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Russian parliament bans gender reassignment surgery for trans people (www.bbc.com)

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[-] TheRealBob@lemmy.world 138 points 11 months ago

I legitimately can’t imagine how awful it must be to be trans in Russia. Well, pretty much anywhere really, now that I think of it. Trans people just can’t catch a break. I feel so bad for them.

[-] RippleEffect@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

I imagine this is why many people that might consider it just dont. It's easier sometimes to just do the expected things at the expense of one's self.

[-] CyPhD@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

You and me both, fam. I can't even imagine how it must be for a trans person to live in the US south - it is just mind-baffling to think of what it must be in other countries that barely even recognize any of those rights or are even outright hostile to the identity.

[-] NakariLexfortaine@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I can't speak for every trans person in the South, but for me, it's pretty fucking awful.

Part of it is my area(lot of old white conservatives). They really don't give a fuck. I have had to listen to 10 minute rants about gender politics because they want a pink gender reveal cake.

We did multiple cake variations for Valentine's. All stick figures. We "dared" to put rainbows on a couple of them. We had to get rid of them because people complained about STICK FIGURES under rainbows.

I have to make sure I'm in a safe place to even begin feeling like myself.

[-] DreamerOfImprobableDreams@kbin.social 19 points 11 months ago

True, but there are definitely places where it's much better to be trans than others, and Russia's near the bottom of the pack.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 36 points 11 months ago

Russia is a tough place to be human

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[-] VisualCicada@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago

Like you said, I think it's pretty awful in the majority of countries with few exceptions

[-] such_lettuce7970@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago

Here in Ontario is pretty good for me as a trans person, well at least in terms of my being trans. I feel fortunate.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 14 points 11 months ago

I'm glad you feel comfortable in Ontario. I hope we can keep it that way here.

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

I have no idea what it's like to have gender dysphoria, but I'd imagine they'd just not come out. But idk how that works, or if they're willing to get bullied by like every Russian ever.

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 11 months ago

For the record, I tried not coming out for about 25 years and it wrecked my mental health and increased my depression. :(

[-] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 11 months ago

It can affect everyone differently but not coming out and getting things done can lead to terrible mental health and depression, leading to suicide. Transitionning is the only way we know to supress those symptoms.

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[-] Nioxic@lemmy.world 67 points 11 months ago

So this is next step for american republicans?

[-] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 22 points 11 months ago

Technically yes. Previous laws were also drafted with the help of some republican-adjacent organizations, not to mention that CitizenGo, the dhristofascist org that pushed the Ugandan gay genocide law, is being bankrolled by both Russian and US far-right adjacent oligarchs. Any free country that does not consider CitizenGo a threat to safety, liberty, and secularism, are committing suicide.

[-] Ruphies@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

You mean the previous step? It seems to be what they're working on now

[-] gundog48@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Have they actually got something in the pipeline.

Tough fucking luck. If healthcare is private in the US, it's none of their business, the state doesn't get a say.

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[-] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 14 points 11 months ago

The global RW fascist insurgency are tied at the hip with moscovia

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[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 37 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This reminds me how during the later stages of WW2, while the Nazis were losing the war, they kept spending resources on the Holocaust.

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[-] lucja808@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 11 months ago

Can we add a rule where all articles should be archive articles to avoid incidentally paying a shitty company ad revenue. In this case an organisation that houses and protects child predators.

[-] Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Sup, you might want to raise that within feedback channels within your instance. Threads like this one are seen by many instances so there's going to be disagreement in the votes. It's a perfectly fair thing to do though, years ago we banned direct links to the BBC in the UK left's largest subreddit /r/greenandpleasant (i mod) for its transphobia.

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[-] Procleus@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago

“Hi! I’m the news! Today, the Russian government did a bad thing!”

—Every day, it seems

This comment isn’t meant to trivialize the action, it’s just becoming almost comical how much the Kremlin is taking a dump on human rights.

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[-] lemmyshmemmy@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Sad that so many people live under such an oppressive government. Some people have started hating Russians but I feel bad for most of them.

They're a huge country with all kinds of resources. If the government supported the people instead of keeping them under their heel, Russia could be an advanced, wealthy country with a rich culture. Instead we got Mafia in the Kremlin.

[-] avater@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

don't make the mistake to think this is a government only problem. Sure not all Russians are pro-war or pro-putin but a majority of them supports their leader, his efforts and this mindset, they are basically fine with all that crap.

So again to blame all russians is wrong but this is also not only putins fault, a lot of russian people are also heavy involved in this kind of lifestyle.

[-] sciawp@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Well it’s hard to blame the people when information and propaganda are controlling their lives in such a specific way.

Manufactured consent is a very real thing

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