This is interesting, if unsurprising. I happened to be looking at trans suicide stats in Canada and the US today. If the 32% considered suicide and 22% self-harmed stats are in reference to trans girls, that's actually comparatively low - in an Ontario survey, 77% of trans people had considered suicide and 43% had…

I had been debating a post about this, but you're ahead of me. There are assholes and completely awful human beings in every community, even those that face heavy oppression. TERFs are the most obvious example, but there are also PoCs who are homophobic, gay people who are misogynistic, women who are racist, and all…

Okay, that's a good start. Glad to hear you got rid of one bigot. Plenty to go.

I don't care about her apology, I care that other Republicans stand up to her. If they at least demanded an apology, it would be a statement that she was wrong.

Oh, also... if social issues don't matter, can Republicans stop making laws to restrict access to abortions?

Ugh, so true. And it's not like bigotry doesn't affect economic policy, anyway (see: racist stereotypes about poor people).

Not long ago, you posted about how many Republicans (especially younger ones) support gay marriage.

There are other reasons that trans people don't have a trans culture, as I said. Such as having a wish to be part of other cultures, not wanting to have a seperate cultural space of their own, as with queer, black and nerd groups.

Well, there is a nerd culture, and nerds do often like relationships with other nerds. There is an African-American culture, and African-Americans definitely tend toward relationships with others of that race (in fact, there are huge debates about and problems for African-Americans who date/marry outside the race, in…

I'm a big fan of Richard Linklater. He really seems to like movies which depict real aging (of the actors). He previously did this in a less direct method, with Before Sunrise, then Before Sunset which was made 9 years later (with the two main actors being 9 years older, and their characters being 9 years older) then…

I definitely think queer culture is still around. To whatever extent it may be disappearing, some queers may like that. I'm not one of them.

We have some analysis from the perspective of the accused - that is, him lying about having sex before changing his story. That right off the bat hurts his credibility. But we aren't about to interview him (even if I had that kind of power) just so he can say "no, of course I didn't rape her!" it's pretty hard to get…

My opinion isn't based on sworn testimony. And people lie even during sworn testimony. It's pretty hard to be absolutely 100% sure about a lot of crimes.

Also, one of them could be trans, so what many see as two men/women kissing in public is actually a man and a woman (or a man/woman and a genderqueer person). But much like with the many combinations you mention, that level of nuance and complexity is wayyyy beyond the understanding of most people who support…

Yes! In fact, this pretty much fits with the literal (not legal) meaning of the term False Imprisonment.

This isn't entrapment, but only because there isn't a crime at all. Entrapment would have been if they'd gone home together and the cop had been the one pushing for the two of them to have sex. Talking about having gay sex isn't a crime (and even if it were, this wasn't nearly up to that level unless we're going to…

The more I get to know about different sexual orientations and practices, the more I realize there's no way I can tell what a person is into in the bedroom if they don't want me to know. I mean, sure, gay people might be outed by someone catching two of them kissing or something - but if they're making an effort to…

Well of course. Because queer people are weird and they'd never act like the straight young people - whether because they actually have similar interests and were raised the same, or because they want to blend in and not be beat up by people like that guy.

Homophobes can never conceive that they might know gay people who they know to be actual humans, worthy of love or respect.

A guy saying to another guy "do you want to go home with me?" And the other guy responding "yes, I would like to go home with you" equals breaking anti-sodomy laws. Wow, that's some really special cop logic there.