19th June 2014, Joy Pullman

In Billings, Montana, "Brokeback Mountain" isn't a Hollywood fantasy anymore. It's real-life drama now with legal consequences, as a wave of deceptively labeled "non-discrimination ordinances" begins to whistle across the valleys in this rural state.

It's not just Montana. These ordinances are beginning to embed themselves in cities nationwide. The culture wars are back, with families clutching crucifixes on one side, and lawyer-backed tolerance enforcers on the other.

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One last thing. Proponents of creating special classes of citizens who can scrounge up the political power to get their group legal recognition wish us all to believe another lie: That agreeing with them is necessary if we want to be "non-judgmental" or "anti-discrimination."

The problem with this is that discrimination is not just good, it is necessary for life.

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There is no way to live without discriminating, except in utter chaos.

More: http://thefederalist.com/2014/06/19/discrimination-is-healthy-and-normal-sex-confusion-is-not/

*Pukes* (We need a puking emo) and also

You know, it was REALLY difficult reading that article. So many things wrong with it, so much misinformation and so much prejudice/hate (or at least disgust) for certain types of people, mainly the LGBTQ and trans people. I will say this though, so it's perfectly ok to "enable" a  smoking habit (since forcing them off of the habit, does them and others harm) but it's not ok to "enable" the protection/rights of trans people nor is it ok to "enable" trans people's feelings and let us be happy and safe and mentally sound of mind and so on etc. etc.? Honestly, it's not "enabling", it's being kind, respectful, merciful and so on to us to treat us as the gender we say we are and why? Oh, because, just like a smoker who is being forced off of smoking, us and those around us have to suffer otherwise! Especially the trans person has to suffer more than the family does! Also, that person goes on about how this isn't fair and such to religious people and such and how we shouldn't "enable" trans/LGBTQ or impose nondiscrimination laws for trans people on the public but, they're forgetting something very crucial here. THIS IS AMERICA A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO BE WHO WE WANT TO BE AND CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT (as long as legal of course) AND THUS! We aren't supposed to be discriminating against people in the first damn place! If she or anyone like her thinks otherwise then, perhaps they need to leave the US since it clearly bothers them so much!

Lastly, from the article

He goes on to note that a 30-year 2011 study of 324 people who had sex-change surgery found their likelihood of dying by suicide was almost 20 times that of comparable, non-transgender people. More successful therapies have counseled similarly confused people into accepting biological reality.

Now I highly doubt this crap! Both on the those who've has SRS and more so for the therapy has made trans people accept their biological body and live as it. If that was the case, we'd ALL be going into therapy for our own sanity because, being trans is a living hell at times! I could go on and on but, I will leave it at that for now..

Hm, funny, because I've never felt confused. I know I am male and that doesn't cause me problems. The only time I feel distressed is when my past comes up. And that's not me as a transgender person, that's the society we live in that feels the need to "tattle" on the trans person and valorize us as some gender-bending hero.

That was painful to read...it completely misrepresents who we are, and uses ill-logic to justify HATE.

*sigh*

Just one more ignorant person pulling out the old "XX or XY chromosomes determine your fate, deal with it" argument, having no knowledge whatsoever of the fact that prenatal hormone exposure is what really differentiates your sex both physically and mentally.

Who's really the one who's denying science?

There was one well written rebuttal in the comments, but sadly the bulk of the responses were not only supportive of the notion of "Special Privilege,"  but even more simplistically homo and trans phobic than the author.  It is sad really, intolerance and ignorance damages the intolerant and ignorant even more than those they would persecute.  They can hurt me, even kill me, but they cannot steal my integrity, or change who I am.  I have spent decades becoming me, and the fact is that as MLK once said:

"The Arc of the Moral Universe Is Long, but It Bends Toward Justice"

We are winning the hearts and minds, and will eventually win the battle for equality under the law.

Peace
Julie

Really excellent response here: http://www.bilerico.com/2014/06/lies_damn_lies_and_lies_about_transgender_people.php
On my FB page today.

--Jay

Awesome! I'm definitely re-blogging that.

A lot of people just aren't very nice and don't want to risk their own comfort with knowledge of what other people's lives are like.

Quote from: Shana-chan on June 19, 2014, 05:37:16 PM

Lastly, from the article

He goes on to note that a 30-year 2011 study of 324 people who had sex-change surgery found their likelihood of dying by suicide was almost 20 times that of comparable, non-transgender people. More successful therapies have counseled similarly confused people into accepting biological reality.

Now I highly doubt this crap! Both on the those who've has SRS and more so for the therapy has made trans people accept their biological body and live as it. If that was the case, we'd ALL be going into therapy for our own sanity because, being trans is a living hell at times! I could go on and on but, I will leave it at that for now..

Even if the study was right and people are 20% more likely to kill themselves after SRS ... among people who don't transition who are transgender, isn't the suicide rate around or over 50%? So ... doesn't that still show a marked improvement that makes a case for transition and SRS treatment?

What a great rebuttal, thanks for sharing, Jay!

How can we talk to people who listen to / beleive this misinformation? Responding is better than saying nothing but, mostly there is a lot of choir preaching going on and little communication.


In so many things in the US at least these days, there is no real debate. There's just trying to talk louder when opposing sides do get together.