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I didn't see this mentioned in the article, but I skimmed parts of it. Do they realize that preventing pregnancy isn't the only reason people use birth control? Are they planning on making medical exceptions? Let me be clear, it's still hugely fucked up either way; I'm just curious.

I took BC for several years for my endometriosis, and I knew several friends who were prescribed it as teens to treat similar conditions. And sometimes they didn't have a specific diagnosis, but they just had especially painful or frequent/heavy periods. Apart from that, aren't there certain medical treatments that require you to take birth control for x number of weeks bc they could harm a potential fetus? I can't remember a specific example.

And, yeah, preventing pregnancy is pretty damn important too. Fuck those guys.

I used to see one that literally said "Jesus wants you to download [this app]." Creepy af.

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Boy, have I got news for you!

I kept reading "words" as "women"... felt real concerned for a minute there

E: "worms." I kept reading "worms" as "women." It's definitely time for bed now. ✌️

Does minecraft count?

It sounds pretty on-brand tho. Nice work, SatansMaggotyCumFart.

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Are you saying you don't have blood??

Literally the only time I've used one, I was upset about something and just wanted somebody to talk to. Sooo I vented to chat gpt. ¯⁠\⁠(⁠°⁠_⁠o⁠)⁠/⁠¯

It felt sorta like talking to a therapist, except its tone was very formal/polite and every once in a while it asked you to choose between two different responses (for training or whatever), which would be pretty strange for a human to do.

No worries, I did understand what you meant, sorry if my tone made it sound like I was disagreeing. I think yours is a reasonable judgement. I'm sorry for what you've been through. I'm trans here too and this state is a mess. Always has been.

I respect anyone who chooses to leave, and I might leave one day. Still, there are good people here, and I care about this place, so I hope we can make things better.

The FBI exists because of Oklahoma’s refusal to investigate the murder of minorities…

You're too right. It's a tired tradition.

I don't get your point about gender affirming care. I mean, let's say that the government punished doctors who prescribed medication for lowering blood pressure. Yes, you could say that it's "equal rights" because no one is allowed to have the medication. But like, that still doesn't make the law okay. And people with hypertension are still being unfairly denied access to healthcare, since the type that they need has been singled out. Does that make sense?

I also have a question regarding gendered bathrooms. If I understand, you believe that there should be men's and women's bathrooms, and that trans women should be required to use "men's" bathrooms. I was curious, where would you choose to place trans masculine individuals (trans men or NB)?

Speaking as a trans person, it's great that you're not, but some people definitely are. That said, yes, it sounds like we're good :)

It's funny you should say this. There's an orginazition in my home state called the Trans Advocacy Coalition of Oklahoma (TACO). It meets on tuesdays, of course.

Oklahoman here. I don't know whether Nex died by suicide or not. But on a local level, the Owasso (and greater) community hasn't given up the fight yet. Whether his injuries from the attack at school are what directly killed him or not, it doesn't change the fact that he'd been a target of bullying for months and that he and his family were repeatedly ignored by the school and the police, and then he was beaten in the school bathroom by several classmates. Since his death, our politicians have doubled down on transphobic rhetoric, and our schools are still becoming more and more hostile towards LGBT+ youth. There's a lot to talk about here, and local organizations have done a great job on covering these issues in press releases and the like. And there's still more to come; we're currently waiting on the release of the Medical Examiner's full report (unless it's been published already; I last checked about a week ago, and I just don't have the emotional spoons today).

Anyway, sorry for going into a whole rant. What I was going to say, in reply to your comment, is that our OCME (office of the chief medical examiner) hasn't been nationally accredited since 2009. So, um. There's that. ¯⁠\⁠(⁠°⁠_⁠o⁠)⁠/⁠¯

The entire world except for the west? I remember that russia said it wasn't them, but were there other governments that said that too? /gen

If you ask plato's socrates, there's also things that you don't know that you know. I think, at least. Philosophy class was hard, but this just unlocked a memory lol.

Holy fuck, I didn't realize how many voters this affected.

In Florida about 1.6 million people are disenfranchised because of a current or previous felony conviction, over 10% of the voting age citizens, including the 774,000 disenfranchised only because of outstanding financial obligations.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement_in_Florida#:~:text=In%20Florida%20about%201.6%20million,because%20of%20outstanding%20financial%20obligations.

It just gets worse the more you read.

TIL about Florida's Amendment 4 and SB 7066. Ouch. Y'all doing okay?