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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 102 points 1 year ago

Fuck this country. I am sincerely worried that some of my friends will do something stupid today. Please check on any UK trans people you know repeatedly this week.

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 83 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mmm yes interestingstalin-gun-1

To any trans people. Live, please. Do whatever you must to survive this hostility. The pendulum of reaction will subside, it has before, it will again, and we'll need you at the vanguard.

[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

I'm not in the UK but that's the plan catgirl-salute

[-] Sickos@hexbear.net 81 points 1 year ago

Terf island continues to terf

That really fucking sucks

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 75 points 1 year ago

Awful. Whole Western world was already bad obviously but it feels like things are getting more horrible so rapidly. Sorry y'all are going through this over there.

[-] RandallThymes@hexbear.net 75 points 1 year ago
[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

These fucks are laughing at you.

Why do the worst people always fucking win?

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Because they have institution on their side and hold nothing back to get what they want. Better people are more charitable and forgiving, something these people always take advantage of.

[-] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 73 points 1 year ago

UK continuing the proud tradition of choosing to do the worst thing it could out of any given situation.

About what you expect when the ruling class are a bunch of inbred freaks.

[-] cinnaa42@hexbear.net 72 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

nothing more than playing around with legislation to try and reverse the progress that has been made over recent decades. it will fail just as all other attempts have, even the Nazi regime could not manage it. we can't go back to a time when trans people didn't exist. there never has been one.

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I sure hope you're right but I am not so certain.

This throws the equality act into all kinds of issues. There will need to be a rewrite. Eventually when that rewrite happens it will occur with a misogynistic homophobic hate group funded by friend-to-nazis JK Rowling currently holding the ear of government.

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

I'll be bad, but remember that not too long ago there were laws criminalising homosexuality (and often trans people got caught in the crossfire.) I know a few old butch lesbian types who would pretend to be gay cis men so the others could escape during a raid since the laws didn't effect them as much.

[-] egonallanon@lemm.ee 68 points 1 year ago

The United Kingdom can only be cleansed with fire.

[-] AshenWolf@hexbear.net 64 points 1 year ago

ukkk ukkk ukkk

Stay safe out there you all.

[-] Shaleesh@hexbear.net 63 points 1 year ago

I think that the best thing you can do, right now, is to reach out to the transgender people in your lives and tell them you care, and if applicable, that you love them. This goes doubly so for the ones in the UK. I imagine that most, if not all of us really need to be told that someone gives a shit.

Yeah, there's much, much more to be done but I think that would be a nice place to start.

[-] Future_Honkey@hexbear.net 50 points 1 year ago

Since i can't directly speak with the trans people i know personally ill just reply to you in hopes some read it:

Trans people are super brave and awesome and i love them! Their courage to be who they are, and their description of "something doesn't fucking fit" literally inspired me to look inside myself and come out as ace! No I'm not exaggerating! I owe a lot of who i am rn to just lurking threads and learning new ways to understand gender! I love y'all so much it's probably a lil creepy! I'm not a chaser! oh no that seems like something a chaser would say! Ill shut up now!

Up with trans!

[-] WoodScientist@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Instructions unclear. Mistakenly sexually propositioned every trans person I now.

[-] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 57 points 1 year ago

This seems worse than what even the worst US states (like Texas) are doing.

[-] jackmaoist@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

And this is under the "progressive" government lol. Labour are literally just Tories.

[-] RaisedFistJoker@hexbear.net 53 points 1 year ago

i hate this wretched isle so much

[-] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This kind of thing freaks me out a lot. Wishing you all the best obviously. I don't know what else to say.

[-] AntifaSuperWombat@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago
[-] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago

It's circular logic and they're playing all the classics

If we care about trans women then what if we want to discriminate against them?

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Everyone knows what a biological woman is. Our conclusion solved, we will now take 88 pages (interesting number) to arrive at it to obfuscate this.

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Chuds win everything as fucking always.

doomjak

[-] trabpukcip@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

And they'll still pout and seethe

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Chuds win everything as fucking alwa

And they'll still find some way to claim they're the opressed victim and that the communists secretly control everything. Fuck those delusional, evil people

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago

sink TERF island

[-] Azarova@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago

the tsar bomba shouldve been tested on london

[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

There's still time

[-] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 33 points 1 year ago

Death to the UKKK.

[-] tim_curry@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago

I hate this place

[-] SerLava@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago

into the sea

[-] volcel_olive_oil@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

evil enough to make you dizzy

[-] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

Queer Harmer

[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Well, the UKSC isn't a real or legitimate governing body, so I'm not sure what the fuss is about. 🤷‍♀️

[-] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

So in the UK trans-men must play in women's sports now otherwise that's discrimination against "women"? Or is that exempt?

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Unclarified

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