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WATCH: Transphobic Fearmongering, Courtesy of Texas's Lt. Governor

Started by stephaniec, October 20, 2015, 05:38:38 PM

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WATCH: Transphobic Fearmongering, Courtesy of Texas's Lt. Governor

http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/10/20/watch-transphobic-fearmongering-courtesy-texass-lt-governor

The  Advocate/By Sunnivie Brydum October 20 2015 4:38 PM EDT

"The anti-LGBT forces aiming to overturn Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance just gained a prominent supporter in the form of Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

Opponents' fearmongering rhetoric is reaching a fever pitch as November 3 nears, when Houston residents will vote on whether to keep in place HERO, the broad-spectrum ordinance that protects Houstonians against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in housing, employment, and public accommodations. After the Texas Supreme Court ruled in July that Houston officials must either repeal HERO or put it to a public vote, the ordinance found a home on November's ballot as Proposition 1. "
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Deborah

It's not really surprising that they think this way when a Republican Presidential Candidate AND Southern Baptist Minister publicly announced on television his personal fantasy to put on a dress for the sole purpose of entering a women's bathroom to sexually harass. girls. 

These people are sick with darkened souls hiding behind their tattered and bloody banners of false righteousness.


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Jill F

I am sick and tired of this bullsh*t argument about perverted men taking advantage of trans friendly legislation in order to access women's spaces legally to facilitate committing sex crimes.

These idiots have already defeated their own argument by presenting it in the first place.  The premise revolves around the notion that the potential perpetrators are perverts. Cisgender perverts. They want to keep cisgender sex offenders out of women's spaces by preemptively punishing the entire transgender community because of the perceived potential threat by people who are not transgender.   They can be presented with statistics all day long that show transgender people are not even remotely a threat, but they are still bent on punishing us because we are still perverts in their puny minds no matter what the facts actually say, even when they fully admit that we are not the ones committing these crimes.

I also have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of rapists being deterred from committing a felony in a ladies' bathroom or locker room while claiming to be transgender because someone made it a freaking misdemeanor for them to be in that space in the first place.  Really?  Do people who commit crimes with guns think twice about it when the gun isn't registered?

And yes, haters, you still get to share your bathrooms with people who have same-sex attractions and there isn't a damned thing you can do about it.

Oh, and if you bathroom bill pushers get your way, be careful what you wish for, because fully transitioned transmen will be coming shortly to a bathroom near your wives and daughters.  That's what you wanted, right? *wink*




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Deborah

If nothing else, watching that video answered something I had been wondering since starting HRT.  That is if I was still capable of feeling that adrenaline rush of pure anger pulsing through my veins.

And the answer is.. . . . YES.


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michelle1983

Sorry if this comes off as crude but they need to educate themselves on side effects of hrt. These idiots keep saying we are going to rape women in the bathroom. Dont most of us lose the ability to become erect after some time. So what are they thinking. I mean last time I looked there wasn't a strap on in my purse. Or a periscope. Lol.
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Deborah

I'm beginning to think there is a bigger gulf between mine (and probably all of our) brains and those of CIS people than I previously imagined.

It seems that that CIS people cannot imagine any encounter with the opposite sex outside of a sexual context. 

Maybe they should focus on fixing their own deficiencies there.


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Jill F

Quote from: Deborah on October 21, 2015, 11:41:49 AM
I'm beginning to think there is a bigger gulf between mine (and probably all of our) brains and those of CIS people than I previously imagined.

It seems that that CIS people cannot imagine any encounter with the opposite see outside of a sexual context. 

Maybe they should focus on fixing their own deficiencies there.


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One of the "solutions" that I frequently see proposed is chemical castration for sex offenders.  Umm, hello!  Isn't that the point of HRT?   I mean, hell, I've been physically castrated.   Shouldn't I automatically be in the clear here? 
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Deborah

Quote from: Jill F on October 21, 2015, 11:51:15 AM
One of the "solutions" that I frequently see proposed is chemical castration for sex offenders.  Umm, hello!  Isn't that the point of HRT?   I mean, hell, I've been physically castrated.   Shouldn't I automatically be in the clear here?
I know.  I was thinking the same thing when I read the news this morning about chemical castration in Indonesia as a cure for sex offenders.


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iKate

Do trans people ever vote???

You know what was one of the first things that I did when I changed my name, right?

I marched straight down to the county board of elections and updated my info there.

Listen... ALL TRANS PEOPLE MUST VOTE. Get your allies to the polls too. I don't care if you're into politics or not. You must vote these ******s out of office.
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Toddin3D

Quote from: Deborah on October 21, 2015, 11:41:49 AM
It seems that that CIS people cannot imagine any encounter with the opposite sex outside of a sexual context.

Didn't you know? Any and every encounter with someone must be sexual!

Man complimenting another man? He must be gay and trying to get into their pants.
Two women walking together? Must be lesbians and thus sleeping together.
Awesome adult being nice to a kid? If they're not related, the adult must be a pedophile!
...
I can't think of a witty punchline, but you can get an idea of what I'm trying to say.

People will find anything to pull out of their bum to make something innocent to something so horrible. They'll do it to transgender people, they'll do it to homosexuals, everybody, including themselves because they have nothing better to do.
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lisarenee

Quote from: michelle1983 on October 21, 2015, 10:14:22 AMDont most of us lose the ability to become erect after some time.

It has become a lot harder. Pre-HRT I could get it up almost any time I wanted. A few months on HRT and I have to really try hard to get hard. Personally, I'm happy to not have to worry about it spontaneously standing at attention anymore.
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