Anti Trans Bills are not about protecting our children; it's about fear fueled by ignorance, bigotry, and discrimination. Most anti trans people have no idea what it means to be trans. Most anti trans people have no clue about the difficult steps or phases a trans person has to go through even before surgery takes place; because you (anti trans person) don't really care enough to find out. So based on your ignorance, unwillingness to educate yourself, and your discriminatory attitude, you would prefer to judge and condemn a group of people because they are different and don't fall into your belief regarding sexual orientation. What's even worst, is that many of you have the audacity to call yourselves Christians; using God to spread your hate and bigotry. I'd be surprised if you all would even continue reading, if you haven't dropped off already; willing to continue in ignorance. If you, as an anti trans person, continue to read, I applaud you and respect that you are willing to hear, or in this case read, an opinion and belief that is different than your own.
Only four months in to 2023 and there have been 528 anti trans bills in 49 states; 50 of those bills have passed; all to supposedly protect our children. Protect them from what exactly; paedophilia? Let's look at some facts; 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 7 boys are sexually abused and 90% of those offenders are known to the child. 80 - 90% of the offenders are male, 10-20% of the offenders are female and about 40% of the offenders are children themselves, under the age of 12. (RAAC - Race Against Abuse of Children Everywhere) These offenders are straight, not trans or any other sexuality but heterosexual. If the offenders were from the lgbtq+ community, we both know that would be made loud and clear. And let's not forget the number of sexual abuse where the abuser is clergy, church staff, volunteers, etc.. You can look that up yourself. Again, no lgbtq+ offenders mentioned. What you will find about trans people is a great amount of violence perpetrated against the trans community.
I call BULL SHIT; this is not about protecting children from the trans community. If you really want to protect children, do something about the millions of children in America that go hungry. Do something about the millions of children that are homeless in America. If this was about protecting children, you would not rip trans kids away from their families and add them to the approximate 443,000 children already in the foster care system. No, this is not about protecting our children. the 528 anti trans legislation is not about protecting our children. It's about persecuting a group of people whose lifestyle you don't agree with; it's about taking away the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness from a group of people you hate so much, that you are not even willing to educate yourselves about. I won't even go into your misuse of God to judge the lgbtq+ community. That I will do in another post.
Though I am not a trans person, I am a part of the lgbtq+ community. When I first started hearing about the trans community, I did not fully understand, but I did take the time to try and educate myself and I am still learning. It takes less energy to learn than to hate.
