That's because they count "desistance" as ANYONE who shows ANY level of gender-nonconforming behavior as a child and then shows less of it after adolescence This framing of this study by TERFs is wildly, viciously dishonest
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Replying to @bax_ster @elliotreed and
I say it because when someone is suffering and in pain and there is an obvious way to relieve that distress and you choose not to provide it that makes you an evil person
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Replying to @bax_ster @elliotreed and
Ah, the "It Doesn't Get Better, Actually" argument Doesn't say what you think it says any more than it did when a homophobic pastor tried it on Dan Savage
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bax_ster and
Also this is an area in which I think the emphasis on suicide has obviously backfired largely because activists underestimated how shitty people would be about it
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Like let's say I make an absolute, binding, unshakable commitment not to kill myself And/or you exert total control over my environment so it's absolutely impossible for me to kill myself Take dying by suicide completely off the table Does that mean my life is now fine
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bax_ster and
Does unhappiness no longer fucking matter as long as you can ensure that the person is physically alive (or that they're working and "contributing to society", which is what people obviously actually care about)
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Why do we fucking have to calibrate and litigate exactly how happy or unhappy someone is at any given moment for them to just have the fucking right to do what they want
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