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LostOne4Ever
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May 30, 2023
Sine Die day and Texas SB 1029 (adult trans care ban) did not pass
That said it could still be brought up in special session
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/29/sine-die-texas-legislature-2023/
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01029I.htm
https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB1029/2023
https://www.equalitytexas.org/legislature/legislative-bill-tracker-2023/
I am hoping it gets forgotten in all the other shit theyve done to us and we have two years to prepare to move
but I have no idea how much of a priority it is to them.
May 10, 2023
More at link:
https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/originals/lesbians-are-not-anti-trans/
'Lesbians being anti-trans is a lesbophobic trope'
Lesbians being anti-trans is a lesbophobic trope
Amy Ashenden, Interim CEO of Just Like Us, is dispelling the harmful trope that lesbians are against the trans community.
WORDS BY AMY ASHENDEN
31st March 2023
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New research by Just Like Us has found that lesbians are the most likely of the whole LGBTQ+ community to be supportive of trans people. Lesbians are the most likely to say they know a trans person (92%), and also the most likely to say they are supportive or very supportive of trans people (96%). Thats compared to 89% of LGBTQ+ people overall, and just 69% of non-LGBTQ+ people.
The research was independently conducted and surveyed more than 3,600 adults aged 18-25. Even within a group of young adults, who would be expected to be more supportive of trans people, lesbians are still incredibly strong trans allies relative to the rest of the LGBTQ+ community.
But there are other reasons that the idea that lesbians are more likely to be anti-trans doesnt add up. One is that being a lesbian and being trans are not mutually exclusive sexual orientation and gender are different parts of our identities. You can be trans and a lesbian.
Secondly, as a lesbian, I see so much overlap with the experiences we and trans communities encounter in the heterosexist world we live in. Particularly, as a butch lesbian, I know that we are both used to living in the margins, to not having our identities respected or understood. Lesbians and trans people stand side by side we always have done and always will. And this isnt just my opinion, the research shows this is the case too.
[ ]
Amy Ashenden, Interim CEO of Just Like Us, is dispelling the harmful trope that lesbians are against the trans community.
WORDS BY AMY ASHENDEN
31st March 2023
[ ]
New research by Just Like Us has found that lesbians are the most likely of the whole LGBTQ+ community to be supportive of trans people. Lesbians are the most likely to say they know a trans person (92%), and also the most likely to say they are supportive or very supportive of trans people (96%). Thats compared to 89% of LGBTQ+ people overall, and just 69% of non-LGBTQ+ people.
The research was independently conducted and surveyed more than 3,600 adults aged 18-25. Even within a group of young adults, who would be expected to be more supportive of trans people, lesbians are still incredibly strong trans allies relative to the rest of the LGBTQ+ community.
But there are other reasons that the idea that lesbians are more likely to be anti-trans doesnt add up. One is that being a lesbian and being trans are not mutually exclusive sexual orientation and gender are different parts of our identities. You can be trans and a lesbian.
Secondly, as a lesbian, I see so much overlap with the experiences we and trans communities encounter in the heterosexist world we live in. Particularly, as a butch lesbian, I know that we are both used to living in the margins, to not having our identities respected or understood. Lesbians and trans people stand side by side we always have done and always will. And this isnt just my opinion, the research shows this is the case too.
[ ]
More at link:
https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/originals/lesbians-are-not-anti-trans/
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