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mercedesallen

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Intersectional. Canadian, US, UK & global politics; trans, LGBTQ+, sexual & human rights; economic, social, Indigenous, racial & reproductive justice. And occasionally, a bit of weird.

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"it would prohibit... gov't employees [&] contractors... from changing their pronouns... bar instructing on gender identity or sexuality... establish 'biological' pronouns as.. policy... establish protections for... 'deeply held biology-based beliefs...'"

Florida Bill Could Destroy LGBTQ+ Nonprofits, Mandate "Don't Say Gay" In Many Workplaces
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/florida-bill-could-destroy-lgbtq

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"It claims that the treatments Carlan pursued over many years for his gender dysphoria amounted to conversion therapy, because the provider... should have known Carlan would later come to believe he was motivated by internalized homophobia..."

MA Lawsuit Claims Trans Medical Care is Gay Conversion Therapy — Assigned
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/ma-lawsuit-trans-care-gay-conversion

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@tygerprints Putting aside that gender identity and sexual orientation are different questions (i.e. a trans woman isn't necessarily automatically attracted to men), I would have to say it's possible but extremely rare, given the length of time transition takes, the counselling involved, the proximity and exposure to collective 2SLGBTQIA+ communities... and rarer still as stigmas evaporate.

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@tygerprints Very generally speaking, there is probably more stigma about being trans, though the stigmas are different in some ways, and not always neatly comparable. It's only in recent years that it's become socially unacceptable to use us as a punchline, in fact.

And then there's the bigger life disruption for coming out as trans, major surgeries, etc... not whim decisions

So, I'd guess that it would be more likely that trans people would hide in gay and lesbian communities than vice versa

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The film also preceded much of the "groomer" panic in Canada:

"Right-wing commentators... went out of their way to tie [Sound of Freedom's] central plot of combating child abuse to anti-immigrant screeds, without ever explicitly endorsing QAnon..."

QAnon 2.0: "Sound of Freedom" and the rise of MAGA vigilantism | Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2023/09/02/qanon-20-sound-of-freedom-and-the-rise-of-maga-vigilantism/

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