Stand Up, Speak Up

    I started this blog to write about issues.  Not only about my issues, but also about our issues.  Issues that threaten the LGBTQ+ community in general, and issues that threaten the Trans community in particular.  These issues primarily come from the Right, who wrongly call themselves Conservatives.  They bunch their religious ideologies in with their political ideologies.  If we lived in a Christian theocracy their religio-political ideologies would, in fact, be correct.  However, we live in a constitutional republic, which is something they like to point out.  (No, we don't live in a democracy, like Liberals constantly lie to us about.)  And in this constitutional republic we have rights.  The First Amendment guarantees five of our protected rights, one of which is religious freedom.  Said right negates the Right-wing fantasy of a Christian theocracy.  What this means is that, although we have a right to express our religious views publicly, we don't have the right to use that right in order to violate the rights of others.  In other words, one group (say a religious group)  cannot use religious freedom in order to violate another groups right to pursue happiness.

    My simply wanting to change my body type to resemble that of a woman does not violate anybody's rights, but you stopping me from doing so violates mine.  I know there are those who will choose to believe that their actions to impede transfolks' happiness is appropriate, but from a constitutionalist point of view, your actions are actually unlawful.  This is why if Trump becomes president again and bans gender affirming care for transfolks, I'm going to petition the Supreme Court to take action against the ban, and I really hope you all will sign the petition with me so it will get their attention and garner suitable action on their part.  I don't agree with the idea of transitioning minors and I think that trans-women playing in women's sports should, at least, be regulated, not only in this country, but everywhere.  It's not that the transgender community wants to lessen the role of natural women, or natural men.  We just want to live in a way that makes us happier and, like it or not, it's our right to pursue that happiness.

    I understand how many people think that the trans "agenda" is to wage war on biological women.  Politicians and talking heads are making it look that way, and while some politicians, in fact, seem to have waged a war on women, I'm almost certain that their purpose is to stir up anger and hate toward the trans community in order cause fighting between the transgender and cisgender communities, and many of you are falling for their shit even though you know how they operate.  They are operatives of a larger, more powerful faction that intend to rule over us all and how they intend to achieve that is to cause so much chaos that we will ask them to step in and calm everything down.  Many of you know that is what's happening, but you've let them get the better of your emotions.  You need to take a step back and get ahold of yourselves.  Calm down, and then approach this more rationally.  You Right wingers know how this works; stop acting like total virgins about this.

    Look, I can understand how women would feel about competing in sports against someone who is biologically male.  But, studies have shown that a male on estrogen loses significant amounts of muscle mass in 3-5 years.  Could we possibly get a compromise with that in mind?  If not, I'm okay with that.  I mean, I don't like sports anyway, I'm just thinking of my trans sisters.  But, if, as you say, they're failed male athletes looking for a way and place to excel and feel good about themselves, that's not okay.  If that's the case, they're infringing on your right to pursue happiness.

    Concerning children:  As I've said before, no child should be transitioned.  I don't believe that they're emotionally, mentally, or physically ready for such a life altering decision.  That's an adult level decision.  No, it shouldn't be made by the adults in their lives, it should be made by them... when they're adults, as I've said in the past.

    Anyway, this decision really isn't yours to make.  It's the individual trans'.  After all... He created us to be free.  Right?  Well... how free am I if you're making the decision for me?