Yeah, it keeps getting me that laws like this won’t even necessarily target transsexual individuals. Instead they’ll target people who bigots think look transsexual, for however the informant in question wishes to define that phrase.

I’m so glad I live in SF, because I am a very very butch woman, and I am constantly worried that “concerned citizens” might see me in a ladies room and flip out on my ass. I think I can cross off the entirety of the deep south off of any future travel itineraries.

I remember when the vaccines cause autism bullshit started and my grandfather, who himself had polio as a child, asked my parents what autism was. They explained that it was when really smart kids had trouble with social skills and fitting in (it was the early 2000s in the Midwest, we weren’t exactly clinical in our…

1) there are kids who never got vaccines who have autism. 2) vaccines have saved literally MILLIONS of f*cking lives. per the WHO (I know, they’re probably in the pocket of “Big Pharma”, right?), about 400 kids per day die from measles. a 100% preventable disease. 3) shove that “believing white men” sh*t where the sun…

I mean, I generally agree with you though I think (as a fellow autistic person who isn’t that severe and made it until adulthood to get my correct diagnosis) that autism can easily be a disability for people depending on the severity and what they want (ie if they really want to be social or have a more social job or…

Your child did not desend into autism. Stop it, seriously, your child is more than just a dx. To treat autism in such a way is degrading and wrong. Your child had autism from birth. That’s how autism works. Around the time children get their vaccinations is about the time they start missing milestones a hallmark of…

Aluminum is the most abundant element on earth. It’s in the soil, in the air, in the water, in any veg you eat.

“Descend into autism.” Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you. FUCK. YOU.

That was fascinating and inspiring. Thanks for sharing that!

ALSO - from a person with a severe immunodeficiency - thanks to all who vaccinate. Along with keeping yourself safe, you keep me safe too.

The vaccine inserts made by the FDA and CDC? Why are those gospel but the hundreds of studies aren’t?

I’m going to just repost what I said yesterday over on Gawker’s article. I’ve highlighted the part that any anti-vaxxer reading this should pay close attention to.

Three funny stories:

Agreed. Not every conversation should have two sides.

“...descend into autism...”

It’s ridiculous and infuriating. Look, it’s a paleontologist and a “The Flintstones was a documentary” guy arguing over the fossil record and evolution! Fairness! Balance!

The answer to your questions are:

The guy that runs Fark, wrote a book called; It’s Not News, It’s Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News. It includes a chapter titled, “Equal Time for Nutjobs,” about how the media likes to give the opposite side of a story, even when it’s proven to be untrue for “the conversation,” when really they’re…

Well, good. Wakefield can go peddle his double-down propaganda piece on fringe cruises and to the tinfoil-hat crowd. The Tribeca Film Festival risked their reputation screening this dreck, and it seems that finally sank in.