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1 month agoI’m going to be honest, this isn’t something I really care too much about. Failure to restrict something isn’t the same thing as endorsing that same thing. Although the article does have two separate messages between the one about a transphobic journalist and the second part about a faux decentralized service. As far as I’m concerned, Mastodon is the best ideologically and Blue sky comes in second place followed by threads and Twitter in a very distant third place. I’m not going to be on any of those platforms except for Mastodon and maybe Blue sky for some things
Many parents sincerely believe that being transgender is purely a choice and that there are no transgender people simply people who believe that they are trans because they work themselves up.
As such, parents believe that conversion therapy is the option to stop kids from being trans and so they can have a ‘normal life’ with their grandkids.
The Christian faith is also a strong force in perpetuating this. Since the Bible tenuously condemns transgender people, many Christians believe that being trans is similar to being addicted to alcohol and not inherent to a person. A chemical dependency on something that can be solved through therapy and hard work.
This is the thing I’m fighting my dad over and it might ruin our relationship. Science shows that gender identity is an inherent part of a person. I can trace aspects of my gender identity back to the third grade. I’m now 24