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Joint Chiefs to troops: ‘No modifications’ to transgender policy

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Joint Chiefs to troops: ‘No modifications’ to transgender policy

pervocracy:

pervocracy:

Well, this is a weird twist in the “trans military ban” story – Trump never actually discussed anything with the Department of Defense or issued any kind of formal order.  He just impulse-tweeted that trans people were banned.  So for the moment, there’s no actual policy change and trans people are still allowed, with trans healthcare still covered by military plans.

I don’t know if this situation will last for long, but it’s a reminder of just how incompetent and unprofessional our would-be dictator is.  He declared a major and extremely unpopular military policy change on Twitter, with no planning or consultation with the DoD at all, lied about discussing it with generals, and then he never actually put in the order.

I’m just going to batch-respond to some of the responses on here:

1. “The military is an evil colonialist institution anyway!  Trans people should be glad to not be part of it!”  – Wow, congratulations on winning the Leftist Purity Olympics, at the low low cost of endorsing segregation.

2. “Okay, this was poorly implemented, but we need to put away political correctness and ask what the effects of allowing trans people in the military will be?” – Probably not much, since we’ve already been doing it.  Trans people have been serving openly in the military for a year now, and with various degrees of secrecy for many decades.  Neither the military medical system nor troop morale has collapsed as a result.

3. “As President, Trump can order anything he wants!” – Yes, he can order this.  He also can order the military to rename itself Clownin’ Charlie’s Balloon Platoon and replace boot camp with juggling and pie-throwing instruction.  Something doesn’t have to be illegal to be a terrible idea.

4. “Attack helicopter special Tumblerina snowflake did you just assume my gender!?!?!”  – whoaa, 3edgy5me

5. “This is just a distraction!”  – Yes, except that it’s also a real thing the President did, and that DoD unfortunately will probably have to follow up on.  Someone setting your house on fire may be doing it to distract you while they steal your car, but even so, your house is on fire.

 

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deadcatwithaflamethrower:

spikedluv:

grumpsaesthetics:

humanrightscampaign:

Donald Trump Announces Ban on Transgender Troops Including 15,000 Actively Serving

SHAMEFUL. This harms military readiness and puts lives at risk. There are more than 15,000 active serving transgender troops. Threatening 15,000 currently serving troops who put their lives at risk is unpatriotic and dangerous.

from Joshua Block (ACLU attorney):

and here’s the ACLU’s official statement:

This is an outrageous and desperate action. The thousands of transgender service members serving on the front lines for this country deserve better than a commander-in-chief who rejects their basic humanity.

Let us be clear. This has been studied extensively, and the consensus is clear: There are no cost or military readiness drawbacks associated with allowing trans people to fight for their country. The president is trying to score cheap political points on the backs of military personnel who have put their lives on the line for their country.

There is no basis for turning trans people away from our military and the ACLU is examining all of our options on how to fight this. For any trans service member affected by today’s announcement: Please get in touch with us, because we want to hear from you. [x]

if you want to support trans people serving in the military, please consider donating to the ACLU. as mentioned in their official statement, their examining all options on how to fight this ban. 

also, to all the people on tumblr today that responded to this blatantly transphobic ban with some snarky edgy response about how denying trans people entry to the military is a ‘good thing’, because ‘the military is bad anyways’: fuck you

He is a disgusting, despicable person.

Boosting for the ACLU’s message, as I know peeps who are serving and deserve better.

Stop HB2796

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johndarnielle:

postcardsfromspace:

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HB2796 is an absolutely blatant attempt to strip away the civil rights of transgender people; and it’s absolutely fucking terrifying.

Quoting the official summary of HB2796:

This bill prohibits the word “sex” or “gender” from being interpreted to mean “gender identity,” and requires “man” or “woman” to be interpreted to refer exclusively to a person’s genetic sex, for purposes determining the meaning of federal civil rights laws or related federal administrative agency regulations or guidance. No federal civil rights law shall be interpreted to treat gender identity or transgender status as a protected class, unless it expressly designates “gender identity” or “transgender status” as a protected class.

HB2796 is currently with the Republican-majority House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Please, PLEASE–especially if you’re cisgender, and doubly if you’re one of their constituents–call the Representatives on the committee and explain just how much damage this will do, how many lives it will destroy, and how many legislative careers (hopefully) hinge on its passage or failure.

Committee members are:

  • Chairman Steve King (R-IA-04; King is also one of HB2796′s sponsors) – (202) 225-4426
  • Vice Chairman Ron DeSantis (R-FL-06) – (202) 225-2706
  • Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ-08; Franks is also one of HB2796’s sponsors) – (202) 225-4576
  • Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX-01) – (202) 225-3035
  • Rep. Karen Handel (R-GA-06) – (202) 225-4501
  • Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) – (202) 225-3265
  • Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08) – (202) 225-5341
  • Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY-10) – (202) 225-5635

(Note – Listed phone numbers are for DC offices only, but links go to pages with both district and federal office information, as well as additional avenues of contact.)

This bill is unfathomably mean-spirited and cruel. I don’t do a lot of “call your representatives” posts but the posts I’m reblogging states the case succinctly. are you a person who considers yourself a compassionate person who cares about doing the right thing? Then please call your reps about this bill, whose only purpose is to shame, harass, bother, and disenfranchise people who are just trying to live their lives as they see fit. 

Thanks. 

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queer-cutie-resistance:

Misgendering/deadnaming a trans person because you don’t like them as a person is extremely transphobic. Even if your reason for not liking them has nothing to do with them being trans. You are saying to all trans people that our genders are a privilege to be given or taken away, and that you don’t respect any of us; you are only choosing to humor us on the condition that we don’t cross you.

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ratessa:

cisnowflake:

pie-the-memer:

yourownpetard:

slimecourse:

aphobemax:

just when i thought that they had come to the consensus that ace = the lack of sexual attraction

what the fuck do words even mean anymore

This is everything about my reaction to the concept of asexuals. I’m like ok. I guess that could be a thing. Then tumblr does this with it. You can be asexual if you’re a bisexual horny kinky porn addicted sex monster who masturbates any time you’re not fucking.

Sure whatever. Why do concepts need to mean anything. Just hand out labels like candy. I’m asexual. We’re all trans neurodivergent asexual. Whatever the fuck.

So I can, right now, just claim to be a transgender asexual person because sometimes I don’t have sex and I don’t fit every single stereotype for a man?

According to Tumblr, yes.

That’s goddamn ridiculous

The image is from a troll post, as indicated in the notes (if the “and still oppressed” didn’t tip anyone off).

So many people apparently reblogged this uncritically because “lol those crazy asexuals/tumblr users/special snowflakes!”,without even considering the huge amount of damage insidious little phrases like “so I can just claim to be a transgender person-” have done. But I guess you gotta believe the little lies before you can believe the big ones.

Virginia lawmaker proposes a ‘bathroom bill’ to restrict public bathroom use by transgender people

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Virginia lawmaker proposes a ‘bathroom bill’ to restrict public bathroom use by transgender people

separating-my-porn-and-tjlc:

enoughisenough-blog:

#BathroomBill • “It requires school principals to notify all parents if a student at their children’s school asks to be treated as a member of the opposite sex — whether by being allowed to use a different bathroom or being addressed by a different name or pronoun.”

#EnoughisEnough #StopHomophobia #LGBTI #Community #gay #gender #identity #HB2 #Virginia #NorthCarolina

I highly recommend everyone who cares about this to follow ACLU Attorney Chase Strangio on twitter. He will keep you updated about the latest.

Texas and Kentucky also filed bathroom bills yesterday.

 

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braaaaain:

geekandmisandry:

clownpriestess:

geekandmisandry:

There aren’t jokes that can help, they all turn to bitterness in my brain. At some point the idea of crashing the Canadian immigration page might have been amusing. Now it’s a symptom of panic.

People aren’t just dissatisfied or bitter, they aren’t sore losers. People are genuinely scared for their lives.

There is nothing funny about that.

I disagree, filthy degenerates like sandniggers or trannies running for their lives is hilarious. It’s something me and my people from 8chan’s /cow/ have been waiting ages for. It’s time to make some nooses. 

Protip, if you want to survive the New Reich, it’s very simple:

If you are an Allah worshipping sandpig, get out. 

If you are a lazy uneducated and illegal mexican, get out and come back with a green card.

If you’re feminist, stop being fragile and lose some weight, you porker.

If you’re black, stop looting and raping people. 

If you’re a tranny, check into a mental institution.

It’s time you had a reality check.

Trump supporters keeping it classy.

I want every Trump supporter  to see who you threw in with.

Reblogging this and then reporting that person.

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