cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30622199

Note that I believe this has not been ratified yet, but is set to be voted on this coming week.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29084869

Thankfully, this amendment has been voted down. If I had known about this Lemmy community I would have posted it there. I will post these here from now on 🙂.

Link to a Reddit post by an activist I know.

But to summarise, Amendment NC21 to the Data Use and Access Bill would require sex to be defined as "sex at birth" for all identity verification requests.

This includes people who have changed their sex legally, which will now be separately catalogued.

This means that all kinds of people, including (potential) employers, landlords, government staff etc. will be able to look up these details about you.

This amendment will be voted on on the 7th of May, so if you're in the UK please badger your MP to vote against it (template email in the Reddit post)

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/4639970

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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7572635

I should consider this...

I wonder if Virginia has anything like this.

Unsurprisingly Sullivan bases her review on the immutable binary nature of sex. Just to remind readers, this is a statement of belief rather than evidenced fact. Indeed organisations representing over 3,500 scientists said precisely this in response to President Trump’s executive order stating that sex is both binary and immutable.

But Sullivan then states boldly that all research should ask about “biological sex” – another term which has no clear definition in science or in law – regardless of whether how you were born is relevant to the topic being investigated. She takes issue with what seems like a perfectly reasonable set of questions in an NHS staff survey, matching a trans-inclusive way of capturing relevant data.

Some of her recommendations touch on NHS protocols and use of data. When someone transitions into a different gender, they get given a new NHS number, because the NHS has viewed ‘sex’ as immutable for IT purposes. The individual’s old NHS record is then added as a note to the new record, but that means it cannot be searched other than visually. The ‘sex’ marker is used to automatically call you into various screening programmes. F means you get called for cervical and breast cancer screening, while M leads to prostrate checks. These may or may not be relevant for a whole bunch of people, not just trans people.

This has been an issue for as long as I can remember. As a computing professional with experience in managing data, I was involved in conversations with NHS people 15 years ago about the need for more granular data (for example whether someone has ovaries or not) and why couldn’t the ‘sex’ marker be amended, and it wasn’t a new conversation then. Each time NHS people said that changes were being considered, but the cost of implementing them would be high.

geteilt von: https://lemmy.ml/post/27438770

The left is getting killed on the trans sports issue [^1] [^2]

Do you have any data backing this? And what analysis goes with the data?

Don't let me be misunderstood: Rights are not defined by majorities, otherwise you could have a white majority voting on the humanity of black people, and wolves voting on the right of sheep not to be eaten.

On the other hand, the public's views are heavily conditioned by misanthropic, anti-democratic propaganda, that shifts the window of acceptable discourse, and excludes people from a set of fundamental freedoms that cisgender people take for granted. As a consequence, the ubiquitous genocidal discourse against trans lives, if left unchecked leads (and this is by now not a prediction but a historical fact) to erosion of rights of women, blacks, indigenous, disabled, and every other citizen. Because these freedoms are not "special" to trans people, but are mere extension of legal scholarship and the rule of law. The ongoing American fascism is not an overreach of "legitimate concerns" but it is profoundly, structurally embedded in challenging the legitimacy of trans people. This is why TERFism was initially deemed "unworthy of respect" by British courts: because it goes against TONS of legal precedent.

Long story short, in the times of "Der Stürmer" you could have said that the majority of German did not think Jews should be married to Germans. So what? So much for the argument that we should sacrifice human rights of ANY group because they are unpopular.

ALL protections exist so that UNPOPULAR groups enjoy the rights that the majorities take for granted. Outside that logic there is only fascism.

It is much like segregation (which, surprise, is coming back again) and apartheid: The Feelings of uneasy white people sharing bathrooms and sports with black people, are of no importance whatsoever, because, simply, segregation is dehumanizing and unjust.

By extension, what you suggest is morally corrupt and inhumane, and it is deeply fascist in its very conception.

Now, we are arriving at the data. Bear with me.

You people hand-wave a fucking lot when you suggest that trans rights are so unpopular that they have lost you elections, when there have been multiple arguments that Democrats barely touched on the topic, apart from being loosely against killing trans people in pogroms and LUKEWARM at that. So your argument amounts to little more than "Fascist discourse is more trendy so let's do that instead", which is not JUST the Ratchet effect: it is "being complicit to actual genocide".

So you HAND-WAVE about an IMAGINARY regular person (who is that fucking nazi?) to whom we must bow under all circumstances? Fuck that populist tactics, and fucking educate people.

But does this IMAGINARY nazi-enabling regular Joe even exist?

And what studies you cite for him not being able to revise being a shit person

Views differ even more widely along party lines. For example, eight-in-ten Democrats say they favor laws or policies that would protect trans individuals from discrimination, compared with 48% of Republicans. Conversely, by margins of about 40 percentage points or more, Republicans are more likely than Democrats to express support for laws or policies that would do each of the following: require trans athletes to compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth (85% of Republicans vs. 37% of Democrats favor); make it illegal for health care professionals to provide someone younger than 18 with medical care for a gender transition (72% vs. 26%); make it illegal for public school districts to teach about gender identity in elementary schools (69% vs. 18%); require transgender individuals to use public bathrooms that match the sex they were assigned at birth (67% vs. 20%); and investigate parents for child abuse if they help someone younger than 18 get medical care for a gender transition (59% vs. 17%).

Which is from Pew which others like you like to point to as a general "trans rights unpopular with our voter base", but if you actually read you will see that you can even find a small percentage of Republicans that are not vehemently against trans rights. And let's not forget that the percentage of Democrats against trans rights would be very much different if Democrat's media outlets weren't fucking complicit in amplifying genocidal "gender critical" misanthropy, and there weren't a score of fucking "leftist" intellectuals adopting their talk points, when there was ZERO voice given to the marginalized trans scholarship. So, this consent you talk to is manufactured by complicit Democrats to start with.

You would not make this argument unless you wanted to appeal to the Republican voter base, but doing so only shows that it is voter trends that guide your politics and not principles, and in fact, you are willing to enable crimes against humanity to appeal to a fascist voter base. This is unscrupulous and misanthropic.

Instead of succumbing to extremely well-funded racist and nazi propaganda, a principled political advocate with such means and resources as the Democrats could help alleviate what is a systematic attack to decent society and inclusive democracy. Therefore, your advocacy ultimately paints the Democrats as a manufactured opposition, and essentially a fascist party, once it does not stand for human rights, as it never were.

Centrists should be actively considered agitator agents for fascism at this point. Like, have you clowns even considered that your voter base might want you to grow a fucking spine and stand up for human rights, with trans rights front and center? Because I only see your democratic voter base being alienated by your flirt with fascism.

[^1]: In the original response, this "Trigger Warning" was prepended Trigger Warning: Get a pack of Kleenex and load your favorite Daily Wire playlists to have handy, because this is not going to be a light read for a self-proclaimed intelligent centrist.

[^2]: The discussion in question: https://lemmy.ml/post/27381625 , and the comment in question: https://lemmy.ml/post/27381625/17379633

tw: transphobia

omg, she’s actually so rude. i probably won’t talk to her again and haven’t for a while. she (16f) doesn’t like me for some reason (18ftm) and has actually created alt accounts impersonating my/her friends

::: spoiler tw: slurs, mentions of sa, false accusation

i’m certain these are alts of hers, clare says she doesn’t even have a snapchat acc. i blocked emma but it still makes me mad. and what does she mean im not a real man?? :/

• 🐈‍⬛[system alter], (he/him)

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/26403120

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/26403018

You do not have to be Jewish to apply.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/22882552

I'm 30, transfem, and to be quite honest, I feel my will to live slowly slipping away. I'm trying to find the willpower to finish my PhD thesis and to get into a better living situation after that, but I find myself frozen and wanting to curl up into a tiny ball of nothingness instead. And there are LOTS of reasons for that, mostly centered around trauma, guilt, and shame.

I don't think I can fit everything I need to say in a succinct post, so if it isn't against the rules, would any of you fellow girlies be willing to shoot me a DM and give some advice? I don't think I can really explain without having a back-and-forth conversation... thanks in advance. 🏳️‍⚧️💜

Note, this is just a result of playing around with search engines. This list is not authoritative and I don't vet any of these sources.

A PDF apparently archive of the Shinigami Eyes FAQ and how to label instructions.

Southern Poverty Law Center regularly monitors and lists hate groups, including anti-trans hate groups.

Trans Safety Network is a UK investigative journalist group. The articles host a wealth of anti-trans figures and organizations, mostly (but not limited) to British TERF takeover.

Erin Reed's website has lots of resources on US Legislation against trans people, contains lots of politicians and groups that push similar bills.

This github claims to monitor "gender exploratory" conversion therapy worldwide.

This podcast seems to discuss the anti-trans playbook of far-right militia types such as the Proud Boys.

This arxiv paper seems to have up to date theory and conceptualization. eg it recognizes TERF/far-right "intracommunity" and focuses on "understudied" targets such as transmasculine and non-binary. (This matches what is said in the reviews about the direction the Shinigami Eyes fuckups are taking.)

This is IIRC the original source of the leaked emails Erin Reed has written about

there are extensive discussions between deutsch and notorious anti-gay and anti-trans “experts” associated with known hate groups targeting transgender healthcare in the united states, including dr. quentin l. van meter and dr. michelle cretella of the catholic medical association, dr. andre van mol of the christian medical & dental associations and american college of pediatricians, dr. michael k. laidlaw of the kelsey coalition, dr. william j. malone of the society for evidence-based gender medicine, dr. paul w. hruz of the national catholic bioethics center, laura haynes of narth, and deacon dr. patrick w. lappert of catholic reparative therapy group courage international. participants discuss crafting their language to avoid acknowledging that transgender people exist, constructing new ways to define doctors as criminals for providing gender-affirming care, and targeting a federal agency publication that correctly points out the dangers of anti-gay conversion therapy. their emails frequently digress into personal vendettas and ambitions of destroying established professional groups such as the endocrine society, and they typically celebrate their anti-trans legal and political achievements as a victory of the christian god.

More Anti-Trans

https://gcn.ie/anti-lgbtq-far-right-groups-in-ireland/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Organizations_that_oppose_transgender_rights

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organizations_designated_by_the_Southern_Poverty_Law_Center_as_anti-LGBTQ_hate_groups

https://pflag.org/antilgbtq/

https://www.advocate.com/news/24-extremists-anti-lgbtq-advocates

https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights-2024

https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights-2025

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/06/anti-trans-organizations-genspect-segm-are-now-listed-as-hate-groups-by-the-splc/

https://www.transvitae.com/santas-naughty-list-adversaries-to-transgender-equality-in-2024/

https://medium.com/@eliminate.hate/list-of-active-anti-lgbtq-hate-groups-d31f2a325557

https://medium.com/@mimmymum/transphobia-the-development-of-anti-trans-hate-groups-in-the-uk-6854e222dc7e

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-transgender_movement_in_the_United_Kingdom

https://www.advocate.com/politics/120-anti-trans-legislation-2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transphobia_in_the_United_States

https://commonslibrary.org/the-anti-trans-disinformation-handbook/

https://www.them.us/story/splc-report-exposes-anti-trans-extremist-network

Some Pro-Trans

https://www.advocate.com/politics/orgs-urge-rejection-transphobic-ndaa

https://www.them.us/story/orgs-fighting-back-anti-trans-legislation

https://www.them.us/story/lgbtq-organizations-activism-advocacy-harris-trump-election

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I've had enough of sitting around at home doing nothing. I want to sit around outside instead.

Basically, I want to go out and set up a table somewhere and talk to passers-by about queer rights. I'm not sure canvassing is exactly the word for this, but I've seen people do this to gather pro-life support in my city so I'm sure it's allowed. I'll figure out the legal routes for this on my own.

What literature should I consult? I want to focus on how to talk to anti-trans moderates especially. Here's some things they touch on when I talk to them at protests:

• parents' rights
• "What is a Woman?"
• your brain isn't fully developed until you're 25 [bad science btw.]
• "why is there a whole pride month?"
• trans regret

Usually I don't hear much hate for non-trans queers in my area, at least not stated out loud. But in my opinion, an attack on trans rights is an attack on all of us.

This has been my experience as well. I have fixed a couple mis-markings myself, after careful examination of the accounts, because sth seemed a bit off.

As many of the 1-star reviews state, accounts that are obviously green are marked as red and vice-versa.

I don't know if it is a moderation issue. The app was dead-accurate for many years, and in the docs they stated they do some manual confirmation as well. It could be sth even more technical with their filter. We can't know.

But the important thing is that it is up to us, the users, to correct mistakes were they are found, or even deliberately introduced by faschists. Shinigami Eyes always was a crowd-sourcing app.

If the crowd stops submitting quality data, then the app will go, indubitably, ashtray.

Just wanna say as a cis ally, y'all trans people are valid (not that you need to hear it from me), and also Ms. Schafer is heckin beautiful. I hope she uses her position to become an icon of protest.

i was transfem as a high schooler, it took a while for my parents to get used to, but i remember my dad was literally like: “ok 👍”