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Trans rights are human rights. You cannot support one not supporting another.


And what are those "human" rights exactly?

There is no right to pronouns or to being referred to in whatever way you want. In fact, policing that kind of thing is an infringement on other people's right to free speech either.

There is no right to expensive surgeries either, especially cosmetic ones.

There is also no right to deciding which bathroom you get to go to.

Please be precise which rights you think are "human rights" and why.


This is why we can’t have nice things.

You don’t have to use pronouns if you don’t want to.

Why do you care if another human’s happiness is centered on gender identity?

No one has ever been assaulted by a trans but every day there’s another report of a pastor or priest molesting children.

“life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” is in our declaration of independence.


> You don’t have to use pronouns if you don’t want to.

I'm pretty certain that that is not true. Language policing was a big problem - "use the wrong pronoun and lose your job" is not a meaningful choice to many people.




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