A Transphobe Reviewed My Book
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- My book was reviewed from a rather anti-trans perspective and pitted against a rather not trans positive book. Very odd.
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“They called me transphobic even though I didn’t do anything!”
My sibling of the sea, you screamed every slur imaginable then proceeded to threat violence against anyone who wasn’t white cis and straight
My grandma keeps saying that she “isn’t transphobic” even tho she’s said some gross stuff about trans people and even Michelle Obama (she thinks they’re trans…). And continues to say that Obama should have said she was trans (even tho she’s not) despite her also saying that this sort of thing “isn’t anyone’s business” and “shouldn’t be rubbed in our faces”, it’s incredibly hypocritical… then my grandma would say again “I’m not transphobic, *but*-“
They have some very thick skulls
@@OszkarFulopThey probably brag at how smooth their brains are.
@@Elias-ws7scAh, the masculinization of black women. We love to see it/s
Ok I'm stealing "My sibling of the sea" because that sounds very poetic
Let’s be honest. The author of the article did not read Jamie’a book. They skimmed it for things they can disagree with and made up the rest.
You…are probably right.
If they actually read it they're straight up lying. I've read the book.
They did seem to focus a lot on parts that had a picture nearby...
@@majestic_defalt 😭
@@majestic_defalt wait hold on.. their dumb logic? only reading near pictures? sounds like the brain of a 5 year old to me
"aimed at young trans people" whoops as a 39-year-old cis woman I'd better get myself out of here then 😱
😮 oh no I just got the news too! I’ll also get my 38 yr old trans man self outta here too!
55yo straight cis woman here. Stumbled on Jamie when researching trans stuff to better understand my niece. Stayed because I love his wholesome vibe.
giggled at this
Me: 13 year old trans guy, figured out I was trans, looked around for trans youtubers, found jamie, did a silent cheer of awesomeness, have been watching his channel for multiple years. I watch his videos, and as a young trans person, I can tell that his videos are not aimed towards only young trans people.
50 year old cis man here checking in!
"We don't believe there is such a thing as a 'trans child',"
My ex wife said, "I don't believe in divorce." I told her, "That's like saying you don't believe in being mauled by a bear while you're being mauled by a bear."
I really don't care what you believe or don't believe.
This is like when I told my parents my best friend was non binary and my dad said "I don't believe in that" and I was like.. okay.. but it's still happening. 😂 And my parents wonder why my bestie hasn't been to visit them in years 🤦🏻♀️ ffs, I'm not subjecting them to deliberate misgendering and deadnaming so my parents can act like they can "fix them" somehow. Ugggh. Every time my parents bring them up in conversation with me, they forcefully deadname and misgender them to me. I correct them and carry on. "I don't believe in it!!!!" 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
@user-dz9eg4bx8q Some of what you say is true but a lot of what you say, you need to back up with sources. Especially when you say 99% will grow out of it, what study are you citing?
@user-dz9eg4bx8q Hey, adult from europe here. Interestingly, repeating things over and over again does not make them through and progress can only be hindered, not stopped. The entire scientific consensus and even most big health institutions disagree with the "opinion" that you stated here. You can believe that stating otherwise equates to political activism, maybe even believe that it will have any impact but it won't. It only reaffirms the cruelty within you because everything we do and everything we entertain and reproduce, shapes us further. The only "winning" you may achieve is that you will sadly become the person you never wanted to become as a child.
There is no such thing as "gender identity disorder." Gender role is mostly a social construct. Gender identity seems to be innate. You are deeply confused.@user-dz9eg4bx8q
@user-dz9eg4bx8q blah, blah, blah. I asked for a source and the only sources you give me, you delete. But I will check out Susan Bradly at University of Toronto and get back to you.
I noticed they completely ignored the fact that Jamie has a PHD related to this stuff but went right for saying the other authors were mental health professionals…
It’s definitely deliberate
This isn't an uncommon tactic from reactionary bigots. The exact same happened with Mama Dr Jones deliberately having her title omissed when puritist school officials were denouncing her sex ed.
I noticed that too!
Oh that's so shady. I forgot Jamie had a doctorate. At least mention it, geez.
@@DeezNutzOnYoChinnyChinOh, they're handing degrees out like candy? Did they hand one to you? Is that how you know?
Only people who've never worn binders on a regular basis would think a picture of a crossed-out binder was trivializing. Also, the whole "how could they chop off healthy tissue???" always cracks me up. Like bruh, these lumps are basically ridiculously annoying and uncomfortable benign tumors. And honestly, with my family history, they probably won't be benign forever.
Benign tumors got me💀💀
And cis women get breast reductions all the time…
As a cis woman who is scared of cancer, this is what I don't get. These people complain about binders and argue that they are unhealthy but then they also complain when a person gets a mastectomy. Why? It stops them from using the binder and reduces risk of breast cancer. If they are so pro-health, shouldn't they be happy for the person who has the surgery?
"How could they chop off healthy tissue???"
I don't think they know but...the splitting of healthy cells into...more healthy cells....is how we grow. Also cancer starts from cells spliting to fast.
Also do they cut their hair? Because hair cells are healthy cells.
@@starflowers1751 I'd just like to clarify that hair is a material and not made of cells, hair is made of keratin and is formed by follicles, which are multicellular structures in your skin (and the outer layer of your skin and your nails are also made of keratin and not living cells)
and cancer is specifically caused by damage to DNA in specific areas which causes the part that regulates cell division to malfunction, which is what causes cells to split too fast
"Transphobe is a slur stop discriminating against me!"
Bro you accused trans people of being groomers and recycled 70s "gay people are pedos" rhetoric.
Some people still believe the gays are pedos. Sad sad world we live in. You think if they went back to the "I got a tumor that turned me into a girl/boy" that they'd buy it again?
It’s not even 70’s it goes back to around the 50’s, and it’s WAY older depending on what marginalized group it’s been applied to
I'm beginning to think they don't even know what a pedophile is. How can I be a pedophile when it's an instant turn off to find out someone is more than 10 years younger than I am? "You're still a pedophile!". I'm almost 40. How is not being attracted to people under 30 a pedophile?
Did you know that back in the 40s leather jackets used to be a way gay people (specifically men) flagged each other.
🏳️🌈The more you know🏳️🌈
@@one-onessadhalf3393 and it goes further still. Its literal actual nazi propaganda. There was the crime of "sexual deviance" that included pedos, zoophiles, sex offenders(excluding the countless times that the nazis did it ofc), and it ALSO just so happened to include gay men and amab transppl, like transwomen. This lead to them all being treated like shit
If you have a cis child you go along with them being cis, that is affirming care. So if you have a trans child you should also care for them in an affirming way. You wouldn't tell your cis child that they must be trans, so why tell a trans child that they must be cis! Support them being trans!
The sad thing is, if you go step by step they will usually agree with you - until they have to bend over backwards so far it creates a wormhole in time to reconnect to “don’t make cis kids transition” and claim ALL childhood transition, now even social nonmedical transition, is transing cis kids because of the %age of people who ultimately choose not to go on blockers/HRT.
It doesn’t matter how high that %age is, or what order of magnitude of trans kids would be forced to go through the equivalent, even a single detransitioner is too many for them. And we’re ultimately disposable in the course of saving the 1-3% (range depending on definition).
It’s “not their problem” if we struggle to make it to adulthood or have a more difficult transition due to waiting, even though a single detransitioner apparently requires their moral crusade. (And let’s not even go into how the majority of detransitioners are STILL supportive of the trans community, still trans allies, or even end up being even more active in the trans and intersex communities than ever due to now having a mix of both FtM and MtF experiences!)
It’s easy when you think that you want your child to be a happy, well adjusted, capable adult. Part of that is knowing that you are loved unconditionally. The rest just follows.
@@chrisbfreelancePlease. Elaborate. What logic is completely twisted? How?
@@chrisbfreelance I agree. I can’t fathom why anyone would do anything but support their child in whatever gender that child chooses.
thing is they do believe trans people are telling cis kids that they must be trans, it's why you can't reason with transphobes because they just put words in our mouths and then argue against those instead of what we're actually saying.
Technically their arguments can be seen as logical, it's just that it's logical against a thing that does not happen.
"What do to when your child says 'I'm trans' ?"
I would find it very difficult not to reply with "Hi Trans, I'm Dad!"
Love it
Lmao
Wholesome ally dad
i would say WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU as i am an aromantic
Do they even have a clue how much depression and anxiety I had being the gender I was assigned at birth? I was self harming via an eating disorder, crying myself to sleep and at one point I couldn't stand to look at my body.
As a non-binary person in my 50's, I have finally found the self acceptance I was searching for by restricting my food/starving myself. I am never going back in the closet.
Ironically enough, I have a new love of makeup and self care that only took hold when I came out as enby. I actually pamper myself. Others took notice and told me how refreshed and joyful I had become. It's sort of amazing and nobody should need to wait till midlife to experience some harmony.
I’m happy you were able to find yourself and be open about it, I am sure it had taken a lot of guts to come out! I hope you live a long and happy life in your own (gender euphoric) way.
Yep, like do they have any idea how messed up you feel when you're having **dreams** about getting breast cancer because it's the only way you know of to get rid of your chest while you're being sexualized as a child and told you're wrong for finding it uncomfortable?
congratulations! it really does shine through when you're finally able to be comfortable in your body and identity. i'm glad you were able to find yourself and openly express it 💕
i also had an out of control ED that i almost died from. completely went away when i went on T.
You do Realize that nobody cares that your non binary we just dont want you people force feading it into our children!!!
If you're getting haters it means you have a significant audience. Pay them no mind.
this reminds me of back when i commented on a friends (his last name was gray) youtube video that his name should be _first name_ gay. when he got angry upset another friend (who was in on the joke) and me told him how he should be proud that he got his first hater yada yada yada. that gray guy was a massive homophobe and i thought i was a lesbian back then (im actually a trans guy) and it was just so much fun to see how angry he got. my other friend and me were rolling on the floor laughing. looking back maybe it wasnt fair tho esp for gay ppl bc i still used gay as an insult of some sort. =/
@@keeprollin9911 I'm gay and I too have made a homophobe angry by calling him gay. It's just funny. What was not funny was that he ended up saying the f slur.
I think the difference between a homophobe calling someone gay and someone calling a homophobe gay is kind of the intend in it. The homophobe says it because they think that it is a bad thing, but in the other situation it's just not the case. You obviously just did it to make fun of homophobia. I wouldn't say it's unfair to gay people to do that.
Don’t ignore them, make a Video about it were you make fun of them and at the same time make money
@@Roger-IDFIf your gonna get haters may as well capitalize off them.
@@Roger-IDF*B E E G BRAIN* moment. Love it
I am one of the rare cases of detransitioning, but, just because it wasnt the long term right decision for me does not mean that applies across the fucking board. I have several fellow friends who are trans and are absolutely living their best life.
People need to stop using our detrans stories as ammunition against trans people. It gets fucking old.
do you feel that the mainstream detrans representatives reflect your experiences? (obviously ignoring the part where they decide that they need to stop the trans propaganda etc etc). sorry if that's too personal of a question
BASED!!! Please everyone help explain that detransitioning people is a small minority, and that there are no real permenant costs of transitioning without surgery!
I think I found the reason people keep calling the reviewer a transphobe. It seems to be because they keep saying transphobic things.
no now you have gone to far. think about how much it must pain the reviewer to have such slurs as "transphobe" thrown at them ='(((((((((((((
Funny how those things work, right?
what??? no way!!!!!!
@@keeprollin9911Oh my god this person is bullying them :( I can’t believe they realized that the review was transphobic 😭
Some transphobes unironically be like: "Won't somebody please think of the poor transphobes that can't even be open transphobes without being called transphobic".
I wonder why thinly veiled transphobia was heavily criticised while an informative and personal book by someone being supportive and open received near universal praise, 🤷♂️ can’t imagine
Everyone else must be wrong! I am right in every way! These hundreds of reviews that disagree with me are proof that I'm right!
@@joshuanorman2 couldn’t be anything else, just the “liberals” trying to silence the truth, no need to self reflect
@@chrisbfreelance then where is the criticism from your so called "silent majority"
@@chrisbfreelanceyou know what’s funny? I dunno where you are, but in the US 23 elections, the reps lost a lot of ground. You wanna know where the majority is? They don’t care. They’re here for economics and what we’re going to do about different conflicts we’re in. They don’t care for the anti trans nonsense being peddled by republicans. Why? Because it doesn’t matter to them. To them being trans is an “okay…? It doesn’t really effect me, so just do what you feel like you need to. Your body your choice.” At the end of the day, you’re the only one here continually yelling about things you don’t understand. Let me ask you a different question, is it worth it? Is all this time being a dick to other people worth it? Of all the things you could do, you do this. Day in, day out. To what end? What do you hope to accomplish? Are you so bland of a person that you need to get a rise out of people for entertainment or do you think being an ass will change reality? You can keep commenting all you want, I won’t stop you, but that’s good time wasted. Here, if you want something good to do, go to your pc, open steam, and play Outer Wilds and it’s DLC. don’t look up anything more than the store page description, it’s best to go in blind, but it is a profound experience, and one everyone deserves to have
Transphobia: not adhering to a social construct. Why are you a bigot?
I remember this quote from Hunter Schaffer "My Childhood didn't start until 16" or something like that, but she said that her childhood didn't start until she transitioned, by denying trans kids their true identity is to deny them of a childhood, it is cruel. In this society only cis kids are permitted to have a childhood that reflects them, not trans or nonbinary kids.
I do think Hunter is also enbyphobic but I'm not 100% sure.
People who are genuinely bigoted love to “claim” people as agreeing with them at all costs. Like, “oh she’s a *bigot* too“. We really just have to proceed with caution and normal kindness. A mistake is not forever.
Potential problematic views aside, this is a valid expression of how many trans people feel. I came out at 45 and three years later I actually feel a lot like a 19 year old. That rush of self-exploration and internal drama is so typical of teenage people that it's hard to _not_ make the comparison. I wouldn't say I missed out on it as a young person, rather that I got v2.0 in my middle age.
What did she say about enbies?
@@CorwinFound*writes note* punt gender identity problems to middle age to avoid mid-life crisis
@@Salikino
Just found what she said:
"I hope all of the people (enbies) who fought to have trans identities no longer considered a medical condition that requires dysphoria are happy because you've won," the post Schafer commented on and liked begins. "The red states are beginning to agree with you. HRT and gender affirming surgery are no longer deemed medically necessary for adults in Florida and it's not going to stop there."
"Y'all just couldn't stand to let binary trans people be the voice of this community," it continues. "You had to dismantle all of the guidelines around being trans to fit your narrative so you could feel valid and then you demonized trans people who challenged your ideals and called them truscum/transmedicalists."
"What you don't understand is that binary trans women and men don't have the luxury of playing around with what it means to be trans the same way that you do," it says. "You challenge gender ideologies from the safety of a cis body that requires no medical treatment. We have to play the game and live by the guidelines that cis people have created for us because that is how we survive."
"You're not helping. You're not dismantling the gender binary. You're not expanding the minds of cis people," it concludes. "You are making them hate us."
Too bad conservatives don't have the capabilities of an open mind, they weren't even open minded to binary trans people anyway, red states are constantly complaining about something, first it was gay people, then 5g(?), next it was covid and now they haven't got covid mandates, it became abortion and now its trans people. Tbf they hate women and children too, yet they won't talk about them as much and hide their hatred under "protect women and children" when really all they're doing is the opposite.
This writer saw an opportunity to pit a "TH-camr" against "experts" for an easy win, ignoring the "doctor" versus "sham science believer" aspect of the story.
Also, some of those comments about Jamie are crazy and show how little fact checking they actually did before writing the article.
also nuts that they chose someone with a phd to come after. like Jamie of all people knows what he's talking about, didn't he write his dissertation on this?
I knew I'm a girl since I've been old enough to remember. All the times my mother hit me and told me I looked ridiculous didn't make me not trans, it didn't make me a boy, it just made me miserable, hate myself, and be afraid to express who I am. I just turned 44, I started transitioning when I was 43. I've been on HRT for a little over three months now and I feel a lot better. I still have depression, fear, and anxiety, but just starting to take steps to be the person I've always been inside helps. But if my parents had just sat down with me and talked when I got caught wearing a dress, I feel like I could have started much sooner and have much better results both with the transition and emotionally. That I'd be able to be more open and less fearful. I'm a deeply unhappy person and being myself, while it's a huge help, doesn't undo the damage of having my identity not only denied, but actively suppressed. I can't bring myself to really even trust anyone. I'm always afraid someone is going to hurt me, because that's how I grew up. That's what transphobia does to people, and I don't want any kids to grow up like I did.
Late in life transitioned guy here. Came out and started HRT three years ago at age 45. The sad reality, especially for us older folk, is that the trauma and struggles of literal decades never goes away. Hell, I'd even say that it often never "heals." But I've noticed in the last year a slow, almost unnoticed, but really transformative change. A feeling of finally moving on.
I'd hoped in transitioning that the depression I'd lived with most of my life would magically melt away. It didn't. It got better but coming out, HRT, top surgery didn't "cure" me. After a year or so I kind of just accepted that depression and the negativity I'd acquired from decades living as a woman would always be there.
Imagine my surprise when after almost three years I suddenly noticed that I was... content. I wasn't depressed. I started paying attention and realized that over the previous months I'd begun eating more healthfully, working out, got some decades overdue dental work, started getting politically active, and actually gained some friends. When the F--K did that happen?!?
I'm not saying this will happen to you. I hope it does. But I think what happened for me was just a product of time. Decades of harm don't just go away overnight. It takes time to settle into your new self and for those changes you've made to seep into your subconscious.
A hopefully fitting metaphor. A teen will hit a growth spurt and suddenly they become clumsy and awkward physically. But within a few years their brain catches up to what's happened to their body. And they become comfortable in their adult body. So you are in a growth spurt physically, mentally and emotionally. There will be bumps and bruises as you get accustomed to the changes, but I hope that comfort will happen for you.
Congratulations on your transition and I wish you all the best!
I’m sorry your parents weren’t supportive. As a supportive mom, I can’t imagine not supporting my son. I actually didn’t know anything about trans people until my son came out to me. He helped me learn about trans people and gave me books to read about trans people. He also told me about different great TouTuber’s.
We found a great great gender clinic and we’re able to change his name and sex on his birth certificate, his social security card, his drivers license, his car insurance, his medical insurance, etc. We were able to save up so he could get top surgery, so he didn’t have to wear a binder anymore.
I make sure I support him and other trans people. I make sure I go to my state legislature and fight against anti trans bills.
I just want you to know that there are people out there fighting for you, even if your family isn’t supportive.
@@kimcarter129 That is so great. Older queer people (especially if they come out later in life) experience what is really close to generational trauma. It's amazing to see so many of the next generation come out into support and love in a way that was extraordinarily rare for us older folks. Not that your son will never experience difficulties but he'll be able to face them with an internal foundation of strength and support that you've helped provide him. Good job and thanks for contributing to these comments.
I'm enjoying the hell outta comments from older queer people like me. I'm 41 and didn't grow up with any LGBTQ info. Didn't discover who I was till my late twenties. I haven't done any transitioning yet, but I want to. It just feels "weird" doing it at an older age. But it does feel less confining accepting myself as enby after all these decades.
May you live your best life from now on.
If your kid actually said "'I'm trans.", the only correct response is "Hi Trans, I'm Dad." (or Mum, or whatever.)
Regardless of the parent's gender, that's definitely a dad joke, so "Dad" might be appropriate anyway.
beautiful, this is the truth
When my sis came out as lesbian I accidently did the casual "yeah, I know, don't tell [male parent]". She was very confused, we have a mother/daughter type relationship now.
@@terrifiedofhumans1129that sounds wholesome ❤
If a trans person comes out to their sister, is the correct terminology "Hi trans, I'm sis" or "Hi trans, I'm cis"?
It really sounds like their take on your book is just “but what about our feelings!?” Your next book should be called “what to do when it’s not about you”
The answer is to cry and get over it lol
@@pissapocalypse?
13:00 Observation, many of the same people that are like "14 is too young to be trans" would *also* object to a 14 year old getting an abortion.
"14 is too young for an abortion but old enough to give birth"
Thats something I never understood, why force a child too give birth? They're way too young for that.
Yeah, because bringing another person into the world would NOT completely change your life forever...
/s
I don’t want to throw America under the bus in that way, but that is a genuine and “good faith” argument being made when it comes to children getting pregnant. Great point.
@@neon17.08 because they blame the child for having sex
@@ScarletTiger109 never mind that in the vast majority of cases where a child that young got pregnant, it's due to r*pe/inc3st... but "she shoulda kept her legs shut", ammirite? 🤬
Reminder: Do not interact with trolls and hate speech in the comments. Report them and move on ❤️
TH-cam doesn't care if you report them. We can stand up to bullies as a result.
Counterpoint: interact with them so Jamie gets more money
Agreed
"Trans kids aren't real!!!"
"Why don't my kids talk to me anymore? ;;;;-;;;"
Won't somebody think of the parents!
Seriously though, I'm so sick of this manufacturered moral panic. Thanks for being you Jamie and for writing this book. It's on my list to read.
As a parent, I am so sick of “parents’ rights” groups trying to deny my right to support my son. The main thing parents are up against is ignorance and fear mongering.
I'd like to point out to the anti-trans people who claim "little 5-year-old children" are being put on hormone blockers...
They're the appropriate treatment for a child that young showing signs of early puberty *regardless of gender expression* even if they're the girliest girl or most "all-boy" boy.
When I saw the notification, I let out a long, breathy "ffffffffhhhhhhhhhhh" out of disappointment for the transphobes. I should've known this would happen eventually.
I keep getting transphobic ads from Prager-U and other channels, it’s pissing me off. And all I can do is sigh and try not to look at it.
@@DemiSuatonsame it’s always before Jamie’s Videos of something too
@@VedaTurner-yk9ljyoutube seriously needs to work on that. is there like, absolutely no quality control with what ads are played before what videos?
@@DG_Totioh there is - they control for the quality of money, and PragerU pays big bucks to run ads with whatever tags they choose. So they choose tags used by actual trans, race, disability, etc activists instead of their own terminology. And Google takes a fat cheque to the bank.
@@DemiSuatonI report then block them even though I still SEE THEM!
Hey, I’m coming out to my parents as a trans woman within the next couple of weeks
Wish me luck everyone
@@trevorchester4439 What's this? Coming from someone who calls people just wanting to exist a bigot?
@@trevorchester4439 How do they in any way fit the definition?
Good luck!
@@trevorchester4439Still waiting for a proper answer.
Good Luck!
I'm surprised the article got the trans man and trans women parts right.
But the ageism of not trusting a child or teen to have reflective thoughts or any knowledge of their own self... 🤦♂️
And the ageism of, 'Jaime looks young and is part of internet culture. Therefore, this must be for teens.'
I'm not trans, I'm not even lgbtq+, but if you like Lego, you my man you my bro we friends forever
No gender
No sexual orentation
No romantic orentation
*All the matters is **Lego**!*
You're my token cis het friend now
Agreed!!@@Finnley-supports-translives
Thank you@@SmolEli
@@irmalair9861 Not actually token though, I just like you and *lego*
Interesting how the authors of the transphobic book are referred to “mental health professionals” but you don’t get your doctorate in psychology mentioned.
I found your channel in my forties after my best mate came out as a trans man, I didn’t want to hurt him with a stupid question.
Talking about potatoes, yes?
Well, I'm autistic cis straight potato and I'm glad to be in your audience.
You have great charisma and often can convey information in approachable manner, you speak in way that makes it easy for hard of hearing to get you.
Alas. Being good for the hard of hearing doesn't help if someone refuses to listen.
I’m a autistic Miku fan
'funny' how more people regret having kids than regret transitioning, but there's no one campaigning to prevent people having kids.
oh how i were you were right
I mean, not the most comparable thing in the world. One is for the purpose of reproduction and the other is about expressing themselves. On the topic of “preventing” people from having kids, contraception and SexED is important to discuss as measures to help “prevent” pregnancy so technically it is being campaigned. To be fair to your argument, it is traditionally right leaning people who campaign against trans people as well as such education. Still, my point remains that there are people campaigning against having children, reproduction is essential to life and children are a big responsibility that some are not prepared for.
Real tired of grown adults using kids as pawns for things that make the adult uncomfortable because they lack the braincells to research and understand what they don't know. Good grief the reach this person makes wth
I had an adult at my school tell me that I’m confused, and she uses the fact that I’m young to defend herself. It’s annoying and encourages extremely toxic and harmful behavior.
@demiSuaton terrible! Some adults need to remember that being older doesn't make you smarter than anyone younger. You also cannot tell someone how that person feels like??? I'm so sorry you have to deal with that. It's not right
@demiSuaton The insistence that kids are clueless to their own identity and emotions is harming children. Plain and simple.
I had similar to me when I experienced interpersonal conflict growing up. It's so frustrating, hurtful and thoroughly invalidating to go through.
Yeah, i think they dont remember how they thought when they were kids, or how much it doesn't hurt to be open minded. I dont understand why would it hurt anyone at all to be aware hey! Trans people exist and are very valid!
The intent of zeroing in on children is to bypass a parents' reasoning, and get them to panic. If I was persuaded that something might hurt my child, no matter how innocuous, I would hustle to eliminate that "threat". This review is written to do exactly that, and I'm glad that Jamie tackled it head-on.
I didn't fully realize and come out as trans until i was 30. I'm 34 now and just started T earlier this year. But I didn't know trans guys were a thing as a kid... yet I still said things like "I feel like a boy" "I wish I could be a boy" and puberty felt like a betrayal and I was miserable and i'm still waiting for top surgery (Scheduled already for Feb 8th though, just 3 months!). Even without knowing about trans people... I still knew I was always a boy. And even without the words, I was miserable. This year has been a roller coaster for me. I started out the year wanting to unalive...i'm ending it wanting to live and excited.
f the transphobes.
Congratulations on the top surgery HOORAY
Ahh! You're getting your chesticles chopped off!! Testosterone is a need these days, I can't wait to be old enough to get my chesticles chopped off one day and start T!!
You'll get there!@@SmolEli
Thank you :)@@aftonstan5494
@@LiteraryStoner Thank you, time is going quick!!
I was a nonbinary child, I just didn't know because the term didn't exist when I was growing up. I didn't figure it out until my late twenties (I'm 32) and it was all thanks to OT and Jammidodger for their videos on trans/nonbinary topics. 🥔🏳⚧
Hey I'm 30, I didn't come out really until after college. I feel like I had been searching for the word "nonbinary" my entire life and it was younger trans friends of mine that showed me the light
Same here. The Internet didn't exist when I was growing up, much less accessible info on LGBTQ anything. I didn't discover the terms agender and non-binary till my late twenties when I'd finally had enough of not knowing what I was feeling for so long.
Yep. I hated puberty with a passion, literally called it torture (and got mocked for it by adults who told me I should feel privileged to have a body men would love 🤮🤬), and didn't think anything of it when people 'mistook' me for a boy. I didn't really feel like a boy, but never took into account that I didn't feel like a girl at all. Only two options right? So instead I was pushed hardcore into "embracing your feminity and being proud to be a girl" which literally only made me feel worse and worse and worse.
I could have written this exact same comment. I found both Jamie and OT by looking for trans memes.
@@waffles3629”privileged to have a body men would love” What an absolutely disgusting thing to say to someone, especially to a child. Wtf
When I came out as trans, I got told that I'm just gay and in denial. Bruh, I'm trans and gay, so....
I have a pro-trans cis gay male friend who has reservations about trans women in cis women’s ’safe spaces’ on the basis that the latter group ‘fought long and hard’ for that safety. He also maintains strongly that trans women were brought up and socialised as boys, and therefore can be ‘felt’ to be a threat to cis women (with the subtext that there is a violence bred in to boys that isn’t in to women).
I’ve referenced the great evidence cited in this video and others, and put forward that this is a kind of essentialism (eg, all men are potentially violent by dint of genes/development) and misandry, but he’s resistant.
It’s a shame when an ally espouses harmful arguments; and it’s a shame I can’t counter these assertions more robustly - I wonder what counterarguments could be made to these ‘nuanced’ points (ie ones that are arguably a kind of dog-whistle transphobia).
I’d love a quick reference for challenger arguments to help me be a better ally. :)
Testosterone is what influences men to make them more aggressive. Trans women receive hormone treatments to reduce the testosterone in their bodies. It is neither genes nor development.
Your friend is a terrible ally.
I love the idea that we "fought long and hard" for...sex-segregated bathrooms? Those were just the default, weren't they? 😆
Your friend is lying about being a trans ally, or maybe he's just uneducated. If you have *any* questions, I can help answer what I know
@@erraticonteuseactually
Prior to world war 1, public restrooms were reserved for men, as men were the ones with the jobs and outdoor lives
When WWI started and women were needed to work in order to keep society functional, that's when they started using the public restrooms, all fine and dandy until the war ended and the men came back, expecting their jobs and positions back
The women, some of which wishes to keep their newfound freedoms did have to fight to keep them
And after a while gender-specific restroom became a mainstay due to the men wanting the old lives back
This is also what happened with gender-specific sports as well
I feel like this all stems from the fact that a lot of adults (especially these kinds of adults) do not trust or respect children. If you only love your child when they are adhering to your beliefs and expectations, then you should not have a child.
Children are a group with some of the fewest rights on the planet. So many people, including parents, do not see children as full humans with agency and inner worlds. I've worked as an educator for over a decade and have seen it time and time again. Children as merely extensions of themselves or as incomplete individuals.
@@MadamoizillionTHANKYOU BOTH❤❤
Wow.. Being neither trans nor young 😂 I have news for that narrow-minded fluff. Some of us are cis and are here to understand, support and celebrate different person's experiences. Keepitup Jamie, thank you for opening up minds ❤
Very based comment, you're amazing ❤️
We in the business call them "allies"
Keep bein' cool
Narrow-minded fluff is great
"we don't believe trans kids exist"
My trans classmates:
*disappear
(edited because putting 2 asterisks made the word bold)
....do these people think Stripperella is for kids? Or Spawn? Hentai?! What is wrong with people?
wait... wait.... are you saying Hentai... a cartoon based around various types of people f***ing.... Isn't for kids?! How can you say such things? Little Jimmy saw his first Hentai at 2 and won't watch anything else!
ok I can't keep that up. I legit don't understand people that think if it has anything cartoonish in or on it it's obviously just for kids and kids should be allowed to watch all of it with no concerns or issues...
Then again, I also don't get people that hear their kid say "mum/dad/guardian... I don't feel comfortable presenting as x gender can I maybe try using a different pronoun/wear different clothing please?" and immediately go into panic stations and start hypermasculating/feminating their child rather than just letting them know that whatever they are, as long as they're not hurting anyone else they're supported and valid (and no.."son" wearing a dress to school is not hurting anyone else even if someone else's feelings/pride is hurt by it.. unless said dress belongs to someone else at school without that person's permission... then maybe let them buy their own dress.)
@@rebeccabriggs9452 I general just don't get people. But that might be the autism 😂. The diagnosis of which was oddly harder for my mother to accept than me being enby for some reason? But seeing as I'm turning 35 tomorrow, neither thing is something she or my father has control over. Lol
But yeah, the things I rented from blockbuster as a kid because they were "cartoons" so my folks assumed they were meant for kids.... Probably explains a bit about how I turned out 🤣. Big ol nerdy goth weirdo that I am. Then again, not really seeing the downside tbh...
On a more serious note, too many people make wrong assumptions, jump to fear mongering, and for some weird reason stick their noses into business that does not concern them. I really wish more ppl would just focus on being kind and polite. And open to learning and willing to admit to ignorance. The world would be a much better place.
@@DarkBangle I'm glad you're able to be yourself now at the very least! Stay true to yourself, for you are the person who knows you the best!
and on the serious note? Yes. Yes to all of that. My main rule of thumb is.. if it's not harming anyone else (and someone living their lives as whatever gender or non gender they choose is not harming anyone else, sorry but it's not), then more power to you. You be you. Let everyone else be everyone else and we'll all get on just fine.
I'm not trans. I'm genderfluid. And these videos still hit. There's times when you say stuff within the trans experience and I just go "Pomni in the Void"
Im not transgender, but i totally respect your right to live your life the way that makes you happy . I am do sorry you have to deal with crappy rude people. You are pretty cool. You are very smart and communicate very well. You approach to difficult conversations with real statistics and factual education as well as your experience. Do these rude people do the same? No they are just hateful and manipulate the truth to try to prove their point. Its stupid, your experience outweighs there hateful Opinion . K. Keep strong, Thumbs up to you! I love Shaaba as well, yoy guys are so nice, i hope things change.
Well done, thank you for joining the trans side
@@thatcatthatalwayseatsyourchees as if we were in star wars lol with the dark side and the trans side side. and the members of the trans side get a certificat saying "thank you for your service to the rebellion"
@@thatcatthatalwayseatsyourchees😁 no sides lol. Just normal human dignity
I just believe that we should all try to see each others side, its not my right to trll others how to live their life. The way Jamie approaches his view is awesome, he is not mean or rude. He uses snarts
and speeking from his i own experience. Its not confrontational. Thats what i was saying.
@@keeprollin9911where’s my Service to The Rebellion certificate :( I’ve been at this over half my life now!
In terms of audience, I'm just a cis dude, I'm here mainly for good vibes
I rarely comment, but I just really feel like sharing that I’m just so grateful for your presence online. I stumbled on your channel like, four years ago, and I’d been just starting to question gender related things. Even whilst hard in denial, I found comfort and relatability in the way you talked about things.
It’s scary. I’m not in the most accepting of places, and I’m terrified to come out to family even though I’m sure they wouldn’t have an unsafe reaction. You’re educational, and relatable, and just by being a positive presence online you’re helping me and so many others.
Anyways. Done being like, emotional, but thank you so much for your channel.
36:57 OKAY BUT, the fun thing is, one of my favorite examples that were given to explain the Derrida's concept of binary mind and its dangers WAS A ZOMBIE. Derrida more or less said our brains put everything into opposite, ALWAYS clearly separate, unchangeable black-white pairs to simplify understanding of the parts of the world we're not interested in and to save space for information that matters, thus leading to majority of people having very shallow understanding of most things outside their spectrum of specialization. When this binary worldview is endangered, ppl leash out, bc it would require sacrificing brain power (possibly needed to ie. sense danger) to discover the grey area.
The Zombies were shown as a form that disturbs the binary pair of alive-dead by being "living dead", thus not fitting binary. Because it shatters the worldview, it's dangerous and needs to be shoved back into the frame of binary by making it "dead dead" (note how there's never a thought of "maybe we should try to find another way to fix it" in the zombie apocalypse's setting). My lecturer in uni said that if we were to apply the logic to modern problems, Derrida's theory could be used to explain why some people are downright hostile to non-binary and intersex people - not fitting the male-female binary worldview - and why transphobes struggle - bc male-female stops being unchangeable.
That was me geeking out about stuff I've learned more than three years ago by now still staying somewhat relevant lol. Thanks for the promotional vid! I might get the book once I visit the UK (since it's more likely than me visiting the US xD)
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"Rapid onset gender dysphoria" - Or, how it was called back in my day, "coming out".
What did werewolves do to deserve being compared to transphobes :(
I do haha's as well, or emoticons.
Either because of autism, or because it's generally difficult. I have a hard time reading emotion from text. If someone says "You are a twit" it could be angry, it could be funny, it could mean anything. No other context, how am I supposed to take that? But "You are a twit, haha!" is far more likely to be in jest.
Also, Jamie, your illustrations are adorable.
We live once and it's a short life, can we just live happily?
Homophobics: No!
Intentionally deadnaming people always makes them look like theyre trying too hard.
“Being trans made me Lego” is now in the echolalia pile, thanks Jamie 👍
In the... what?
...Oh, *that's a real word.*
echolalia (countable and uncountable, plural echolalias)
(clinical psychology, autism) The involuntary repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another person; either immediate or delayed.
I learned a new word! Thanks!
Im a trans kid !!
their arguments are always "how about the kids?", and yet they mald when a trans kid is living a happy life, as if they don't actually care about the kids and merely grandstanding their moralistic views that isn't even moral to begin with.
I have donated Jamie's book to my local library. The librarians who reviewed it were impressed!
Edit about the review- I think anyone could read Jamie's book, no matter how young or old. It explains topics clearly and simply, and I'd have no problem handing it to a ten year old or a senior. It's truly a book for anyone who wants, or needs, to know about transgender issues or being trans.
@@KateWick1997yes
@@KateWick1997I agree, gender affirming care should be easily accessible to everyone! Thank you for being such a supportive ally to our trans friends and family ❤
@@KateWick1997 "There's a very simple solution to all of the trans people's problems, wanna know it?"
We already know. It's transitioning.
@@KateWick1997 We have a very clear solution to people's dysphoria, but you still put out drivel about how it's magically harmful despite overwhelming evidence. Pipe down.
I had this idea and want to do this too! I’m waiting to hear back from my library whether they accept donations (I assume they do) and whether they already have it (they have a pretty big online library if it’s not on the shelf and it’s impossible for me to sort through everything to check). My library is in a small town with very few to none LGBTQIA+ resources. There’s never any LGBT+ events unless you’re in the youth and teens free mental health program but that’s more like if you have mental health related issues and also happen to be LGBT+ than it is about actually finding similar people to hang with. And once you’re over 19, you can’t access that anymore. Most people I know travel into the city (4hrs away) to go to pride events, shows, groups etc. For being quite a small town with no in person LGBT+ spaces or community events our library is seriously kickass. It’s better and way more accessible than any I’ve been to in the city. They have an neurodiversity basket with headphones, fidgets and maps with ‘quiet spaces’ on them available, I’ve been in a lot with my assistance dog and the staff have been fantastic and accommodating, they have a lot of posters on the walls reminding people that the library is a safe and inclusive space for anyone LGBTQIA+, most of the staff wear name tags with pronouns on them and at all the checkout desks they have a little sign that says all staff will respect your pronouns/please tell us what pronouns you use, the sign up form for a library card gives you the option to select from a whole list of genders and if your ID listed sex is different to what you have listed as your gender, they’ll respect and put the preferred gender/name on your library account and card so that you don’t have to see or get emails addressed to a deadname or have staff call you the wrong name when checking out books or for other transactions, the also have a hearing loop system and pretty much all of their events, activities and movie/dvd collections have subtitles or they have audio description versions available, they have a mobile library for people who are disabled and can’t make it into the library to pick up/drop off books and they have of course the huge online library which allows everyone with a library card unlimited free access to 100,000’s of books on around 6-7 different apps/websites so you’re not stuck with the same views/restrictions to topics of one platform or even to what types of books you may be too embarrassed or feel unsafe to check out in person and take home a paper copy of.
Honestly I was shocked and pleasantly surprised by our little library throwing itself firmly into 2024 and being what a library should really be - a safe space to learn and enjoy for everyone.
At least the reviewer didn't misgender you!?!?!? Your book is still on my TBR, though I will have to petition my local library to get it in stock. Best of luck with the US tour! Hope you and the sparkling Shaaba manage some holiday time too - ye both work so damned hard!
So like, "Raines" is super evil for using a cartoon zombie and legos as metaphor, but *this* book advocating for mental and emotional torture ...? What a warm and welcoming book!
What, Jamie had citations for his points 🤔 Anyone would think not only is he a trans man but he had also got PhD and this was the topic of his theses 😂
'the opposing viewpoint gets short shrift from Raines' - yes... I wonder how short a shrift was given to the 'opposing viewpoint' (the medically accepted viewpoint) in the other book?
It must be hard to have people review your book that haven’t even read your book. 💀
Omg. A cartoon/picture does not mean “for children”!! I remember having to tell a librarian that maybe we shouldn’t put a comic book that contains rape and mass murder in the children’s picture book section. She argued with me that it was a comic and those are for children. Then I opened it and showed it to her and she changed her tune. Also, the stormlight archive has pictures in it, that series is not aimed at children. You know what book is aimed at children? White Fang, a book about how evil and cruel the world can be and how rare kindness is. Not a single picture in that book but I read it when I was like 9 or 10 and it was sold at my elementary school book fair. One of my favorite books but it made me sob. Children can learn about dog fighting and animal torture but god forbid they learn that people with different life experiences exist.
I'm an audience member who's 40, cis, straight, and neurodiverse. I decided I like you as content-provider-person before I picked up that you're trans. Your content is not exclusive in its reach - that's very much the point.
Yes! He's just a nice funny guy!
This is like someone calling my story a 'bad representation of DID' when that's not what my story is about and the character isn't written as such.
I also find it very curious how this article conveniently leaves out the fact that Jamie has a PhD, yet mentions the authors of the other book are "mental health professionals".
HOW DID I NOT SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL BLÅHAJ IN YOUR BACKGROUND BEFORE???
Summary of 'the other person's' book: "No darling, you'll have to wait until you're a grown-up before you can do anything that doesn't align with my own, personal ideologies about gender." But suuuuure, THEY'RE the 'measured and compassionate ones...??' 🤨
On the plus side, Jamie, if you're upsetting transphobes enough for them to be writing a crappy compare-and-contrast review - even if it's one that cherry-picks the parts from both that support their bigoted narrative - you're obviously doing some thing very right. Whoever this person is, they've only made themselves look pathetic and ill-informed to anyone who ISN'T a slack-jawed transphobe.
This has just reminded me I haven't bought your book yet, grateful to the reviewer for prompting me to get it which I'm sure is what they wanted!
I had a dream where you were my english substitute teacher
What an oddly specific but pleasant dream!
I swear, those people devote their entire miraculous existence on this rock solely to being as awful as possible. I can't even begin to imagine how this mindset formed in the first place.
Jamie,currently in America there is an ongoing state by state book ban happening on all books on L.G.B.T.Q.A.I+ so your brilliant book runs the risk of being banned in America,please look into this to find states that your book will be okay(Matt)
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I'm so excited your book is coming out in the US! I'm expecting 🤰and as a cis-het woman with a cis-het partner, I'm psyched to be able to read about your experiences and gain more understanding for any/all possible eventualities. I was not raised in an... accepting or nurturing environment and want to make sure my kids are, funnily enough, protected from the negative issues and foster a loving and accepting relationship with them regardless of their future sexuality or gender identity.
I found your videos through a comment left in a Ben Sharpiro video after I'd gone down a rabbit hole. Looking back, I think I was actually transphobic without realizing it.
Regardless of a negative review here or there, thank you for helping me be a better human (I think) and a better mom (I hope).
You rock dude
Regarding Jamie's audience: I'm a 35 year old cis woman and have been following for a couple of years. I'm the L in LGBT though 😂
Hi Jamie, im going to start my HRT to go female and im 37, family issues that made me not be able to know that i was transfem, it took my GF asking what i rather be called to realize that i had my dead gender forced down my throat for to long to the point i missed out on so much that would of made me happy, and would love to get your thoughts on it, love your vids your such a awesome bean!!! have a lovely day!
33:00 I really like this Lego metaphor because it kind of implies that everything which has been built can be unbuilt, or rebuilt in a new way even if you use the same parts as last time.
That’s what I’ve been doing for nearly a year now. Chipping away at this persona that got built up on years of expectations.
Congrats on your book tour! If you find yourself in Virginia, the city of Staunton hosts the regional LGBT center for the western part of the state and would probably love to host you!
I am in my 40s and nonbinary..You have helped me understand myself a bit more and I live in Virginia maybe you could do a book talk at Diversity..
Gotta love that they weaponize the grief of our families not supporting, and even gaslighting, us due to being LGBTQIA + against us.
just a reminder to listen to trans people when it comes to trans issues and experiences! 🥔🥔🥔
I literally just finished reading your book. English is not my first language (I'm French) but I was still able to understand everything. Your book is perfect. Every chapter is useful, funny, interesting and incredibly kind. Thank you. ❤
A fun thing to say when someone makes the "argument" that HRT causes permanent changes and a child might regret it is that puberty causes permanent changes that children might regret so by that logic everyone should be put on puberty blockers even if they want to go through puberty.
29:29 There's also the sheer number of transphobic cis women that seem rather keen on the idea of trans women being sexually assaulted.
Most common retort from them being “better a tr*nny than a woman”
I'm 34, and queer. I'm Omnisexual, and in the United States, I just purchased your book on Audible!!! Can't wait to listen to it! ❤🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤
Um, i hope you don't mind me asking, but what does omnisexual mean?
@lancerspades1603 I don't mind at all, it just means I'm attracted to all gender identities, and while a person who's Pansexual also is attracted to all gender identities, I as an Omnisexual still still sees gender as part of who someone is and how I'm attracted to them. Some people will say the biggest difference between a Pansexual and Omnisexual is that Pansexuals are gender blind and Omnisexuals aren't.
Thank you very much for the information @@GingerThereforeNoSoul 👍
@lancerspades1603 not a problem, I'm glad you asked. As many don't know what it means. I much perfer to help educate, as it helps others understand and aids in acceptance.
Your content is really helping me get through a rough time. I've come out to my parents as non-binary and told them I want to change my name as well, my relatives, mainly my parents, continue to deadname me, despite me expressing that it hurts me and triggers my chronic depression. My parents claim they can't call me something else, because I am their miracle baby, because I at my birth I only had a survival rate of 0,01% and my heart even stopped, so they had to reanimate me. They are using my near death against me, this is not the only scenario where they did so.
Wow, that's effed up... and wrong on so many levels. It's as if, because you're their miracle baby, they feel like they're entitled to dictate who you are.
I hope you can get professional help from someone who does take you seriously and is empathetic towards you. You should not have to struggle alone.
Stay strong, and remember there are good people who will love you for who you are!
That’s shitty as hell, I’m so sorry. Your parents need to do better. They clearly don’t respect you or see you as an individual.
My sister recently came out as trans and just turned 18 and I feel really awful about that fact that she isn’t able to get the things that she needs done because of family
As a goofy note- i have a friend whos a trans man.
His older sibling came out as a trans woman around 2 years ago
Their mom accepted her
But now my friend is scared to come out because shock factor and stuff
But hes getting more comfy with it as we joke in a specyfic way
His mom:
"I have a son and a daughter!"
"Oh okay two gaughters i guess thats fine"
"SO I HAVE A SON AFTER ALL?!"
Trans adults were often trans children. Suddenly we don’t exist… 🙄Gosh, these humans wish to not see anything outside of their comfort bubble.
Not to mention that the argument does a total 180 when an adult seeks gender-affirming care. I've heard more than one trans person say that they basically have to tell care providers, "I remember when I was born I was wrapped in the wrong colour blanket" or whatever, because if they *don't* say they've literally always known and always been completely certain of their gender since infancy, then they can't "really" be trans.
@@IndigoViolent wow. How rood! Expecting a tiny baby to know who they are or want to be. Be visible asf, peoples! They need to learn more about us so they can help us properly rather than baiting us with a carrot and stick. Rigid small minded jerks!
HELLO! I am one of those people who have wanted to order your book but could not find it because of being in the states - There is an excellent bookstore in Austin Texas called book people that would be a great stop on a tour!!!!
"A trans man who makes videos on TH-cam" - - you mean a man with a PhD, who actually studied this topic academically?
i clicked ‘cause i thought i hadn’t seen this video before, but turns out i have. watched it all the way through again ‘cause it’s a great video, and Jamie deserves all the love and support in the world!
please!! Please come to albuquerque, new mexico… we don’t get a lot of people here on their tours and most of us here can’t afford to travel 6+ hours to a different city 😢 i would love to see you and get a signing and such if you do come here!!
im trans, how am i destroyed?@user-dz9eg4bx8q
@user-dz9eg4bx8q
Over 100 comments in just over a week joining TH-cam
It'd be impressive it it weren't so sad
How obsessed you are
Get better soon
I would like to say as a cus gendered woman, who assumes she's straight, cause I've not been attracted that way to my own gender or any in between, thank you for your videos. They're informative and entertaining. I do wish these hateful people would get a life and live and let live, as they say... unless I've got the sayings mixed up again. The person who wrote the other book and the writer sound hateful and full of fear. I get an image of a puritan from the witch trails in my head when discussing (for lack of a better word) these matters. Their methods are archaic and full of fear for something they don't understand. Ignorance isn't bliss, it's dangerous and often nasty. I must remember to order your book next pay day. 🥰
On the binder being crossed out...were you supposed to draw like...a scalpel or something?
I bet the author of the article would've hated that too
@@jasperhollow664
"Jammi is promoting dangerous irreversible surgeries to CHILDREN, this book is totally for CHILDREN, this scalpel says so!"
Trans men: "I sure hope is irreversible, I don't want to go back every year to get a new set of chesticles chopped off"
@@JosilyneTwigg like trimming a hedge lol
23:48 In what countries would being transgender be more accepted than same sex couples?
I know Jamie has done a lot of research on these topics over the years. But I've also read western books that just straight up lied about indigenous tribes, f.e. Muslim ones, forcing women to be trans men. I've never heard a real example before
The thing that gets me is that you’re literally an expert in this field! It would take 10 seconds of googling to see that you’ve studied this sort of thing at a academic level, so why are they acting like you’re some random person trying to “trans the kids”
Almost like their point isn’t about science or research at all
I'm a Transfem in my 40's and so many of my life issues trace back to having to go through male puberty, including homelessness and substance abuse.
I wish your book was available to my parents.
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5:40 I fully respect your channel is for all ages. I am 58 post operative m2f and really benefit from your content during these politically challenging times for us all.
One of my close family members was a researcher on a book that got reviewed by a very famous journalist. The entire review was incredibly snide, but the content suggested that the journalist had not read beyond the cover blurb. Literally all she did was rubbish the supposed premise of the book.
It's wild how much "social factors" have become a norm for their arguments. I came out to my mom when I was 11 (I'm 33 now), back when being trans and information about being trans wasn't even a "relevant topic" and finding support was incredibly hard outside of a few sketchy sources. It's incredible how far the community has come for support over the years. I'm sorry as more people come out that youth have to deal with the aftermath of bigots.
23:01 OMG the implication that you transitioned because of homophobia. That is vile.
@user-dz9eg4bx8q actually, Jamie is bi😁💜‼️ He is attracted to men and women.
And even if he DID do that (he didn't), he'd still be targeted by homophobes because he's bi. They really just say shit recreationally
The only illustration I disagree with is the werewolf zombie in particular just because wolves have been demonized for centuries when they're just wild dogs trying to survive and we wouldn't have domestic dogs without them or ancient humans, so I say we let it go. Also just a personal nitpick but the muzzle is too short, it makes it look more like a werecat zombie, no tail either.
Cis people trying to say that a trans man who wrote a book about the trans experience is shallow and insincere is absolutely absurd
You should come to Colorado on your book tour!
Agreed!