Here’s a friendly reminder on this Monday morning:
Anti-trans activists like to pretend that they care about kids. They will spout all kinds of nonsense about how dangerous puberty blockers and HRT supposedly are for them.
Yet, most of them know full well the sort of suicidal rates you get among trans kids who are not allowed to transition.
They don’t care about kids: they’d rather have dead kids.
Great news coming from Germany: today, the Bundestag adopted the gender self-determination law, which will allow trans people to change their gender on their official papers with a simple declaration at the civil registry. Gone are the medical requirements. 🏳️⚧️
The law isn't perfect (a 3-month delay is to be observed before the change takes effect; minors will have to go through a dispute in court if their parents oppose the change), but it's still a huge step forward.
In France, trans people still need the approval of a judge in court to officially change their gender. While in theory it's illegal for them to ask for proof of medical treatment, many judges still make it a requirement. Not only that, but they also still often base their decision solely on the physical appearance of the applicants.
This is why we are fighting for a similar legislation change in France. Sign our petition: https://jugepasmongenre.fr
The way John Gruber writes about the EU feels insulting at this point.
I’m sensing it as the same kind of rhetoric that was used by Brexiters about 10 years ago — dumbing down the narrative to the point of disregarding some of the most important aspects that have lead to the DMA.
His way of constantly implying that Apple’s anticompetitive practices can be justified because they make for better experiences is often just based on the false assumption that people are dumber than they really are.
With this approach it's pretty easy to cover a wide variety of hashtags with a small selection of custom icons.
The only limit is the dictionary of keywords will necessarily only include a handful of languages by default (right now I'm mostly using English, German, and French). But I think it would be pretty easy for admins and users to add their own keywords in the CSS file, or in an additional separate CSS file.