it is really wild that people are incapable of seeing children as being able to make autonomous informed decisions
for a while my family thought my sibling might be a trans girl, because they didn’t want their voice to become masculine with puberty. my mother reached out and spoke with a someone associated with a gender pediatric clinic, who basically guided my mother about having a discussion with my sibling. my folks sat down with my sibling and asked a series of questions that were given by the gender clinic. it turns out my sibling simply didn’t want to leave the Soprano Alto choir, because they felt uncomfortable being amongst the boy’s choir. my sibling does not feel like a boy, but doesn’t actually have body or gender dysphoria. my parents found a co-ed choir for them, and they are now an extremely accomplished tenor. my sibling now considers themself as simply “androgynous.” my folks are incredibly supportive on my sibling’s choices to dress in feminine fashion as well as their opera studies.
this idea that pediatric gender clinics are here to maliciously convince children to become trans, and force them into trans affirming surgery or hormones, is ridiculous. it is also ridiculous to claim that they are trying to force labels on gender non conforming children. they are there to provide resources for gnc children and trans children, as well as parents who might be confused by what it means to be LGBT+
kids deserve respect and human rights. talk to them. listen to them. work with them.
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I don’t think dandelions are weeds. I think dandelions are free flowers that four year olds can pick for their mommies
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so my parents speak czech decently, but when they were learning it they were obsessed with the words hedgehog and baby jesus. both words sound similar to each other; “ježek” and “ježíšek” respectively. They used to get them mixed up in their heads all the time. but even after they eventually figured out the difference, as a joke they would still call the baby Jesus a hedgehog. and every time they saw a hedgehog, they would act like it’s the most venerable thing in the world and refer to it as the blessed baby Jesus.
my dad pointing to a hedgehog: “ježíšek!!!”
my mom, absolutely fucking going along with it: “little ježíšek !!! beautiful ježíšek!!! who else is worthy of our praise??”
I’m a native czech speaker and I assure you 90% of native czech kids also mix them up and many adults continue with the joke
Same in Poland
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there is a war between types of users on this site and this is what it looks like
found this in the comments of a blazed post n im keeping it for future use
Honestly, if CG artists unionising kills the use of CG in films, I don’t see a downside.
This post has riled a lot of people. For what it’s worth, my point wasn’t that technology is bad and Edison was a witch, my point was that any industry that can be killed by unionizing should be.
pride month is nearly upon us. but more importantly its almost the one year anniversary of the burger king top/bottom burgers
Learn the ways of the plants so you can
- recognize the wild strawberries
- experience the total bafflement at why wild strawberries are growing in a driveway
The epidemic of young queers ignoring or cherrypicking queer history is really biting us all in the ass because Montana just tabled the bill that banned trans and gay panic, and many of the younger queers I’ve come across have no idea what gay panic really is, or what that means.
All they know about gay panic is the “Oh my gosh! I talked to a pretty girl/boy and I’m a girl/boy hehe so flustered” that at some point replaced the actual meaning of gay panic. Do you know how dangerous this is, that they don’t know of the dangers of trans and gay panic? It’s lethal.
As things in the US become more dire for the queer community, I’m begging the young queers: read up on queer - our, your - history. Talk to your elder queers. Really look into current politics surrounding the queer community. Don’t get all your info from social media, and absolutely do not take what you see on social media at face-value. Get yourself educated and prepared for what’s to come. It’ll save lives, I promise you.