kerbilgunnerz:

geekandmisandry:

For those unfamiliar Australia heads to the polls on Saturday for a federal election, labor and the greens are considered more “left” leaning parties by many and the safe schools program is an initiative for LGBT children that aims to include various issues such as correct pronouns and bathroom access.

This scare mongering pamphlet was put under my windscreen and at first I laughed at how up the wrong tree they were barking, then I really read it and a chill went through me.

This is dangerous and misleading material. If a cisgender boy says “I’m a boy” or a little girl says “boys are cute” everyone smiles, but if a person viewed as a boy says “I’m a girl” or a little girl says “I don’t like boys, girls are prettier” it’s considered inherently more sexual.

These children are not sexualising themselves, they are being sexualised by adults who think that their gender or sexuality is a reason to imbue their very existence with a greater sexuality than that of other children.

Everything about this is designed to cast a shadow over trans children (and gay children because I’m not sure these people know what pansexual is). There is no evidence that people will pretend to identify as a gender they don’t feel to gain bathroom access but this is still the angle pushed, along with scare quotes around “identify”.

Being a trans youth is hard enough, with high bullying, suicide and homelessness rates, there are GENUINE problems that trans youths face and all this does is redirect attention to non issues while not just ignoring trans children but actively contributing to an environment that will view them with hostility and violence.

Please don’t fall for this, #safeschools is not a conspiracy theory, it aims to protect the most vulnerable because EVERYONE should feel safe at school.

All children deserve a safe place to learn and play and the makers of this nonsense clearly don’t care about children, just protecting their own hateful narrative and using children as a shield, a weapon AND a target.

YES AUSTRALIAN POLITICS ON MY DASH PLEASE MAKE THIS HELLHOLE COUNTRY SAFER FOR OUR LGBT YOUTH PLEASE GO VOTE!!!