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TommyT139

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6. That has happened far more than makes the news

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 14, 2026, 02:13 PM

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...where non trans women are simply trying to use the bathroom and the cops get called.

The right-wing media has given the paranoid populace the impression that there is some invasion of trans people. When people are asked to estimate how many trans people there are in a given state or area, they overestimate by many times the actual amount.

Same with sports. The rethugs know very well that they are putting girls in danger and allowing uneducated creep access, when states might have fewer than a dozen total trans young adults competing.

Trans people are a handy scapegoat and an even better excuse for universal body policing.

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Chaos in wake of anti-trans Kansas law [View all] marmar Sunday OP

Link? TommyT139 Sunday #1

Sorry. Added. marmar Sunday #3

Awesome, thanks! TommyT139 Sunday #5

I have heard anecdotes of horrible bathroom "mobbings" (not in my own state but from friends elsehwere) hlthe2b Sunday #2

Too many men like to set themselves up as femininity police GenThePerservering Sunday #4

That has happened far more than makes the news TommyT139 Sunday #6

Archived, no paywall TommyT139 Sunday #7