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"Kids know their own parents and know whether or not it is safe to tell them something like this — and the sick thing is that those advancing these laws know that and are hoping that fear of their parents finding out will keep kids in the closet at least until they graduate."

So very true, they are trying to intimidate people into silence.

I'm 60 years old and only recently stated my preferred pronouns, and I am still really anxious about putting my choice of they/them in my profile. On Mastodon it got me trolled in the most awful way forcing me to delete my account there.

A couple things I've written about this.

https://open.substack.com/pub/ziggywiggy/p/thoughts-on-being-called-a-faggot?r=2knfuc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

https://open.substack.com/pub/ziggywiggy/p/thoughts-on-choosing-your-pronouns?r=2knfuc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Closely related: in Missouri a trans girl was voted Homecoming Queen by her classmates. The both-sides media talked exclusively to two parents who are but-hurt that their daughters lost.

A lot of conservative commentators are saying that the only reason she won is that her classmates are "afraid of being bullied for being transphobic if they didn't vote for her" (on a secret ballot). Because conservatives really cannot wrap their heads around the idea that not everyone is conservative.

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