Thanks for bringing this up. I didn't want to mention it, but it was my first thought when I saw this organization as a sponsor/pro bono service provider.
This is all part of the hyper-partisan polarization of American politics in which the Right & Far Right are trying to claim anti-medicalization of children with GD as a "conservative" i…
Thanks for bringing this up. I didn't want to mention it, but it was my first thought when I saw this organization as a sponsor/pro bono service provider.
This is all part of the hyper-partisan polarization of American politics in which the Right & Far Right are trying to claim anti-medicalization of children with GD as a "conservative" issue. Of course the MSM totally eats that up because it is highly inconvenient for them to acknowledge those with thorough left credentials who oppose this (seemingly forced) medicalization of kids that too often poses unreasonable risks of injury and/or regret.
Those of us on the LEFT need to have a way of speaking up to protect our children without serving the MAGA agenda.
We should strategize: How to get LEFT voices into the public sphere. The way the GOP & MSM twist the narratives is a frustrating distortion of what is actually happening across the USA
Leftist voices ARE in the public sphere. Leftist women are the LOUDEST voices publicly fighting the transgenderist lobby.
The most powerful figures standing up against that lobby are leftist lesbians like Allison Bailey, Kathleen Stock, and Martina Navratilova, along with leftist feminists like Kara Dansky, Heather Mason, and Kelly-Jay Keen.
In fact, the worst insult the trans cult uses targets radical (i.e. LEFTIST) feminists (i.e. WOMEN).
But nobody listens to women.
We should strategize how to get LEFTIST MEN promoting these women's voices. In the face of the staggering sexism of the transgenderist lobby, promotion by leftist men is the only way those women's voices are going to be heard.
You are right about the more-or-less prominent activists. What I was thinking is somewhat different: I was thinking ordinary parents need to be able to voice their experiences, their concerns, the injuries they have seen.
It's very difficult for parents to speak up because this area of experience in our society is currently heavily policed. I use "policed" broadly, but we know what I mean: guidance counsellors, CPS, judges: all ready to act if one does not comply with immediate transition and medicalization.
Since when is there a "medical" condition for which only one course of treatment is appropriate?
Parents need to be able to voice their concerns that the Medical Establishment is leading us astray. Parents need to be able to speak up & currently they do so only at great risk.
This is a board for Parents. Sure when this first came into our school I took heart from congressional testimony offered by lesbian intellectuals and activists. That was great. But it is not enough, and the question why is a very interesting one, if you are a former liberal who was hoping to find help there.
Here's my take:
We don't need to strategize how leftist men can stand up for women. We need to respect and empower fathers who are standing up for their children and wives, mothers, sisters and daughters. I respect the men in my family and their role as protectors and leaders. That is who is out front standing for our babies.
On college campus and in glittering urban citadel, it has been a very ME FIRST ethic. Me First doesn't work for moms. The frazzled self sacrificing women who lay it all down for their husband and children, have been objects of feminist contempt.
Also, that T is tacked on to the LGB so no you're not at the forefront of resistance. And you need to, as a group, "clean up your room".
That is why new voices are in play now. I don't think you can warn us away from them just by calling Maga.
I really hate being trolled online, and I am not trolling you. I am speaking from my life experience and observations. If you come back with name calling and vitriol you will have done exactly what I have come to expect from one speaking as you do above. I answer here for the sake of this board, which has a lot of heart and wisdom.
you are making big assumptions about the role(s) that men play in other peoples' lives.
Maybe you are truly blessed and have a loving man or men in your life who protect your interests perfectly.
A lot of people do not have such perfect men in their lives. A lot of women have learned that they need to work for their own well being & the well being of their children regardless of whether men are doing that. Or even if men are doing the contrary.
So while you are anticipating a criticism of your political affiliation, I can only say that telling women that they should defer to strong men makes huge assumptions about the quality of various people and their actual circumstances in life. God helps those who help themselves, right? Well, a lot of women have learned they need to help themselves because a lot of men are in the business of oppressing and taking advantage of.
I didn't demonstrate a political affiliation. That is your assumption. I don't have perfect relationships with men. Another assumption. But if I as a mother was hoping that the rainbow people of Inclusion Equity were going to be my village and help me raise a happy healthy and empowered daughter, I was dreadfully mistaken. What I got instead was a bid to desex all, and browbeat anyone who even questioned, much less. objected to, that agenda.
Who cares more about my daughter, a)her father, or b) the nonbinary grad student with cutoff breasts, who is telling her that she needs to share a bathroom with all the boys in the class, in order to make up for her racial sin, or c) the admin of that school who has written all the grants on DIE etc to get government funding so that she can buy a big building in a black neighborhood and make lots of money?
Thanks for bringing this up. I didn't want to mention it, but it was my first thought when I saw this organization as a sponsor/pro bono service provider.
This is all part of the hyper-partisan polarization of American politics in which the Right & Far Right are trying to claim anti-medicalization of children with GD as a "conservative" issue. Of course the MSM totally eats that up because it is highly inconvenient for them to acknowledge those with thorough left credentials who oppose this (seemingly forced) medicalization of kids that too often poses unreasonable risks of injury and/or regret.
Those of us on the LEFT need to have a way of speaking up to protect our children without serving the MAGA agenda.
Precisely! You get it. Wish more people did.
We should strategize: How to get LEFT voices into the public sphere. The way the GOP & MSM twist the narratives is a frustrating distortion of what is actually happening across the USA
Leftist voices ARE in the public sphere. Leftist women are the LOUDEST voices publicly fighting the transgenderist lobby.
The most powerful figures standing up against that lobby are leftist lesbians like Allison Bailey, Kathleen Stock, and Martina Navratilova, along with leftist feminists like Kara Dansky, Heather Mason, and Kelly-Jay Keen.
In fact, the worst insult the trans cult uses targets radical (i.e. LEFTIST) feminists (i.e. WOMEN).
But nobody listens to women.
We should strategize how to get LEFTIST MEN promoting these women's voices. In the face of the staggering sexism of the transgenderist lobby, promotion by leftist men is the only way those women's voices are going to be heard.
You are right about the more-or-less prominent activists. What I was thinking is somewhat different: I was thinking ordinary parents need to be able to voice their experiences, their concerns, the injuries they have seen.
It's very difficult for parents to speak up because this area of experience in our society is currently heavily policed. I use "policed" broadly, but we know what I mean: guidance counsellors, CPS, judges: all ready to act if one does not comply with immediate transition and medicalization.
Since when is there a "medical" condition for which only one course of treatment is appropriate?
Parents need to be able to voice their concerns that the Medical Establishment is leading us astray. Parents need to be able to speak up & currently they do so only at great risk.
This is a board for Parents. Sure when this first came into our school I took heart from congressional testimony offered by lesbian intellectuals and activists. That was great. But it is not enough, and the question why is a very interesting one, if you are a former liberal who was hoping to find help there.
Here's my take:
We don't need to strategize how leftist men can stand up for women. We need to respect and empower fathers who are standing up for their children and wives, mothers, sisters and daughters. I respect the men in my family and their role as protectors and leaders. That is who is out front standing for our babies.
On college campus and in glittering urban citadel, it has been a very ME FIRST ethic. Me First doesn't work for moms. The frazzled self sacrificing women who lay it all down for their husband and children, have been objects of feminist contempt.
Also, that T is tacked on to the LGB so no you're not at the forefront of resistance. And you need to, as a group, "clean up your room".
That is why new voices are in play now. I don't think you can warn us away from them just by calling Maga.
I really hate being trolled online, and I am not trolling you. I am speaking from my life experience and observations. If you come back with name calling and vitriol you will have done exactly what I have come to expect from one speaking as you do above. I answer here for the sake of this board, which has a lot of heart and wisdom.
We'll see.
you are making big assumptions about the role(s) that men play in other peoples' lives.
Maybe you are truly blessed and have a loving man or men in your life who protect your interests perfectly.
A lot of people do not have such perfect men in their lives. A lot of women have learned that they need to work for their own well being & the well being of their children regardless of whether men are doing that. Or even if men are doing the contrary.
So while you are anticipating a criticism of your political affiliation, I can only say that telling women that they should defer to strong men makes huge assumptions about the quality of various people and their actual circumstances in life. God helps those who help themselves, right? Well, a lot of women have learned they need to help themselves because a lot of men are in the business of oppressing and taking advantage of.
Just saying.
I didn't demonstrate a political affiliation. That is your assumption. I don't have perfect relationships with men. Another assumption. But if I as a mother was hoping that the rainbow people of Inclusion Equity were going to be my village and help me raise a happy healthy and empowered daughter, I was dreadfully mistaken. What I got instead was a bid to desex all, and browbeat anyone who even questioned, much less. objected to, that agenda.
Who cares more about my daughter, a)her father, or b) the nonbinary grad student with cutoff breasts, who is telling her that she needs to share a bathroom with all the boys in the class, in order to make up for her racial sin, or c) the admin of that school who has written all the grants on DIE etc to get government funding so that she can buy a big building in a black neighborhood and make lots of money?
Anser is A. I didn't say defer. I said respect.