Nicely put, but sad that it is necessary. I understand, though. I have a much easier time wrapping my head around how it is to be gay, at least has much as a cis, het, white male can, as âThey are just like me, other than their romantic attraction. Easy!â Trans is a great deal harder, as in that case, you are going through a struggle different than any of mine. Until I reframed it as âTrans people are trying to figure out how to be comfortable in their in skins and true to who they are.â That was a struggle I could identify with. Even if my own struggles are not anywhere near as difficult or subject to the same social and political pressures, at least it framed it in a way that made sense to me. Due to family, I have had to spend a good bit of time contemplating these issues. I have to say, it is one thing to say that one is supportive of any personâs right to live their lives as they wish, but if you cannot empathize, âwalk a mile in their shoes,â so to speak, it is incredibly hard to put your heart and soul behind that. I am truly glad that the author of this piece has been able to do that. I wish more (witness the TERF and LGB bullshit currently polluting our culture) would follow that hard but necessary path.
If you make even one LGBT+ personâs life easier with love then you are going the right way.
I think this is a nice gesture; but that he doesnât have much to apologize for.
The people who need to publicly apologize are your Joe Solmonese types - who ran the Human Rights Campaign and who designed and implemented a policy of exclusion from nondiscrimination legislation.
History also needs to document who was driving the exclusionary decisions. Name those big money people and pols.
It often seems that the best apologies come from those with the least to apologize for.
Better late than never?
I have to say, Iâm surprised that the original legislation didnât apply to all convictions. What was the need for the limited application at first?
Iâm still boggling that people were being convicted of being gay into the 1980s.
Sure, but the whole thing is very problematic. Why they canât just wipe these criminal records wholesale is beyond me.
âBut theyâre not doing that. Theyâre putting people through more trauma by them having to apply for this removal,â he said. âIâm not happy with it because itâs set up as a pardon, and a pardon is almost an admission to guilt on my part.â
13 year old comes out as bi.
13 year old comes out as bi in a conservative family and calls them out for their bullshit
13 year old comes out as bi who also happens to be Ted Cruzâs daughter over social media, puts her family on blast for media fakeness/pr bullshit and mentions that she told the world on TikTok first before telling her father.
I hope she stays safe
I do too.
I admire her for coming out and publicly disagreeing with her father. But between the hatred for him in many RWNJ circles and being queer, she could be in a precarious position.
Body Talk: Conversations on Transgender Cinema with Caden Mark Gardner: The Matrix Resurrections (Lana Wachowski, 2021)
So Grimes released an browser add on that highlights transphobes on social media sites
Um⌠@anon73430903⌠isnât this already a thing?
