@Phrost, why is your statement lumping gay people, bisexual people, and trans people together as if they were one community, or similar communities?
Gay and Bi populations deal with sexual preference.
Trans deals with sex type issues.
With very, very different demographic, and physical health, and mental health profiles.
These are totally different communities, that sometimes overlap, but we have to be much more nuanced than that, so as not spread infectious stupidity and ignorance.
While I am aware that there is an acronym, and a series of social narrative bullshits, that like to lump them all into the same basket,
That is pretty ignorant, and pretty dumb.
Much dumber, in fact, than lumping all Asians in one basket, or all non-whites into one basket, or all “whites” into one basket, or all religions into one basket, or all variants of Christianity into one basket, or all Muslims into one basket, or all “black” into one basket.
If we are going to discuss the “trans” phenomenon seriously, we have to be much, much more nuanced than that.
First off, we have to separate sexual preference from sex type identification.
Second, we have to separate out those that have morphological or genetic anomalies, from those who self-identify without morphological or genetic anomaly.
Third, we have to separate out those who may identify as another sex type as part of a larger basket of disconnects from reality or functioning,
From those who do not have any other other disconnect from physical reality, and are merely identifying as another sex type.
Finally, we have to not deny, some warts:
- The Trans community has a much higher rate of expressing suicidal ideations, or claiming past suicide attempts, but there is no data that they are at a higher risk of actually committing suicide,
Because those two things are not remotely the same,
and in fact are often inversely related.
However, there is a retread of the same narrative the Church of England tried to use in the 70’s to get Monty Python’s Life of Brian censored, namely claiming that if satires or criticisms, or pointing our absurdities of the Christian faith, practice, or history were allowed, vulnerable Christians across the land would commit suicide in droves.
Which is nonsense, it was a nonsense narrative when the C of E tried it, and it is a nonsense narrative now, that many people in trans “advocacy” roles are trying to run with, and it should be rejected with the same disregard, as when the C of E tried to run with it.
- Almost all trans murder victims and violent crime victims, outside of domestic violence, are black (69%).
Even though black trans people only make up 16% of the trans population.
And the rate of murder and being victims of violent crime are about the same for black men, as for black trans females EXCEPT when the black transfemale is a sex worker (42%),
And in that case, the risk rate for black trans sex workers are about the same as for black biological women sex workers.
White trans people are at a LOWER risk of murder and violent crime than the general population.
But, let’s look at domestic violence:
Biological females have a much higher chance of being murdered in domestic violence than transgender people, EXCEPT (again) if the transgender person is black, then the rates are about on par with other black people.
- The trans community has a much higher rate of co-morbidities of mental illnesses, and substance abuse than the general population, whether or not, they receive gender affirming care, and acceptance.
Now, there is nothing more deceptive than an average, so we have to try to see past that average, recognizing data gaps, and other failures, in informing systems, or analysis, and recognize individuals as individuals, but that is the average if we foolishly choose to examine the trans community as a non-nuanced data set, or demographic.
Which is why that is dangerous, in either direction.
Now, I don’t give a shit if a person is Trans, or Christian, or Muslim, or holds any other kind of mind over matter belief.
I am an Atheist, and an empiricist, and I hold them all in a basket that I view tolerantly, even though I remain an Atheist and an empiricist.
I try to be polite to all of the mind over matter crowd, and if they are good at their job, and don’t cause work place disruptions trying to force other people to adhere or affirm their mind over matter beliefs are the correct ones, I would and have certainly hired them, even though I myself do not hold mind over matter beliefs.
But, I would point out as someone who had a lethal genetic mutation, and still has it, chemically repressed at great cost to my body and wallet,
and who has morphological, physical diseases, that no one should steal the valor of those conditions who does not have them.
They are not the same.
I do not dismiss mental illnesses, or cognitive disassociations, but it is not the same as a genetic abnormality.
Not even close.
Nor a morphological abnormality.
Again, not even close.
As I have seen many people die from genetic abnormality, or endeavor to persevere missing some physical parts, I can say very confidently, it is not even close.
Because while I sympathize with pure mental illnesses, and cognitive trauma,
I also know that every cancer patient, every leukemia patient, every quadriplegic, and every progressive neurological disease patient, also deals with mental traumas from those physical disease states that would defy the best authors who have ever lived, to put into adequate words.
So, if we are going to discuss unique people, I refuse to endorse the very popular social narratives, which are bullshit, that lack the adequate nuance to have meaningful discussions.
And if anyone takes offense to that, they are welcome to disagree with me, just as I am, with them.
