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N.J. McConnachie's avatar

I don't see one step taken by the mother to examine her own position here. Sage clearly states their fears and their mother is quickly dismissive of their fear. US laws and legislation are gravitating towards making life as a LGBTQ+ person more difficult. This is something that president elect Trump and his allies have advocated for. That is a fact. Acknowledging something along those lines would go a long way. Their mother's response seems dismissive of Sage's very real fear.

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CantPrayMeAway's avatar

No hate to this parent cuz they clearly have a lot of work to do emotionally and educationally. And this response is so incredibly common.

It's infuriating to me that our "allies" or parents claim that they "love us" and then center their own comfort over our safety. The second they are needed to speak up, they gaslight us into thinking that "what's actually happening isn't that bad". It is this bad for many of us.

It's been this bad. It's going to get worse for many of us. Anyone who claims it's not bad has chosen to ignore the hundreds of anti-trans laws being pushed, or simply don't care. We don't need empty platitudes or dismissal of our lived realities, we need them to believe us when we say that our rights are at risk and then do their own research to see why we're concerned.

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