@mekkaokereke I mean the obvious retort is - of course their childcare isn't free. What do you think taxes are?

@gleick Ah so the exact same thing Israel would bomb schools and hospitals in Gaza

@danirabbit I admit, I exist as a trans woman. That's not a crime ... Yet ...

@Tattie I think even more fundamentally - there's been entire books and a million blogs of personal narratives, lots of them. Medical research studies, medical associations, entire international interdisciplinary organizations of people who are the world experts in gender diversity. They all say trans people are real, valid, and who they say they are. If someone isn't willing to accept those piles of evidence, then challenging an individual trans person is just hunting for some gotcha.

@CordiallyChloe @RickiTarr "We have to ban trans people from bathrooms to protect women!"

Have you have problems with trans people assaulting women?

... No ...

Do you have a problem with men pretending to be trans to assault women?

... No ...

Are there laws to prosecute ANYONE who is harassing or assaulting women?

... Yes ...

So tell me again why trans women need to be banned?

Well they MIGHT assault women!

@JoscelynTransient December 2018 for me. Though I don't think I got especially active on Trans Twitter until maybe 2020 or so. It sure was ... A place.

@electric_gumball @Daojoan That's just a walmart

@Crissa @dave It's the same as any discussion of privacy. Sometimes I want to talk to a smaller group of people because it's none of anyone else's business why I want to talk to a smaller group of people.

@Crissa @dave I limit reply visibility to followers only or mentioned only a lot when it's something that I don't want to show up on random stranger's timelines. Sometimes it's to reduce the amount of replyguys. Sometimes it's sorta personal stuff (not to the level of "move to Signal" but still not the sort of thing everyone needs to read)

@3am @clarablackink @quinn and it's not even a "oh there's brown/Black people there" necessarily. Whites aren't even a majority in Texas anymore. I guess it's just The Liberals

@clarablackink @quinn I had a friend who lived in a major city in Texas who was afraid of NYC and convinced you'd be immediately mugged or pickpocketed if you went there. The man has traveled to many places including tourist destinations in Mexico but somehow had NYC framed as a boogie man...