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Standing up for your rights and safety is not disrespectful.

If a person identifies as trans, that honestly has nothing to do with me. I don’t think it’s truly possible, I think the ideology does more harm than good, and I think there are better ways to cope with gender dysphoria; however, it’s a free country and no matter how much I dislike it sometimes, people can and should be able to express themselves however they want.

I won’t tell a trans person how to live their life. I won’t argue with them about their own feelings and identity no matter how strongly I feel. That would be disrespectful.

Standing up for my rights and integrity as a woman ISN’T disrespectful, though.

To better articulate what I’m trying to say, I will list some examples:

Not letting a trans kid sit at the same lunch table as you and your friends just because they’re trans is mean. Asking a trans person to change in the locker room that corresponds to their biological sex is not mean. That is standing up for your right to a single-sex space.

Denying a transgender person service at an establishment because they are trans is wrong. That’s discrimination. Not permitting a transgender athlete to compete in the sports league/team that doesn’t correlate with their biological sex is not discrimination, though. That is simply reinforcing fairness, safety, and the integrity of said sports league/team.

A homeless shelter denying help to a transgender person because they’re transgender is cruel. A single sex shelter denying access to someone of the opposite sex and directing them towards a place that can help them isn’t cruel. That’s just protecting the inhabitants of said single sex shelter.

Bullying and harassing a transgender person is always condemnable. Expressing how you feel about a situation that affects you and makes you uncomfortable and saying things that are scientifically accurate is justified.

As humans, we all need to treat each other with kindness, but that does not mean that we need to let people walk over us and invalidate our rights and feelings.

“humanity sucks” you mean men

“humans are so cruel” you mean men

“humans destroy the earth” you mean men

“humans always default to war” you mean men

“violence and selfishness is human nature” you mean male nature

“humans cannot be trusted with power” you mean men

since I have seen quite a few in rad spaces believe in the Goddess I wanted to make a poll out of curiosity.

If you believe in a Goddess, do you align yourself with any Goddess group / religion in particular?

-> Dianic Wicca

-> FOI (Fellowship of Isis)

-> Filianist / Deanist

-> Shaktism

-> Church of Aphrodite

-> Feraferia

-> Covenant of Hekate

-> other group not listed here (please share!)

-> I believe in a Goddess but don't align myself with any group

-> I don't believe in a Goddess

Thanks for the poll Nonnette!

What irks me about being asked in a group setting to share my pronouns is that I know that, in gender ideology circles, people will see my identity as a woman (female) as a voluntary agreement to align with the set of stereotypes that are typically assigned to women (female people). They pay lip service to abolishing gender roles, sure, but the facade shatters as soon as they say that they identify as trans because of their masculinity/femininity/lack of them/etc.