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Right now, you can submit a comment for consideration on the proposed changes to US Passport law that will include requiring a change from "Gender" to "Sex" on all passports and require that people identify with their sex assigned at birth.

THIS IS THE LAW THAT WOULD BAN TRANS PEOPLE FROM UPDATING THEIR IDENTIFICATION

Please take a moment to click through and submit a comment. This kind of thing is fast, easy, and is one of the many ways to show your support of the trans community to the people that need to know how many of us there are.

This is an excellent low effort way to make a clear statement to the government that you do NOT support the unnecessary and expensive process of changing everyone's passport just so that a tiny population that has done no measurable harm to society can feel afraid.

Let's not sexualize children or even think of children & sexual stuff

Don't discuss sexual stuff with CHILDREN.

They cannot consent.

Children cannot consent and I dont know how many times we have to tell you this.

sex education ≠ sexual abuse

sex education ≠ child endangerment

HOWEVER

sex education = increased safety through knowledge

sex education = decrease in teen pregnancy

sex education = decrease in spread of sexually transmitted diseases

The average age for puberty to start is 11-12, but it is normal for puberty to begin between the ages of 8 and 14. Puberty is only considered 'too early' by doctors and delayed with puberty blockers if a girl is 7 or a boy is 8. And while not everyone experiences sexual arousal in the first years of puberty, quite a lot of kids do.

So, as deeply uncomfortable as it makes adults: some 11 year olds have already been getting horny for 3 or 4 years. And while their first explorations of that feeling often happen alone, some of that hornyness will drive those kids to seek out others to experiment.

So without information, that 11 year old may end up having sex with another kid and may get pregnant. That 11 year old may sexually assault a younger kid, not out of malice but out of simply not knowing that you should not do this to others. The idea that these things will not happen if we don't tell kids about sex is patently false.

I work in a middle school and trust me. You talk to them for 5 minutes they're going to make it very clear they know what sex is

Mortifying, at the time, but absolutely the correct approach. There was no shame, no scolding, no moralizing, and no "you're too young to know about that." Only facts presented in a neutral and non-judgmental way.

In this particular case, "not even thinking about it" means you willfully and deliberately have your eyes closed, and you're therefore not a safe adult for any of the children in your life to come to if they're ever in trouble and they need a grownup's help. Because you don't even think about that, so you'll freak out the minute they tentatively broach the topic, before they ever get anywhere near the difficult, tricky, scary part where they nervously tell you that they think someone might be doing something bad to them or to another child they know.

Because let me tell you what, that conversation almost certainly isn't going to start out with, "Hey so FYI my teacher sexually assaulted me and you need to call the cops." It's far more likely to start like, "Ummmm.... can I ask you a question... it's about [whisper] sex? I think?" You can respond, "Yeah, sure, what's up, kiddo?" or you can say "[GASP] Firstname Middlename Lastname, you shouldn't even be thinking about that at your age!" One of these responses results in a good exchange of information, the cops being called, and the child being kept safe from further abuse. The other one means the child blushes and shuts up and apologizes for being Bad, and the child doesn't get the rescue they need from an abuser, and the child takes on even more of a burden of trauma and shame that they'll be unpacking in therapy 20 years from now: "Not only was I abused, but when I tried to tell a trusted adult, I was scolded and ignored." That's what not even thinking about it gets you.

This is The Adjuster (Robin Hoodie, Guy That Shot the CEO, etc.):

And this is Luigi Mangione:

And yes, they are both super cool and hot as fuck but remember, they are two different people. The Adjuster has not been found and Luigi was never involved in the shooting.