You are allowed to stop pretending fake shit is real. In fact, you have a moral and epistemic duty to stop doing so.

Dear Lush (cc Chelmsford City Council), As a woman who had half a breast removed last year due to cancer, I am writing to raise my concerns about your “Proud of My Stripes” window display. I am also, on behalf of other women who have experienced breast cancer, respectfully requesting its removal. Because mastectomies are not a fashion statement, an identity marker or something to be celebrated. They are something women undergo because they are ill, because they are frightened, because they are trying to stay alive. Around 59,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK every year. Many will undergo surgery - a mastectomy, lumpectomy or other procedure. Others choose preventive mastectomies because they carry a high-risk BRCA gene mutation. If a woman chooses to have her breasts removed to affirm a gender identity, that is her personal choice. I honestly don’t know the number of women who have elective mastectomies for this reason. What I do know is that it is a tiny number compared with those for whom breast surgery is medically necessary and not something to be celebrated. I think I speak for many women who have experienced breast cancer - and for their families - when I say this: Breast removal surgery is not something I regard as cute, playful or empowering. Nor is it something I believe retailers should be celebrating. For that reason, I am requesting that the display be removed and that @ChelmsCouncil apologise for promoting it on social media. Yours sincerely, Janet Murray

I entered into the unknown at 26. I finally decided to reconcile with my body, by working on my health. I’m 45 pounds down, and I’ve never been happier! Today, I’m 27. I hope this year, I will make up for the time I lost in my teens & early 20’s by pretending to be a guy.

"Detransitioners like me have been warning lawmakers for years that the medical system failed us."

Langsam aber doch startet selbst im @derStandardat die Diskussion zur #Wissenschaftsfreiheit gegen die von oben herab zelebrierte Einheitsmeinung an den #Unis die von der Sprache bis hin zur Semesterfrage "#Demokratie " reicht, wo an der uni Wien bei einer Diskussion keine konservative Stimme zu Wort kommt. rudolphina.univie.ac.at/seme… Wie kann man über die Zukunft der Demokratie diskutieren und nicht beide Seiten des politischen Spektrums zumindest zu annähernd gleichen Teilen zu Wort kommen zu lassen? derstandard.at/story/3000000…

The TRAs who have answered--and I am grateful for their civil replies--have made it clear that there is no way in which females can be trans women. The reality--as we all know--is that a necessary condition for being a trans woman is that you be a biological male.

Seid züchtig und mehret euch

Bis heute wurde noch jeder Mensch von einer Frau geboren. Selbst Jesus

"Chers enfants. FUYEZ ! Car ils manifestent ici pour votre mutilation sans fondement et appellent cela des « soins de santé »."

Liebe Kinder. RENNT WEG! Denn die Demonstrieren hier für Eure evidenzlose Verstümmelung und nennen es "Gesundheitsversorgung".

Ugh. This is DISGUSTING @LushLtd. Teenage girls love to shop in your stores and here you are happily encouraging them to CUT OFF THEIR HEALTHY BREASTS in the name of trans pride. This is beyond repulsive. It's dangerous and sick. No parent should allow their child near your stores. Please share: #BoycottLushNow

Fast dreißig Jahre lang lebte Chris Brönimann als Transfrau Nadia – heute ist er wieder ein Mann. Nach 16 Operationen bezeichnet der Schweizer seinen Körper ... exxpress.at/news/bekannteste…

Multiple systematic reviews carried out on the impact of puberty blockers, or cross-sex hormone treatments for minors clearly demonstrate the medical transition of children has no evidence base statsforgender.org/systemati… ⬇️

Den hätte ich fast übersehen- zu gut 🤣

Here's why gender transition is an inversion of healthcare: Transition wants to change a healthy body to fit an ill mind. For any other mental health issue, the solution is changing an ill mind to accept a healthy body. Why are we affirming people into denying reality?

One would think that even if one is not “female” a pregnancy test is necessary before a hysterectomy. We wrote about the harms of inaccurate recording of sex here: open.substack.com/pub/biolog…

Wenn Geschlecht nicht veränderbar ist, warum gibt es dann Firmen, Ärzte und Therapeuten, die sich mit Hormonen und GAC Therapien dumm und dusselig verdienen? Fragen über Fragen 🤑🤑🤑

Wir sind endgültig im Zeitalter angekommen, wo Satire und Realität ununterscheidbar sind 🤦‍♀️🥳🤡

No I can’t just pretend my daughter is a man to keep the peace. Nobody is asking her to pretend to detrans to keep the peace are they? Why just me? One day this fad will be over, and she will know I was the only person who didn’t want her to hurt herself.

Transgender is as legitimate a concept as transracial, transethnic,trans-aristocrat, trans-royal, trans-dead, trans-species, trans-astronaut, trans-elite athlete, trans-genius, and trans-billionaire. If you accept one option you have to accept them all: giving validity to one option requires validity to all the others