Over at the Washington Post, people I assume are trans activists and their allies are reacting to news of Dagny "Nex" Benedict's suicide like villagers going after an evil foe with pitchforks and torches. The story is titled: "Oklahoma nonbinary teen's death is ruled a suicide, triggering anger."
In their comments, they seem to be trying to outdo one another to pen the most strident denunciation of Oklahoma's trans hatred, which some blame for killing the troubled teen girl.
The Post's comment administrators are doing their part to suppress opinions that challenge the accepted trans narrative. None of the gender critical comments I posted in last night survived to see the light of day. To test the Post's commitment to freedom of expression, I posted the following text in the Post's comment section about 10 minutes ago.
"Believing that the risks of gender-affirming care have not been adequately evaluated; that minors lack the capacity to give informed consent to social transition and puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones; that social contagion and co-morbidities such as autism can cause as person to identify as trans and that it is unfair for biological males to compete against real females in girls- and women-only athletic events does not make someone fascist. It simply means they're willing to look objectively at reasonable topics trans activists and allies consider anathema. That, as much as anything else, is an indicator that we're on the right track."
One of two things will happen. Either a Post censor will take down the comment, or it will stay where it is and provoke a response not unlike that of stepping on a hornet's nest.
Update: My piece is still there, but it took fewer than 15 minutes for someone to call me "nasty and hateful."
My "world" is birth and breastfeeding, both of which are sexed, not gendered activities. The takeover of so many women founded mother support groups by TRAs is nothing short of astonishing. Considering that the vast majority of mothers stop breastfeeding before they are ready (due to societal structures and general lack of support) means that zero time should be spent supporting male lactation: https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/since-when-is-medical-experimentation And no, no men give birth and all people who have babies are women, even the delusional ones.
Excellent! And an excellent argument to The 'free speech' advocates who are saying just be kind and use wrong sex pronouns for those men who they like.
Mar 14·edited Mar 14Liked by Amy Sousa, MA Depth Psychology
In the spirit of this piece, I will say that it was recently reported that the death of the self-identified "nonbinary" (or is it "two spirit"?) teen girl known as Dagny "Nex" Benedict has been ruled a suicide.
One is unlikely to find her described this way in any mainstream or liberal publication.
Excellent and comprehensive piece. Thinking a lot about courage, these days, the courage to both say no to this cultish insanity, and to stand up and speak out about its great harms to women/girls, children, lesbians. This is a very powerful men's rights movement. Can you image this kind of global capture if it was just females saying they were males and could change sex? We all must, to defeat this, begin by speaking up to our friends and community. Begin by finding just one or two others locally, in person, to discuss and become active.
Over at the Washington Post, people I assume are trans activists and their allies are reacting to news of Dagny "Nex" Benedict's suicide like villagers going after an evil foe with pitchforks and torches. The story is titled: "Oklahoma nonbinary teen's death is ruled a suicide, triggering anger."
In their comments, they seem to be trying to outdo one another to pen the most strident denunciation of Oklahoma's trans hatred, which some blame for killing the troubled teen girl.
The Post's comment administrators are doing their part to suppress opinions that challenge the accepted trans narrative. None of the gender critical comments I posted in last night survived to see the light of day. To test the Post's commitment to freedom of expression, I posted the following text in the Post's comment section about 10 minutes ago.
"Believing that the risks of gender-affirming care have not been adequately evaluated; that minors lack the capacity to give informed consent to social transition and puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones; that social contagion and co-morbidities such as autism can cause as person to identify as trans and that it is unfair for biological males to compete against real females in girls- and women-only athletic events does not make someone fascist. It simply means they're willing to look objectively at reasonable topics trans activists and allies consider anathema. That, as much as anything else, is an indicator that we're on the right track."
One of two things will happen. Either a Post censor will take down the comment, or it will stay where it is and provoke a response not unlike that of stepping on a hornet's nest.
Update: My piece is still there, but it took fewer than 15 minutes for someone to call me "nasty and hateful."
My "world" is birth and breastfeeding, both of which are sexed, not gendered activities. The takeover of so many women founded mother support groups by TRAs is nothing short of astonishing. Considering that the vast majority of mothers stop breastfeeding before they are ready (due to societal structures and general lack of support) means that zero time should be spent supporting male lactation: https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/since-when-is-medical-experimentation And no, no men give birth and all people who have babies are women, even the delusional ones.
As you so rightly point out, the same news outlets that condemn FGM celebrate "gender affirming care" where the result are largely the same or even worse: https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/um-and-the-difference-is-exactly
And differently created universes may work for entertainment purposes, but in reality they are a safeguarding nightmare for women and children: https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/alternative-facts-cannot-create-an
Excellent! And an excellent argument to The 'free speech' advocates who are saying just be kind and use wrong sex pronouns for those men who they like.
Excellent as always from the Known Heretic!
In the spirit of this piece, I will say that it was recently reported that the death of the self-identified "nonbinary" (or is it "two spirit"?) teen girl known as Dagny "Nex" Benedict has been ruled a suicide.
One is unlikely to find her described this way in any mainstream or liberal publication.
Paywalled link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/13/nex-benedict-oklahoma-death-autopsy/
Very important thoughts, very well hashed out here. I very much like this piece!
Thank you, Amy, for this excellent piece!
Great post! Thanks Amy
Excellent piece, Amy.
Excellent and comprehensive piece. Thinking a lot about courage, these days, the courage to both say no to this cultish insanity, and to stand up and speak out about its great harms to women/girls, children, lesbians. This is a very powerful men's rights movement. Can you image this kind of global capture if it was just females saying they were males and could change sex? We all must, to defeat this, begin by speaking up to our friends and community. Begin by finding just one or two others locally, in person, to discuss and become active.