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   Parker Molloy (parkermolloy@masto.ai)'s status on Saturday, 18-Feb-2023 03:11:06 JST Parker Molloy

   One thing that never really gets said but everyone knows is true is that one of the reasons transphobes are so focused on preventing trans teens from stopping their bodies' natural puberties is that it scares them if they can't immediate "tell" if a person is trans.

   They push to delay transition because it results in trans people looking more "visibly trans," which is what the transphobes want.

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     Parker Molloy (parkermolloy@masto.ai)'s status on Saturday, 18-Feb-2023 03:11:01 JST Parker Molloy

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     This is dehumanizing stuff. I really need allies to help fight back against it. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/arkansas-lawmaker-hearing-asks-transgender-woman-penis-rcna70787

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     Parker Molloy (parkermolloy@masto.ai)'s status on Saturday, 18-Feb-2023 03:11:02 JST Parker Molloy

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     It's all based on really gross transphobic tropes.

     A lot of people genuinely seem to think they have some sort of right to know if their coworkers or acquaintances are trans. That's absurd. They don't. It's a wild invasion of privacy.

     So they push for policies that make it easier to clock us. It's a big old sexist attack.

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     Parker Molloy (parkermolloy@masto.ai)'s status on Saturday, 18-Feb-2023 03:11:03 JST Parker Molloy

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     It's why the theme of "omg, you hooked up with a duuuuuuuuuuddddeeeee?!?!" stuff in movies (The Crying Game, Ace Ventura, etc.) was so popular for so long: it reflects a real anxiety about being "tricked."

     And so certain portions of society take it upon themselves to make sure trans people are as visibly trans as possible: they feel entitled to know if someone is trans.

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     Parker Molloy (parkermolloy@masto.ai)'s status on Saturday, 18-Feb-2023 03:11:04 JST Parker Molloy

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     It's why places like NYT will be like, "omg, this person who detransitioned after going on testosterone for a year has a raspier voice than most women now and she has a bit of facial hair! Omg!" Not realizing/caring that forcing trans girls, for instance, to go through a testosterone-driven puberty DOES THE SAME THING. Equally bad, yet they don't see this as a cost.

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     Parker Molloy (parkermolloy@masto.ai)'s status on Saturday, 18-Feb-2023 03:11:05 JST Parker Molloy

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     They see someone like Kim Petras, someone they'd have no clue was trans if they weren't told, and they get really weird. They want to be able to "mark" us as trans, so they push to make it harder and harder to transition, pushing into the 20s to ensure that we're visibly trans enough for them.

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     Sexypink (sexypink@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Feb-2023 09:26:58 JST Sexypink

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     @parkermolloy You're completely out of your fuckin mind. All of you are. I don't give a fuck what you are, no one does. What people are concerned about is that You shouldn't be encouraging little fucking kids to cut their dicks off. They aren't even done developing wtf is wrong with you? You can do whatever you want when your GROWN no one cares. You guys are manipulating children. Let them grow the fuck up first and then see if that's how they really feel
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 18-Feb-2023 09:27:35 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Sexypink
     Actually he can’t just do whatever he wants as an adult.