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[–] [email protected] 134 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Finally! I Can't wait for them to make infant Circumcision illegal! That's what this is about, right? RIGHT?!

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That was my first thought.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago

Maybe we should start giving them tips about the removal of, well.... tips. At a massive scale, preferably.

[–] [email protected] 118 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Fun fact, 97% of gender affirming surgeries done on minors were not transgender or gender diverse (TGD) children. Only 3% of gender affirming surgeries done on minors were done on TGD children. (Study)

Of course they'll be ignoring the 97%

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This study appears to focus on breast reduction surgeries, which is considered gender-affirming care. It seems to confirm that breast reductions are overwhelmingly performed on cisgendered males regardless of age.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably not a high percentage, but intersex babies are routinely "altered" to conform to one gender or another with no concern to what the child may wish in the future. Sometimes without even input from the parent.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm actually fine with them stopping that one. Leave it to the kid to decide.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I believe the 97/3% is specifically looking at breast reduction surgery. This means 97% were not trans or gender diverse children but they had the surgery. This is something no one would bat an eye at if you were a cis man with man boobs and wanted to look more masculine, but if someone who is trans or gender diverse has the same procedure then it's suddenly a huge deal.

It's a double standard

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Of gender-affirming surgical procedures identified among adults and minors, 1591 of 2664 (59.7%) and 82 of 85 (96.4%) were chest-related procedures, respectively. Of the 636 breast reductions among cisgender male and TGD adults, 507 (80%) were performed on cisgender males. Of the 151 breast reductions among cisgender male minors and TGD minors, 146 (97%) were performed on cisgender male minors (Figure 2).

It doesn't seem to break it down quite how I'd like, but the 97% and matching 3% are specifically about breast reductions.

The things I don't understand are the 85 and 151. What are the differences between those numbers? They both seem to refer to total procedures on minors.

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[–] [email protected] 111 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Mutilations huh

Everyone please call the FBI to report every single circumcision you're aware of.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No, that's the wrong kind of genital mutilation. Our kind of genital mutilation.is perfectly fine, we meant the other one , we hate the other one.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

we hate the other

that's it put succinctly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Mutilation tierlist

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mr FBI director....where is my foreskin. Give me back my foreskin.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Hans Christian Graebener/Stonetoss, is that you?

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I bet they're still pushing for boys to be circumcised though

Revolting.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago

They said to report tips. You should report those missing tips.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Which magically doesn't include surgeries on intersex children, because it's the appropriate kind of mutilation under the guise of gender-affirming care.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

that’s because they don’t actually want to protect children (or the adults they will become), they want to force conformity onto everyone; so they’ll refuse non-conforming surgeries for those who want them and force conforming surgeries on those who don’t

(I know you know that, just saying it to add on what you said)

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If they're gonna go after people who mutilate children they need to start by banning circumcision.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

Absolutely should flood the FBI with... ahem.. tips..

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, reactionary movements all built upon the premise of unequal enforcement of the rules, so best you can do is to waste their time by reporting intersex mutilations and circumcisions.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wasting their time and resources should be our prime directive across the board

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Spoken like a true Ron Swanson

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How about the people cutting pieces of infants genitals? I wonder when that count as mutilations.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

No, that's ok because the crazy cult leader in my town said so.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago

FBI and CIA are behind a lot of the human trafficking, so word-salad, word-salad, "protect."

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They want to protect children by destroying the children that are different.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

Conforming to the "norm" is the highest good in conservative ethics; it's a way of signaling allegiance to the in-group.

Their most dripping disdain is reserved for people who refuse to live in the little box that was assigned to them; this is the social contract as conservatives see it.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

Without fail the ones that scream 'for the children' are about 99% the ones abusing them.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It will only get worse for us ☺️

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I would say come over to the UK, but it's the next worse place in the democratic world.

Might be worth leaving for Canada, as I've heard many have done. Not sure if that's in any way realistic at all for you though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Wish it were. I have my son here, and I could not bear it if I were to leave him. His mom would never allow for him to come with me, and I would not want to take him away from her. He’ll be 18 next year, so it would be his choice, but again I could not do that to her or make him choose.

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[–] ThePantser 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But circumcision is still very much allowed and is a form of gender affirming care.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is no way that circumcision can be considered gender-affirming care.

[–] ThePantser 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some say it makes the penis look better so it's a stretch. But it is just as much genital mutilation as the anti trans people claim some other care causes.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

That's not gender-affirming care

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is this actually real? What the fuck USA, what did all these Trump voting morons get us into...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Global depression followed by world war while half the planet dies and the climate is ignored.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Abolish the FBI

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Become a government informant. Report your friends and family. Fabulous prizes to be won!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Sounds like a fun gameshow

I won a new kitchen set worth $12,000! All it took was ratting out my neighbors!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gross. FBI don't you have something better to do?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, but being ordered to ignore the number one cause of domestic terrorism (right wing extremism) frees up a LOT of time to oppress already persecuted groups of people.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Says the government that uses child porn in sting operations.

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