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In reply to the discussion: What Democrats Are Getting Wrong About Transgender Rights [View all]TheKentuckian
(26,238 posts)20. Apparently not proactively taking a runny dump all over
a tiny population of people at the bottom of every pile since we campaigned at about a zero percent clip.
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oh so people who are stronger and faster are the problem? I thought that was the point of sports
WhiskeyGrinder
18 hrs ago
#4
Individual "women born women" (people give birth to women?) differ "biologically" from each other as well. So?
WhiskeyGrinder
17 hrs ago
#14
Better access to care to support transitioning actually helps this problem better than banning it.
meadowlander
18 hrs ago
#6
There are no doctors anywhere that perform gender affirming surgery on minors.
meadowlander
16 hrs ago
#32
That is not true - gender affirming surgeries are performed on minors
HereForTheParty
13 hrs ago
#61
"There are no doctors anywhere that perform gender affirming surgery on minors."
HereForTheParty
13 hrs ago
#63
The vast, vast majority of these surgeries are performed on cis teens. They're chest/breast reductions.
WhiskeyGrinder
12 hrs ago
#67
Any surgery on any minor requires the consent of parents or legal guardians already . . .
markpkessinger
15 hrs ago
#39
Okay, so you've named the ONE legal exception regarding consent to surgery for minors . . .
markpkessinger
13 hrs ago
#66
Abortion isn't surgery and in some states minors are required to get parental consent.
WhiskeyGrinder
12 hrs ago
#68
An excellent post equating trans rights to reproductive rights devolves into a RW-framed shouting match??
LearnedHand
16 hrs ago
#24
seeing so-called progressives fall for such blatant rightwing trash is very disturbing indeed
Skittles
16 hrs ago
#30
Tell that to the trans people here who feel like they're being blamed
BootOutTheGoons
14 hrs ago
#47
AOC is showing why she's the new generation of progressive Democratic leaders we need to lead us forward.
InAbLuEsTaTe
6 hrs ago
#79
I think the idea was to ignore it hoping that the messaging would fall flat for some demographics
Ilikepurple
14 hrs ago
#55
I think this is a good response, but how does that apply to the trans immigrant prisoner issue?
Ilikepurple
4 hrs ago
#86
For me it's the dismissive way this is often framed as "Kamala lost because of "the trans thing"."
meadowlander
14 hrs ago
#52
taxpayers don't fund fertility treatments, abortion, or even obesity, from what I am aware
iemanja
14 hrs ago
#54
Military personnel can access Ozempic, gastric bypass surgery, Viagra, and some fertility treaments.
meadowlander
13 hrs ago
#60