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Brooklyn Ricky's avatar

Today they work to outlaw the personhood of anyone they label as trans. What label will they work to outlaw tomorrow? This has to stop. We can’t allow a representative government to pick and choose which groups of people they’re going to outlaw from existence.

Please complain to your Congress people and your senators, especially if you’re a republican. We say when we make our pledge; it’s to liberty and justice for all. Well, all people include trans people, and we have to defend their individual liberty the same as we would defend our own. Because I can assure you it is.

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Yasha's avatar

It's always a good sign when they start using terms like "infected", essentially dehumanizing and denigrating transgender existence as a disease.

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Attie's avatar

Hey Pam, if you want to stop genital mutilation on children, then outlaw circumcisions and medically unnecessary genital surgeries on intersex babies! ACTUAL genital mutilation that is ethically wrong and actually happening on a huge scale. Ignoring that while keeping with the façade that trans people are getting bottom surgeries as minors is so infuriatingly dishonest, hypocritical, and blatantly hateful. I'm so tired of it...

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Adrienne Mintz's avatar

What’s ethically wrong with circumcision? Certainly you’re not antiseptic !

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Attie's avatar

1.) The person (infant/child) being circumcised has no ability to give consent.

2.) It is almost always done on babies for whom it is completely medically unnecessary. Even in cases of phimosis it is not necessary to completely remove it.

3.) There are a lot of medical benefits to keep the foreskin intact.

You can hear from many people that have had it done to them how upset they are that it was done without any chance to have their autonomy and body respected in the matter. If you want it done to yourself as an adult, that's fine. You can give informed consent and do that. It is NOT okay to do it to infants/children.

Anti-septic? If you meant anti-semitic, no, I'm not, but far as I know of scripture, I don't see why it can't be a ceremony for an adult man, a sign of dedication, as that's when Abraham and the men did theirs. Even if some want to argue it must be on infants, I don't think religion should be an exemption or excuse to practice inhumane and unethical treatments of people. Nor should they be above laws based in morals and ethics. In general, religion should not hold sway our laws because religion is not based in natural reason, it is based in supernatural faith and tradition.

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Don A in Pennsultucky's avatar

The continual emphasis on the rarest of trans support actions -- they call it "mutilation" -- is an effective way to churn up castration anxiety among males and anxiety about breast health in women. Shameful.

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Shylo's avatar

I'm so tired of seeing us being targeted. Thank you, Erin, for everything you do and keeping us informed ❤️

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Jennifer Collier's avatar

Hey, Pam. Why are y'all conservatives so terrified of anyone who isn't cishet and white. And how does people living authentically affect you? It doesn't. And if you really cared about the kids you'd be pushing for common sense gun laws. But us folks who aren't MAGA knows it isn't really about that. This country has real problems. But instead of focusing on those you're bullying a group of people who are approximately 0.7% of the population. We were here when you took office and we'll be here when you leave.

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Elizabeth B.'s avatar

Not only gun laws, but going after the real perps of these crimes: church pastors and cis white men. They'd also arrest themselves for denying food, shelter, and access to resources to children. They should also go to prison for genocide of multiple groups of people. (So should any admin that facilitates genocide)

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Samantha Neil's avatar

The language of these people is down right disgusting and dehumanizing. They will be targeting trans adults the same way shortly. it is already starting in Texas. How do you fight and have a chance against the federal government? Leaving the country is looking more and more like the safest thing to do.

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Sydney's avatar

Bring it on, you ghoul. See you in court, where the real lawyers are.

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Stephanie Keeley's avatar

“Executive Orders” Are NOT LAWS! The MAGAT CULT is Actively seeking GENOCIDE Against the Transgender Communities! Trump and his INSANE HATRED of the Trans Community is, next to his Anti-Immigrant policies, his most infamous political misdirection effort to hide his own CRIMINAL AGENDA! He wants us so divided that he can just gut our country of every dollar and every resource he can! He and his Entire Administration must be held accountable for this genocidal political policy and put in his own El Salvadorian prison! IMPEACH,DEPOSE AND IMPRISONMENT! NOW!! 😡👿

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Judith Hofeditz's avatar

She is a disgusting excuse for the top lawyer in our country. Agree with Brooklyn on contacting reps!

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Anarchist Bug's avatar

Look at the little cross around her neck. Lmfao. Your god would despise your actions. See ya in hell Pam 👋🏻

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Anne's avatar

Well. She can fuck right off.

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Susan Tuzzolino's avatar

That's exactly what I said!

And I agree with all these comments.

Stand Tall And Proud and Say It Out Loud

Trans People Have Always Been and Will Always Be!

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Sandra's avatar

States where GAC is legal must push back against these efforts and uphold their already existing protective laws, especially if the administration tries to target GAC for adults.

As a reminder to everyone, GAC - both minors and adults - is supported by multiple major medical organizations as a best practice when various criteria are met.

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HollowSky's avatar

I think it bears repeating that what is happening to alleged undocumented immigrants, green card holders & visa holders being rounded-up, detained, deported, "disappeared" and in some horrendous cases being shipped to a supermax concentration camp in El Salvador for life. Could also happen to the U.S. trans population and regardless of whether we are U.S. citizens or not. Immigrants are the canaries in the coal mine. If the government gets away with doing it to them, sooner or later they will be coming for the rest of us. Clearly the government has ruthlessly & heartlessly turned on us, it is worsening by the day and I don't know where the bottom is anymore.

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Antoinette Accampo's avatar

All I can say is thank you for continuing to keep us informed on these issues.

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Kristen Vierregger's avatar

Ffs. I’ve provided GAHT to ~2000 Trans and Enby patients. When asshats like this leave you alone, you THRIVE. I literally have the best job in the world and the greatest honor having a front-row seat to your phenomenal life journeys.

I won’t let them mischaracterize the Trans experience or my role. They will not succeed in these malevolent plans and hateful intentions.

Fuck them.

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