt you. California Assembly passes two bills in 2023. One way not to be anxious about trans people is just to listen to us and respect what we say we need, because what we truly need isnât scary.
How to reduce your anxiety over the âideaâ of trans kids
Look at that âideaâ, and change your assumptions about it. Or, if you want to spend years feeling anxious that you donât know how to respond to the existence of trans kids, start by making these bad assumptions.
When I, a trans person, spoke to a bioethicist about consequences
We did not agree, and I was wrong. But I wouldnât have wanted the state to send me to a mandated mental health counselor nor hand up six months of counseling notes to a bioethicist.