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By Heather Shay · Posted
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By April Marie · Posted
Good morning, everyone! I've finally pretty much finished with this head cold. I actually got 5.5 hours of straight sleep last night without taking any cold medication...or waking up to pee. I feel amazingly rested!! Oh, @Willow, you are in my thoughts and prayers that your throat issue becomes less of a problem over time and not more. I'm, hopefully, going to get our grass cut today. It takes me somewhere between 2.5 and 3 hours on the zero turn mower but the ground is still so wet that I'll have to slow down a bit. At least it's supposed to be sunny and around 60. Have a wonderful day!! -
By April Marie · Posted
This is all such wonderful news!!!! I can feel the happiness in your words. -
By VickySGV · Posted
We have had some real dillies come out as the initiative sort of thing, but as @Carolyn Marie said, very few make it out of the petition signing seasons. I am not surprised at the origin site of this thing, it is probably one of only 3 regressive leaning counties we have in the state. We actually had one of these initiatives started to make it mandatory for police to shoot dead on site any Gay behaving individuals wherever they found them. For the most part the matters are poorly written in ways to be unenforceable even if enacted. Thus most never become law or get to the voters. -
By Carolyn Marie · Posted
You make some good points, AYS. But there are usually already too many ballot propositions each election, so the proponents know it's best to wrap it all up into a nice package. Plus, it's easier for the signature gatherers. Otherwise they have to have a separate clipboard for each proposition. Too much paperwork, dontcha know? This kind of proposition is a loser in CA, so the only possible way the proponents can succeed is to give it the scariest title imaginable and try to put one over on the voters before they get wise. Bottom line; an ice cube on a hot summer sidewalk has a better chance of success. Carolyn Marie -
By awkward-yet-sweet · Posted
Reading that article, it seems like the attorney general gets to call it whatever unless its an outright lie. Given the nature of politics in CA, it seems like one side has the bully pulpit for sure. Labeling it "Restricts Rights" vs "Protects Kids" is very much a matter of perspective. Unfortunately, that matters since many voters don't bother to read. Perhaps a better (unbiased) way to handle it would be to simply give the ballot measure a number with no title, forcing folks to read it. I think it would have been better to handle the various issues covered by the ballot measure separately, rather than all at once. For example, issues relating to disclosure of medical and social information to parents. That could be its own ballot measure, rather than lumped in with everything else. Besides, shorter and more succinct measures are more likely to be read completely. -
By Carolyn Marie · Posted
https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/04/trans-youth/ Yup, the existing title sound perfectly appropriate and accurate to me, too. Carolyn Marie -
By Adrianna Danielle · Posted
Seen my hrt specialist this morning and nothing but good news,estrogen levels looked good.Boyfriend was with me and I admit he has been learning well about my transition showing his support.Our relationship is going great and we both see each other much happier now. -
By Abigail Genevieve · Posted
This reminded me of an individual who, due to child sexual abuse, lived as a woman for 15 years, detransitioned and noisily insists that all trans people have his story. His name comes up fairly often because it fits the narrative. I don't know that anyone actually has been railroaded. People may say it, they may look back at what happened and decide that happened. It's a he said / she said, but it feeds a narrative that is useful for those who are already convinced that trans people are abuse victims first and foremost. That the detransition rate is so low tells me that railroading is not actually a problem, and I regret giving the impression that I thought it was. That so few detransition is a success story. What is pertitent at heart is that people hear and believe all the stories out there, and the story we have to tell is not heard, because TG folk are, after all, untrustworthy in their view and unworthy of an audience. Somehow it needs to get out there as to what the real situation is. -
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