• LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    It’s the framing of trans women as “biological men” as opposed to just calling them trans women. It gives ground to the right as trying to frame us trans folk as fakers as opposed to showing us as who we are, trans men and women.

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      15 days ago

      I mean that’s exactly what trans means, so they’re just being redundant and perpetuating this weird fear mongering. Honestly some of them are just stupid, others seem to know a lot of constituents are stupid and appeal to it while knowingly preventing funding for education so future voters AREN’T stupid

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        14 days ago

        That isn’t what trans means. To be trans is to reject the gender assigned to you, which was informed by biology but less objective than something like the term “biological male” implies.

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          14 days ago

          Oh shit, idk why that hadn’t clicked for me before. I’m really sorry. Of course that makes sense

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      16 days ago

      The framing being a fact check on a GOP claim, that a Dem is now being disparaged for including in their ad, that dispells the misinformation.

      Lefties hurting themselves in their confusion is just classic.