Right, so those are two typical TERF (trans-exclusionary radical/reactionary "feminst") talking points. Edit: I am not insinuating that you are a terf in any way or that you aren't presenting your viewpoint in good faith.

1. Cisgender people don't experience gender dysphoria.

Neither do most trans people once they are treated for it, by having access to health care. I don't think it's a big deal that fundamentally separates cis and trans women, especially to the point of excluding one group or the other from spaces, events, or with laws.

2. Cis people didn't grow up socialized as being seen as the opposite gender.

While it's true that cis people didn't grow up socialized as their opposite gender, neither did a lot of trans people in the last 20 years, because they had supportive parents and access to gender-affirming health care from a young age. I say this because socialization and upbringing is not a constant among trans people, and if it's not a constant, it shouldn't be used as justification for laws against all trans people.

But even if we ignore them and focus on trans people starting transition after age 18, it still doesn't justify any of the discrimination these laws are doing. It doesn't justify exclusion. Trans people aren't any less valid because they started transitioning -- or were forced to delay transitioning until -- after age 18. And it most certainly does not mean that trans women aren't women. Gender identity is innate and rooted in science and biology. Being trans is not a choice.

I am a woman who is trans.

Trans women are women. Cis women are women.

I am not a cis woman.

For 99% of issues, the trans/cis distinction doesn't matter and we are the same. Where it matters is on issues of healthcare. That's pretty much it.(*) This is the only area I don't want to be treated the same, because it's the only consistent difference between trans women and cis women.

My lived experience is not fundamentally different from other women. We've experienced most of the same things. The biggest difference is that for the first two years of transitioning, I was treated like garbage by strangers because I didn't look feminine enough to be considered a woman. But even then, a bunch of cis women experience that too!

All these laws and all this discrimination, it's all because too many people are ignorant on the science of sexual diversity, refusing to admit that neither sex nor gender is binary because it wasn't what they learned growing up. Now that ignorance has fueled misinformation to run rampant, E.g. the Cass review, the public and politicians still assert their false information and bigotry -- even when every major medical association states over and over that trans people -- and trans healthcare -- is scientifically valid, and even when new reports come out that disprove the misinformation in the Cass review.

Trans people are facing legislative genocide in the US right now and it's getting worse every day. I am terrified. If anyone doesn't believe me about how bad it is for trans people right now, look at Erin Reed's reporting on substack.

If the UK doesn't get their shit together, trans people may very well face the same horrors there too.

• (I'm not going to argue inclusion in sports here because that topic is nuanced and complex, but generally trans girls/boys/men/women should be included in sports that align with their gender identity.)

Can we please ban electronic advertising already? And billboards? Society would be better off without them.

How come?

My 17-year-old account is at $600. That's an average of $35 per year.

Most of my gaming spending for the last 8 years has been on Nintendo Switch. That number is too embarrassing to post.

If he's using an online model, I hope he used a privacy-respecting VPN, a hardened browser, and didn't sign up using his email, or else his IP address and identity are now linked to all those chats, and that info could be exposed, traded, or sold to anyone.

I love backside buttons for you all who use them, but I don’t ever want them to be anything more than non-essential programmable buttons. I personally can’t stand them, but as long as they are optional for gaming, I don’t mind that they are there.

Do you know what their enforcement mechanism is for a situation like this, where a company like Clearview is doing it against Illinois residents but it's all happening online?

Yes. I use a FireFox extension called ViolentMonkey that allows you to install scripts.

There is a script called Simple YouTube Age Restriction Bypass: https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass?tab=readme-ov-file

Install the script in Violent Monkey and you should be all set to watch age restricted videos in Firefox without signing in.

Yeah. It is oddly worded in places, but otherwise seems fine. I didn't see any grammatical errors.

Edit: No, you're right:

Windows 11 Phone Link accomplishes the same thing, and it approaches Android connection in the same way Unison does. However, it’s limited to Android and iOS users who can’t utilize the function due to how Windows approached compatibility in the first place.

That makes absolutely no sense.

To be fair, plenty of telemetry is still being sent by Microsoft in Windows 10. It's not as bad as 11 though.

Don't forget that Obama was also a war criminal, just like the other US presidents in recent history.

Can you at least start letting in trans US refugees before they all get genocided? Because it's already started.

Hate.

Part of the panic isn't moral, it's about money. Money in sports corrupts sports, and you can bet that any athlete making money by playing their sport is going to get real upset when they feel cheated out of potential money because they lost "unfairly" to a trans woman (which isn't actually happening).

As for why republicans and some democrats are against trans girls in K-12 sports? Well, they simply don't see trans girls as girls, and that are 'worthy' of equal rights and protection.

But yeah, you are absolutely right.

Where is kryptkey? I don't see it on F-droid.

I do see KryptEy, which sounds like what you're talking about. What's important to mention is that it's a proof-of-concept app that hasn't been updated in two years. It may still function fine and be secure, but I wouldn't necessarily assume that, especially when we are talking about high stakes like avoiding government intrusion into chats. Has anyone ever checked or audited it?

Everyone talks about inflation but the reality is that people's incomes generally have not risen to match it, so while I understand inflation, I also understand that I'm not actually making more money to offset it.

The actual BAFTA article with the full list starts off by mentioning most influential game on popular culture, which is going to be different regionally. Shenmue may have been the most influential in Japan or the UK, but it sure didn't have the effect on pop culture in the US that Mario, Zelda, or Minecraft has had, not even close.

That's exactly what happened!

Omg the link got erased?? Sorry.

Edit: It was my first time posting. I added the link and then added a photo, and adding the photo erased the link. It should be fixed now.