If a transgender person asks you to deadname and misgender them in front of certain people. Misgender them and deadname them in front of those people. It doesn't matter how icky or gross it may feel, it doesn't matter you'd rather be honest. It doesn't matter if there's more of you there. Certain people aren't safe, and honesty IS NOT the best policy when honesty could put them at serious risk. It doesn't matter if there's a crowd, because when there isn't shit goes down.
Be an ally, do what they ask. Understand that the trans person knows more about their situation than you do, and this includes who's safe and who's not. Some one can be "trans friendly" to other people, but not to people they know or specific people. Do as the trans person asks, yes it's uncomfortable, but it's 10 times worse if the person we don't trust finds out. 100 times worse if they have access to us when you're not around.
Respect trans peoples safety. Misgender and deadname when asked.
So far, chances of KOSA being enacted is 31% according to the site linked below.
Let's get that fucker down to zero, guys!!
Stuff to help us do that is linked here!
The call scripts linked below were originally for Congressional representatives, but now that the bill is in committee consideration by Senate Commerce, you should call your Senators instead and you can use the scripts for them. Also, when calling your Democrat senators, make sure to add that Senator Blackburn explicitly stated in interview that it would be used to "protect children from the transgender." I think it's pretty clear that this is not meant to protect children. It's just going to harm children further, especially trans children.
(Article below with a video of the interview embedded.)
Please help stop this bill in its tracks. Reblog, donate, call your senators, and keep an eye on the bill's chances of being passed. We can't stop now. 31% is still kind of a big number. We need to shrink those chances by a lot more.
I had a coworker say to me today that he's a bad Christian because he hasn't read the Bible all the way through, and that is a ridiculous thought
Was Stephen, the first Christian martyr, a bad Christian because he died before the New Testament was written and never read the Bible all the way through? No.
Are Christians who are illiterate bad Christians because they haven't read the Bible? No.
Are Christians who don't yet have the Bible in their heart language and are unable to truly understand it or even read it bad Christians? No.
Yes, reading the BIble is a good thing. Yes, being able to read the Word of God is a wonderful privilege that we have. But your status as a Christian is not dependent on how many times you've read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. (That would be a works based religion.) Your status as a Christian is based on the Holy Spirit living within you and your being transformed by Him.
So read your Bible, but don't feel that your worth as a Christian comes from doing so.
💔🤬My God. They discover the obliterated and desecrated remains of their dear mother who was bombed to death moments ago by the United States and Israel. SHAME ON THIS WORLD and all of its cowardly leaders. I’m ashamed to be human right now.