I do not think that most moderates (which is how I identify politically) consider all of the administration's changes transphobic. For many biological women, it comes down to consent and Title IX, things that matter to us as a sex. It's not transphobic to request that there are no intact penises in biological women's spaces, especially o…
I do not think that most moderates (which is how I identify politically) consider all of the administration's changes transphobic. For many biological women, it comes down to consent and Title IX, things that matter to us as a sex. It's not transphobic to request that there are no intact penises in biological women's spaces, especially ones where we are naked (this includes spas, shelters, prisons, changing rooms and locker rooms with showers). This shouldn't even be an issue. Nor are lesbian women transphobic if they won't date transwomen, especially if they are still intact. There is a biological turnoff inside of them toward male genitalia, didn't we already fight for lesbian rights long ago? Again, shouldn't be an issue, but it is. As for transwomen in sports, there's a reason we had to force universities back in the 70s to provide female sports teams and female locker rooms, why are those women who still want them considered transphobic? Our grandmothers fought for our chance to play sports at the college level and were called all sorts of terrible names back then for advocating on our behalf, now we're called horrible things for wanting to continue for our granddaughters. Just because some women are more "liberal" about this issues and consent, they can't give consent for all of us. Plain and simple. Just as a father can't give consent to a man asking for his daughter in marriage. No one can consent for another in this way and being naked in front of another requires consent. This is why many Democrats voted for Trump this time around. The second issue is also about consent, that of a child. We have many laws already on the books that protect children from contentious consent by their guardians, but for some reason performing surgery and giving them hormones to block puberty is something they can decide on their own or parents can decide for them? Again, that's not transphobic, it's actually scientific. There haven't been enough studies on the effects of puberty blockers or filling your child with the wrong hormones for their body's DNA during puberty when the frontal lobes of the brain are developed, as well as the completion of the cardiovascular system (in adults, hormone usage increases the chance of high blood pressure, stroke, heart attacks and small vessel disease in general, but what does it do to the developing child? Do we even care?). Most Americans question these things, and yet most Americans when polled are actually fine with adults over 18 transitioning their gender and as long biological women's spaces are honored and that they are given medical information about the consequences of hormones on their developing brains (frontal lobe development is not complete till we're 25). It only seems fair that you should know that first, because it does matter for your mid and elder life if you go into those phases compromised physically. We call it informed consent and everyone deserves that protection. That is not transphobic. It honors consent. As for Trump, most of his EOs address these main concerns. However, I do think there's overkill and possibly unconstitutionality with the passport laws as well as the military restrictions (though biological women in the military should have their consent respected in their intimate spaces) and the courts are going to challenge them and work it out.
I do not think that most moderates (which is how I identify politically) consider all of the administration's changes transphobic. For many biological women, it comes down to consent and Title IX, things that matter to us as a sex. It's not transphobic to request that there are no intact penises in biological women's spaces, especially ones where we are naked (this includes spas, shelters, prisons, changing rooms and locker rooms with showers). This shouldn't even be an issue. Nor are lesbian women transphobic if they won't date transwomen, especially if they are still intact. There is a biological turnoff inside of them toward male genitalia, didn't we already fight for lesbian rights long ago? Again, shouldn't be an issue, but it is. As for transwomen in sports, there's a reason we had to force universities back in the 70s to provide female sports teams and female locker rooms, why are those women who still want them considered transphobic? Our grandmothers fought for our chance to play sports at the college level and were called all sorts of terrible names back then for advocating on our behalf, now we're called horrible things for wanting to continue for our granddaughters. Just because some women are more "liberal" about this issues and consent, they can't give consent for all of us. Plain and simple. Just as a father can't give consent to a man asking for his daughter in marriage. No one can consent for another in this way and being naked in front of another requires consent. This is why many Democrats voted for Trump this time around. The second issue is also about consent, that of a child. We have many laws already on the books that protect children from contentious consent by their guardians, but for some reason performing surgery and giving them hormones to block puberty is something they can decide on their own or parents can decide for them? Again, that's not transphobic, it's actually scientific. There haven't been enough studies on the effects of puberty blockers or filling your child with the wrong hormones for their body's DNA during puberty when the frontal lobes of the brain are developed, as well as the completion of the cardiovascular system (in adults, hormone usage increases the chance of high blood pressure, stroke, heart attacks and small vessel disease in general, but what does it do to the developing child? Do we even care?). Most Americans question these things, and yet most Americans when polled are actually fine with adults over 18 transitioning their gender and as long biological women's spaces are honored and that they are given medical information about the consequences of hormones on their developing brains (frontal lobe development is not complete till we're 25). It only seems fair that you should know that first, because it does matter for your mid and elder life if you go into those phases compromised physically. We call it informed consent and everyone deserves that protection. That is not transphobic. It honors consent. As for Trump, most of his EOs address these main concerns. However, I do think there's overkill and possibly unconstitutionality with the passport laws as well as the military restrictions (though biological women in the military should have their consent respected in their intimate spaces) and the courts are going to challenge them and work it out.