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"A Cartesian mind-body dualism in which the mind can dominate body to such an extent that personal subjectivity can decisively contradict biological reality. Transgender practice is the ultimate biohack."
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"At issue is not simply societal acceptance of people with alternative views or lifestyles, but the most fundamental aspects of what it means to be human."
"To deny the sexual difference characteristic of all mammals, is designed to uncouple mind from body and humans from evolutionary and reproductive logic. Instead, an ideology of emotion is to be given dominion over biological reality."
"Oppression disguised as liberation."

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1/ In 2015, the mother of a young adult w/Down Syndrome fundraised for "top surgery," even when her daughter was in ICU w/serious health issues. Those of us who uncovered/revealed it in 2015 assumed it would peak-trans many people. No one, outside a few blogs, said a word.
(This is the archived GenderTrender post from 2015, which gives the whole story of the fundraising campaign for double mastectomy for a Down Syndrome patient in the ICU, and Olson-Kennedy's involvement in it).

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Anyone who knows anything about Down Syndrome will be aware that people who have it often also have many serious comorbid health problems--problems severe enough to land someone in an intensive care unit.
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Discuss.
Here's an idea: Trans activists could campaign to get TSA to hire more trans security officers to perform searches on trans passengers. Why is it that women (in this case, female TSA agents) are always the ones who have to just suck it up & bear the brunt of trans outrage?
A true trans rights movement would campaign for solutions w/out taking away other ppl's rights. Instead, it's always about centering trans ppl, usually at women's expense. And in the case of TSA, at the expense of public safety. Guess what: hijackers hide stuff in the groin area.
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"It's MA'AM! It's MA'AM! You called me sir! Take it outside and I'll show you sir!"

Just watch this. It's no anomaly. Everyone needs to wake up. This crap is getting worse, and sane human beings need to work together to stop it.

Has there been any US coverage yet?
thesun.co.uk/news/8074185/t…
This is only an extreme example of something getting more common by the day. One news story in the US (if we even get one) isn't enough. A brave editor (in MSM not blogs or rightwing outlets) must stand behind their journos & take this on as a regular beat--like @thetimes
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#OSHO

#Meditation happens beyond #mind. It involves watching #mind. When the real YOU, the watcher, becomes stronger the mind becomes the #servant.

No #discipline, #mantra or #scientific instrument can lead to meditation. No technique can go beyond mind.
The basis of all misunderstanding in a scientific circle is: when the being of a person is in a state of meditation, it creates certain waves in the mind. These waves can be wavelength from the outside by #technical means. But those waves will not create #meditation
You may go on practising with #scientific instruments for years; it will not change your #character, it will not change your #morality, it will not change your #individuality. You will remain the same.
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THREAD ON HOW TO HELP TRANS/NB FOLKS IN THE FACE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ERASURE ATTEMPTS

(cw for transphobia/transmisia and suicide mentions)

this thread is for anyone, but I'm especially directing it at the cisgender folks who strive to be good allies.

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okay, so if you are engaged with political news online, your feeds are likely flooded with news right now about the Trump administration's attempt to legally define #transgender & nonbinary identities out of existence, which is BAD.

here's the NYT link:

nytimes.com/2018/10/21/us/…
(note: this article is decent overall & does a good job of explaining the issue at hand, but uses some dicey language—like asserting that trans/nb folks "opt" to change their gender identity & that they may not "deserve" civil rights protections. be wary of this language.)
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my is my promised THREAD for my new essay: Putting the “Transgender Activists Versus Feminists” Debate to Rest (btw, it's on Medium, so please give it lots of "claps" so that others see it!) medium.com/@juliaserano/p… #transgender #women #feminism #LGBTQ #gender #activism
...I saw some wild claims about my piece yesterday, so I will attempt to clarify here. my first point: there is a long history of feminist debates and discourses regarding trans ppl. Talia Bettcher discusses this in her critique of that Stock piece: dailynous.com/2018/05/30/tab…
...as someone who has played a small part in that history, and who spends much of my time in feminist settings, I can tell you that the "feminist debate" regarding trans people is largely settled, as most contemporary feminist recognize that...
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a THREAD of all my essays related to current #transgender/GNC children debates. here is my most thorough piece: "Detransition, Desistance, & Disinformation" - it's a long read b/c this is a complex subject: medium.com/@juliaserano/d…
..."Transgender Agendas, Social Contagion, Peer Pressure, and Prevalence" challenges the notion that kids are suddenly being "turned transgender" these days...
medium.com/@juliaserano/t… #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #health #children #psychology
"Reframing 'Transgender Desistance' Debates" discusses recent research debunking the "80% desistance" myth, and demonstrating the very real harm of gender-disaffirming approaches...
medium.com/@juliaserano/r… #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #health #children #psychology
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1/ Even since the Compton's Cafeteria Riot in 1966, #transgender people have been fighting a losing battle to gain acceptance and...
2/ ...#equality in our country. Our progress is hampered time and time again by misinformation and mischaracterization by politicians,...
3/ ...many religious groups, and the media.
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The news on our side of the world is fundamentally grim these days, but at least I can shed some light on people's lives that are fundamentally grimmer.
Sigh. Where oh where to begin? I guess here, because it's the first photo I found from my time there.

This is Hebron in the West Bank.
Hebron is the home of one of Islam's holy sites, the Ibrahimi Mosque.
It also happens to be a Jewish holy site named after Abraham as well.

Because of course Judaism and Islam (and Christianity) are fundamentally linked with Abraham. aljazeera.com/news/2016/02/r…
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