I didn't have the language growing up to know that I am trans, but I knew I was different. I hope my son never has to face what I did.

I don’t know why I was born transgender, but I have no secret agenda. I want my child to live in a world where they are safe and free to be exactly who they are.

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Fewer than 1 in 3 people report personally knowing someone who is transgender. Yet the American public is saturated with viral social media videos and political news stories, largely generated by a well-funded coalition of organizations long dedicated to making it as difficult as possible for LGBTQ+ people to go about their daily lives.

These organizations proudly advocate for the abuse of LGBTQ+ young people through the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy, and they have celebrated their role in influencing Texas to “investigate” parents who’re doing their level best to support their transgender kids.

They’ve succeeded in generating national debates about excluding transgender kids from school sports, banning medically necessary health care and even prohibiting restroom usage – all under a guise of “protecting young people.” But these debates are largely missing the point.

Transgender people are our friends, family members and neighbors. They work in the cubicle next to us at the office, and they pray next to us in our houses of worship.

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  • dandelionEnglish
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    8 months ago

    so cool, thanks for sharing - I wonder if there was anything more specifically about the use of hormones? Just wondering how that might have been working in ancient contexts (I can only imagine a few ways it might work, such as by trying to isolate hormones from urine and then taking those orally.)

      • dandelionEnglish
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        8 months ago

        not sure what to take from what you are saying, do you mean they didn’t have hormones, or … that they drank horse urine (like, are you assuming context from the fact Premarin was derived from horses?)

        • melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee
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          8 months ago

          Gah, thought that’d be included in the Wikipedia article, but I remember reading something about them threatening to force-fem one of the asshole greek philosophers with whatever it was.

          • dandelionEnglish
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            8 months ago

            interesting, I would definitely love to read about it if you ever find that!

            thanks for introducing me to that wikipedia page, it was definitely interesting to me <3

            • melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee
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              8 months ago

              You have the keywords to find it, if you want to dig more. I’m sorry, most of my education on queer history is from conversation rather than stuff that’s easy to cite.