I’m lucky to have the spoons for it, and generally speaking I view advocacy and teaching as something I can do to advance trans folks’ rights. I’ve also learned to pick my battles and only engage with folks who seem actually interested in learning something-you haven’t seen the comments I’ve dismissed, like some of…

I’m really impressed that you’re able to keep so cool in the face of all the argumentative or downright rude and hostile comments. <3 Hugs to you, lady.

So, I’m a very femme guy who is often told he must be trans (always from cishet people, mind)) - I’m not. There is a very clear, internal knowledge that means I like high heels, make up, and dresses while also knowing I’m male.

Human egg timer

Trump can’t buy the education, class, grace, and adoration Obama has.

A makeup artist for the GOP said he tans in sun beds, uses spray tan, and uses bronzer.

Thank you so much for this! (And sorry for the delayed response!) I can completely relate to what you’re saying and it sounds like we have the same “relationship” with wine. I never look to get drunk either, it’s almost just a habitual go-to at the end of the day. (The Atlantic article is great, and mirrors my own…

Science isn’t the enemy, actually. People who discount the established advanced, documented and researched science and instead ask for validation of their ill informed opinions based on elementary school level understanding of biology, well...

Not really. A tautology is saying the same thing twice in different ways. Does that mean that “identifying as a woman” is the same as “being a woman”? If so, then your original point that trans women aren’t women is invalid. If not, then it isn’t a tautology.

Women don’t imagine those things. But you do women a disservice by defining them based on their ability to reproduce. You act as though women who can’t get pregnant, or who were born without uteri, are less of women-that’s the implication of what you’re saying. Trans women also get raped or beaten to death by their…

Sex isn’t as simple as you are making it out to be. There are outliers, including trans people and intersex people, who do not easily fit into one of the two sexes, and yet people insist that we must-because science? Science is the one that states that trans people exist, that trans identities are not mental illness,…

Women are going to die because of the International Gag Rule. I wonder what Ivanka has to say about that?

That top comment is so fucking foul. However, it’s this person’s only kinja comment. It’s disappointing so many folks are starring an obvious and hateful troll.

Many of these people are not true Root commenters. I’ve been watching this thread all morning and I am ashamed that some of these comments are in the black, particularly the ones that are outright transphobic. I’m all for dialogue and discussion but some of these comments are disturbing and just fucking wrong.

Well, at least I know I can write off 75% of you asshole commenters as transphobic fuckwads.

I just commented this on a transphobic post that was all like, “In a sexual species, females have two X chromosomes and males have an X and a Y, I’m not a bigot it’s just science.” I’m a science teacher so I responded with this.

Far too many assholes purposefully ask a million questions just for lulz.

If there’s any need for evidence that feminism still has quite a ways to go to become truly intersectional, one should look no further than this comment section. TERFs abound, more interested in the oppression olympics than liberating one another.

Let’s all make a commitment in these comments to not engage the Dolezaltrolls yeh?

Thank you for sharing and your openness. Sometimes it makes something less scary if you say (or type) something out loud. I’m feeling less anxious about it already. :-)