LGBTQIA

Oh please

by Lolsy's Library

I am a straight person, so there’s a lot I do not feel comfortable writing/talking about. This I do.

I think one of the most frustrating things about people’s perception, as soon as they hear gay or LGBT+ THEY automatically think sex. They then put that one every other person.

There is a lot of proof/facts, that people are just born gay, or are born trans. Just like, some of us are born straight. There is no “gene” or social conditioning, you just are, or you are not. You can’t pass it on, like brown eyes, or blonde hair, or your size.

Massive Study Finds No Single Genetic Cause of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior – By Sara Reardon on August 29, 2019, Scientific American.

We really are in the “new age” of discovering what there is to things like being gay. (I can’t imagine why we lag in that area).

Personally, I don’t care what “makes” someone straight or gay, trans or cis. But I can completely get the intrigue behind it.

Just gonna pop this one in here as well.

Why Anti-Trans Laws Are Anti-Science – By The Editors on June 30, 2021, Scientific American.

This is the point of my blog post. There ARE trans kids and there ARE gay kids. Even so, that doesn’t make these children “sexual” anymore than the heterosexual kids, that’s shoved down our throats all the time. Think nearly every single Disney movie. Daddy/Daughter Religious dances.

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You ruin everything!

by Lolsy's Library

I have ruined myself to begin with. I have left my laptop at my partners. So the couple of next posts are all being done from my phone.

How annoying do you find it when bigotry takes over a beloved culture, belief system.

I am talking about the TERFs, maybe the most stupidest bigots out of all the bigots. They’ve ruined the suffragette and witch movements.

The reason why I call them the stupidest bigots, out of the bigots is because everything they say either a) makes no sense, b) they think changing names really changes what they stand for, while giving trans people a hard time about it and c) for a couple of months they have no problem with bigoted men making a name for them. After that couple of months they ALWAYS get mad at the men.

On top, the far right aren’t even being “shadowy”, there are front and center with the transphobia. Then these same people always act “surprised” when their heroes turn out to be the Right. And that’s it all “well clearly we’re not like them, we’re the left”.

TERFs, went from TERFs to Gender Critical’s (GC’s) to now “sex realist”. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve rolled my eyes.

Even when it’s women speaking out against them. They’ll keep insisting it’s men trying to silence them. Take Nottingham Council Library in the UK. They recently banned a talk by a TERF, which was a good move, since it would have been during Pride. The next day, they started a crowdfund to sue the council. Here’s the thing though: the members who banned the transphobic person are all women. Didn’t matter to the transphobes. Women are on councils these days.

That’s another thing, the TERFs are not fighting for women’s rights amongst Roe v Wade, they’re all blaming trans people! I have yet to see a transphobe actually fight for women for Roe v Wade. They keep saying really stupid things like “At least the Right know what a woman is” or the REAL classic “If we didn’t have to fight trans people, we could have been fighting to keep Roe v Wade”. Oh and that they don’t have to worry in the UK, because abortions are “free”.

Not quiet true…

In other words, you can’t just “rock up” in the UK, to have an abortion. And even then, in some areas, you need to speak with Doctors before you have an abortion, for them to sign off on one.

In Australia, it depends on your state and GP. With South Australia as the most recent to decriminalise abortions, with the changes starting on 7 July. (That’s my state…yay) That 7th of July 2022. So that is really recent.

But this is what I mean by TERFs ruining everything for not just trans people, but women, men and non-binary people too! They don’t even know their OWN countries rules.

They want to “claim” suffragettes and Witches, then they need to do the work. They have done nothing so far, except ignore the majority of cis women’s speech, and raise money to sue everyone (another Right wing thing). Just because the MSM/Murdoch and Right wing media are letting them speak (while ironically saying to us all that they’re being silenced, but you know, they’re nothing like the Right). Doesn’t mean they’re speaking for other women, they just simply are not.

This last week…Pride

by Lolsy's Library

I am not part of the LGBTQIA+ group, I consider myself an Ally though. So this last week of Pride in the UK and the USA, I would love to do all Pride type posts this week. Things I have learnt about and just some fun type posts too. If I ever step out of line, always, let me know.

Some things that I’m planning on doing, making my Discord channel more Pride friendly. I don’t know but I’m going to do “things” on my Twitch stream. One of which happened earlier today (I always forget about the time differences, lol).

I’m just kind of like, what do I do? Because I’m not LGBT+, but I want to contribute to it, somehow. So let’s see how this week goes!

IDAHoTB

by Lolsy's Library

I remember when I first saw this acronym. I thought that it had something to do with the Hobbit, lol. It’ s not though, it’s the day for International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. By 2016, the commemorations had taken place in 132 countries.[3]

The founders of the International Day Against Homophobia, as it was originally known, established the IDAHO Committee to coordinate grass-roots actions in different countries, to promote the day and to lobby for official recognition on May 17. That date was chosen to commemorate the decision to remove homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1990.

So instead of interacting with bigots, I am choosing today, instead. Too give a shout out to some of my favourite LGBTQIA people.

Well since I love books, how about a site specifically for trans writers! Check them out, and if you’re trans, give them a “call”.

This lady is an amazing LGBTQIA Ally, and a fantastic sexual education educator (lol) She’s hit a bit of a financial snag.

If you could help Stonewall UK, in however you can. That’d be appreciated too. JKRowling spent 50,000 pounds on a Lawyer whose suing Stone wall. Because her Law Chambers wanted her to take down anti-trans tweets. Which Bailey didn’t do, and still kept her job. So of course that’s all Stonewall’s fault, and totally stopped this Lawyers free speech.

Thank you to the New Yorkers, who have set up a Bill for any trans refugees within America. Though it’s sad about the circumstances.

Stop buying “news publications” like the Daily Mail, who can, on one day, have up to 7 anti-trans articles.

Of course, any small business owners that are LGBTQIA friendly, safe and are represented by LGBT people. Always give them a helping hand if you can. Even you can’t afford to spend money. What about helping them volunteer?

Some small LGBT businesses I follow and have bought from:

https://www.minus18.org.au/

Lee Williams on UK Etsy

Today is a really good day, to show the LGBTQIAS2 community what they mean to you ❤

Mardi Gras, 2022 – Australia

by Lolsy's Library

Mardi Gras in Australia ended just yesterday (Sunday), I was so proud, my baby brother was apart of it! He was in NSW, however, and they have been nearly as huge floods as QLD. Which is needless to say, with everything, I wouldn’t blame people for not knowing.

Last night I watched as Australia cheered on trans groups at the Mardi Gras. Today I saw ONE Australian try to spread fear about trans people, and that misinformation was then shared by ONE Scottish billionaire fiction writer. Be Loud and Support trans people! We are more then them!

What I would like to share with you all, are a series of YouTube videos representing some of what’s been happening this year with Mardi Gras in Australia!

United We Shine!

A little lesson about “mainstream” for the bigots out there.

by Lolsy's Library

EVERYTHING in this world, this is accepted NOW. Once had to become mainstream for it be currently accepted as the “norm”.

This isn’t rocket science, it’s simple logic and facts. Like, I can’t believe that I have to write a blog post, because idiots out there don’t understand that we all once, whatever group we’re in currently in now. Had to become mainstream, in order for the world to PROGRESS forward. Except for white men, even saying that though, being white started off as a mutation, did you know that?

When something becomes mainstream, it simply means the MAJORITY of people are now accepting that group. Which IS progression, it IS progressive as a society. Heck, some people out there, including other women, don’t like that it’s become mainstream for women to have a career AND a family.

Mainstream is also representative of the times, and one should look to the younger generation to see what’s “hip and cool” lol. As I mentioned before, even these days, some people thinking that women working and having families isn’t okay. That started to become more mainstream during the War years. When young women, wives and mothers had to start working while the men were away. Before that it was, in fact, mainstream for women to stay at home.

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In the run up to 2022 … Stay Positive!

by Lolsy's Library

I really do feel optimistic for the trans and LGBTQIA community. It just seems to be in the UK, that it’s all turned into a schmozzle … BUT…I will always believe that LOVE WINS!

International Coming Out Day

by Lolsy's Library

Coming Out Day is an internationally observed civil awareness day celebrating individuals who publicly identify as bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender—coming out regarding one’s sexual orientation and/or gender identity being akin to a cultural rite of passage for LGBT people. The day is observed annually by members of the LGBT community and allies on October 11.

National Coming Out Day is observed in many countries, including Australia, Canada, Croatia, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. 

Celebrate National Coming Out Day with HRC! (Human Rights Campaign)

I am straight, so today is not my day. However, I wanted to write something.

TERFs and GCs are MRA’s

by Lolsy's Library

So I got into a interesting discussion with a guy about how gender activists are the actual MRA’s because they say people have to accept people with penises as lesbians.

I’m just going to do a quick explanation of why what he was saying, was in fact, MRA “vibe”.

MRA = Men’s Rights Activists

One, throughout History there have been a lot of people complain about how they’re being forced to accept something they don’t like. White people didn’t want POC in their school. Anti-Maskers don’t like wearing masks, so and so forth. Facts are, the reason why sane people accept this and let it happen. Is because they find out in the end that having POC in school, doesn’t actually harm anyone. Wearing a mask doesn’t harm anyone.

So just because they may not have liked it, at some point you have to accept it. Especially when it becomes clear that no harm is coming to you. So too accept that some people with penises call themselves lesbians, does no harm to you. And unless you know someone’s story, then you shut up, lol.

Two, MRA’ LOVE to dictate all the time what “this” means or what “that” means. ie what a “good wife” means, what a “good woman” means. So when a man, TERF or GC say THEY get to do it. THAT’S MRA.

Thirdly, gender “activist saying to “accept” that people are allowed to call themselves whatever they want ISN’T being MRA. Because that’s giving human beings the FREEDOM to be who they are. When you are trying to dictate who someone is and isn’t, THAT’S MRA.

Fourthly, you don’t have to like something and you don’t have to date a trans person. But you also don’t get to dictate who another human being is. THAT’S MRA.

Just a note as well, not all trans people go through a medical transition, some just simply can’t afford too. Some don’t feel like they have too. Both are valid. If you, unfortunately, come across a man/male who is transphobic. You’ve probably interacting with a MRA.