The weekly virtual cocktail hour my friend has been holding every friday evening, in which we're asked to bring answers to the question of the week, this week ask "What do you think a time-traveler from the year 3000 would think of what we are today?"
I don't know how I'm going to answer, but it will be honestly and *delicately*, as the h…
The weekly virtual cocktail hour my friend has been holding every friday evening, in which we're asked to bring answers to the question of the week, this week ask "What do you think a time-traveler from the year 3000 would think of what we are today?"
I don't know how I'm going to answer, but it will be honestly and *delicately*, as the hostess's 'child' is non-binary, her spouse is a transwoman, and I'm hoping someone puts an end to gender-affirming crap before their son is old enough to perhaps trans.
They're both sweet people, the TW wouldn't harm a soul, and I keep my opinions mostly to myself, but I will say as diplomatically as possible that I think this is going to be our 'Halley's Comet is going to destroy us' belief that we would bring back from the year 1000.
Fortunately, said friend is actually a major stickler for facts and evidence, and she doesn't talk about trans stuff too much. So she won't get mad.
Yeah, it's always interesting broaching this topic with people who haven't engaged with it much online. I recently had a really good conversation with a gay friend of mine who had just absorbed the "Rowling is a transphobe, trans people just want to pee" rhetoric, and he was blown away by how badly he'd been misinformed.
I hope your friend is able to hear what you have to say.
The weekly virtual cocktail hour my friend has been holding every friday evening, in which we're asked to bring answers to the question of the week, this week ask "What do you think a time-traveler from the year 3000 would think of what we are today?"
I don't know how I'm going to answer, but it will be honestly and *delicately*, as the hostess's 'child' is non-binary, her spouse is a transwoman, and I'm hoping someone puts an end to gender-affirming crap before their son is old enough to perhaps trans.
They're both sweet people, the TW wouldn't harm a soul, and I keep my opinions mostly to myself, but I will say as diplomatically as possible that I think this is going to be our 'Halley's Comet is going to destroy us' belief that we would bring back from the year 1000.
Fortunately, said friend is actually a major stickler for facts and evidence, and she doesn't talk about trans stuff too much. So she won't get mad.
Yeah, it's always interesting broaching this topic with people who haven't engaged with it much online. I recently had a really good conversation with a gay friend of mine who had just absorbed the "Rowling is a transphobe, trans people just want to pee" rhetoric, and he was blown away by how badly he'd been misinformed.
I hope your friend is able to hear what you have to say.