Interesting Links for 30-08-2023

[andrewducker]

1. If an Iowa student named Michael wants to be called Mike then they need permission from their parents

(tags:names usa OhForFucksSake bigotry lgbt transgender )

2. These musicians were so preoccupied with whether they could cover "They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard", they didn't stop to think if they should.

(tags:music video lotr meme funny )

Comments

[calimac]

It's not like the Marie Curie case at all. I find your drawing of that inept parallel disturbing. I'm saying that this new rule is bad for everybody. How would this restriction hitting other people as well as trans people make "everything fine"??? No, it makes everything bad. Did you think I was defending the restriction?

That it's less bad for other people than for trans in hiding from their parents, is true, but that doesn't make it not bad for them. For many, yes, it's just another bureaucratic hoop they have to jump through, but why should they have to jump through a bureaucratic hoop generated by transphobia? That's a studied insult. For others, and not just trans, it could be a real nuisance. For trans whose parents are fully supportive, it's just a bureaucratic hoop. It runs all over the map.

Also, I'm not "insisting" on "finding cases." I made one casual offhand remark, which I would have been perfectly willing to let lie and be ignored, but now I'm defending it against a vehement attack.