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1/ It's time I come out publicly and talk about trans activism. Please be patient as I lay this out, as this is a very difficult topic to parse and I only intend to share helpful information.
I am, and have previously declared online, that I am transgender.
I am, and have previously declared online, that I am transgender.
2/ Years ago, I came out publicly on a blog post, after having a huge life changing loss of faith in my Mormon religion. I was raised in the Mormon faith (they like to be referred to as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) and once I lost my faith, life changed a lot.
3/ I came out as transgender because for the first time in my life, I felt free to explore my identity without being bound by gender conformity, which is strong and absolute in the Mormon religion.
4/ Since I have presented as male since the time I was 3-4 years old, preferring male clothing, male activities, having a male personality, male interest in sports, male friends, etc.... I was happy to find a label that fit my identity better than woman did.
5/ Since the time I came out as transgender, the trans activism has increased dramatically. At one point I was verbally attacked by my trans friends for being too moderate in my views towards other groups such as "cis-gender" women and "terfs."
6/ This bothered me tremendously because I was told I wasn't trans enough to speak for the trans community. I did not understand why I was being attacked by my trans friends for trying to be reasonable in my views and maintain objectivity as often as possible.
7/ This sent me into a spiral of research. I felt I had missed something major or important that was enraging my friends. This was before the trans ban in the military by Donald Trump or the bathroom exclusion bills. Their was a lot of anger and I didn't understand its source.
8/ Youtube fed me a clip of Jordan Peterson. I figured he must be the source of the anger because he was a bigot, but I wanted to understand his viewpoint, so I listened to him. I listened to a lot of his talks and was surprised to find he wasn't actually against trans people.
9/ I was surprised to find that J.P. was against compelled speech and that was what he objected to. He calls his trans students by their preferred pronouns. He was reasonable. He was not speaking from hatred but from a source of anger and concern for democracy.
10/ At that point, J.P. was getting a lot of press and negativity from the people that didn't listen to him. There was a lot of emotional response to him as a person, from many people. There was a lot of talk that seemed to obfuscate truth and cause confusion for trans allys.
11/ Fast forward to present day. Now we are in a situation where a beloved child author is being consistently attacked for having a viewpoint that many consider prejudiced and hateful towards the trans community. I read what she wrote in its entirety.
12/ I did not feel attacked by what she said. I did not feel belittled or diminished by what she said.
At this point, the trans community may attack me and tell me once again I am not trans enough to speak for them. They may be right, but please hear me out before you judge.
At this point, the trans community may attack me and tell me once again I am not trans enough to speak for them. They may be right, but please hear me out before you judge.
13/ The trans community needs to understand they are being used as fodder in a ideological war.
This was never about them as individuals. It was about gaining power for political extremism by sowing discord between neighbors.
This was never about them as individuals. It was about gaining power for political extremism by sowing discord between neighbors.
14/ Communists will use trans individuals to further their intent to destroy democracy and free speech.
Fascists will use trans individuals to cause chaos and fear by attempting to wipe away an identity that is important to their sense of well being.
Fascists will use trans individuals to cause chaos and fear by attempting to wipe away an identity that is important to their sense of well being.
15/ Trans individuals need to step back and ask themselves which ideological bent they are supporting. You can't cause chaos, react with anger, and make threats to others, without giving the ideological extremes a foothold. Democracy REQUIRES exchange of contradicting ideas.
16/ The attacks from the corrupted trans activists needs to stop. Those of us who used to feel pride in knowing a word to describe our feelings of body dysphoria, and have been rejected by the activists for not being trans enough are abandoning the trans identity.
17/ I now call myself a butch woman. It describes who I am as a masculine centered woman. Nothing a trans person says to me will change that I am a woman, I had a baby, and I present as masculine. I wear mens clothing because I like it. I wear mens deodorant and underwear.
18/ I do not deny biological sex exists, and neither should you. It does not help your trans feelings if you pretend your sex organs are different than they are. You can't wish them to be different, and you and I both know surgery won't fix it completely. It can't.
19/ The trans community needs to have a conversation about what parts of biological sex are responsible for personality and gender presentation, and which aren't. The community needs to talk about the cultural differences between men and women informed by biology.
20/ If the trans community is too fragile to have conversations involving scientific reality, then they must stop reacting and re-evaluate which group on the extreme right or left is using them as a tool to spread its mind virus and sew discord and strife between people.
21/ J.K Rowling is not the enemy. She is a concerned mother. So am I. She has every right to advocate for women that experience harms only women can experience as a result of being born female, having less muscle, a smaller frame, ovaries, and a uterus.
22/ J.K Rowling is correct in her assessment that transgender re-assignment may be occurring to youth without enough barriers to entry. Imagine a person feeling dysphoria as an adult while knowing they can never have children because of past intervention! Disastrous.
23/ J.K Rowling is right that simply declaring a person is female by filling out a form at a government office is a slippery slope to allowing predators to gain access to women easily. Again, as a trans person I support a barrier to entry! That is in the best interest of all.
24/ J.K. Rowling is correct that lesbians are afraid to speak out and that this is a hugely divisive issue because no one wants to be called a TERF when it is slung with as much malice as the word RACIST.
25/ Trans activists, you need to choose your enemies more carefully. No one said you had to be a woman to wear makeup, a bra, or a dress. YOU DID. And why did you? Who told you that was necessary?
That is your enemy. The enemy is the idea that you weren't valid as you are.
That is your enemy. The enemy is the idea that you weren't valid as you are.
26/ We all have blindspots psychologically. I am not immune.
What is the application of subversion?
What is the application of subversion?