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Looked up threads about this on Reddit. Only found three threads on it. Nothing in /r/politics
Had brunch with work colleagues (plenty "international" which means mostly anglosphere tech sphere aligned) and the majority defended his actions. Funnily they were all "allies" and the queers on the table were all against it. Which is kinda how it often is. The arguments were those of a "negative peace", too.
Being an “ally” means absolutely nothing. I have 100% confidence in their total betrayal the second the wind shifts.
Newsom let a medicare for all type bill expire on his desk that he has promised to pass
And now this
But neolibs will say it's better than the alternative!! Which at this point is basically just a gun to our heads
Scratch a liberal a fascist bleeds
"stunning betrayal" wdym my back literally has a slot for knives on it labeled "liberals only"
You're doing great buddy. Keep this up and you'll be the Democratic presidential candidate in no time 
💥 
Bullets are more effective than votes, and we've got a huge surplus here in the US.
its not betrayal if they were never an ally in the first place
Libs defending this are no better than 
Is that Haz in that emoji?
Libs are the only ones surprised
he's running.
Fucking came here for this, YES. This fucking reptilian used car salesman was told that this bill would generate some really stinging campaign ads for the 2028 general election, you know if you just put aside the fact that HE WILL NEVER BE A PRESIDENT UNLESS CALIFORNIA BALKANIZES.
Where's that just 
person from the other day? You know the one who said we need to vote for Dems to protect trans rights.
You don’t have to vote for president but you should still support down-ballot democrats to protect vulnerable minorities
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Fucking worm. 
just had a lemming telling me how much better it is here for trans people than in evil eastern regimes- mfw 
How is it for trans people in Chyna? I dont ever hear about them
It's similar to the USA but they don't have a hate mob going after trans people cause they hunt fascists down for sport. There are many very positive interactions with trans people on national TV and they don't stir shit about "the controversy" like in the West. Discriminatory remarks against any group, including gay and trans people (upheld explicitly for LGBT people by some law according to the Peoples Daily) isn't allowed on national media and is strictly enforced. The media culture generally is very positive versus controversy seeking in comparison to the West.
Also, no overt genocidal shit like Russia or Florida or something. Just general ignorance and knowing little about trans people. From what I've read from advocacy groups they think awareness has gone up a lot recently and they believe there will be a big shift in LGBT laws in China by 2030ish when the old cohort retires from the CPC
And Cuba has the best LGBT laws on the books and they did it in short work after their old cohort died off, wouldn't be surprised to see China do similar
Really want to emphasize the hunting fascists down for sport part. There are online communists like us that, as a hobby, track down and report online fascists to the police, and there are tangible records of arrest from them doing that. I actually got in touch with one of these people and asked them about the LGBT situation among the youth and they seemed very positive about the progress.
I've also talked with some rural trans chinese people and there is a very unfortunate and depressingly limited access to HRT outside of tier-1 cities. From what I understand, no one really becomes homeless like they do in the USA, housing is very cheap. Its also relatively easy to move to tier-1 cities, and there is a support network of trans people that help people do this and have lists of supportive doctors like they do in the USA. Self medicating is unfortunately very common outside of tier-1 cities, the black market, interestingly, is online and you must buy a potted plant that has HRT in a plastic baggie in the dirt (wild, there are lots of gardening jokes in trans spaces as a result). Phytoestrogen cocktails are also a common way of self medicating and there are guides online to make highly estrogenized teas. There are also menstruation products sold in pharmacies with high amounts of progesterone and estradiol and require no prescription, so they take these as well. Spironolactone and cypro are usually prescribed by dermatologists in China, so if you are sneaky you can get a dermatologist to prescribe them for acne and take over the counter birth control, though this option is still relegated to cities that do not have doctor shortages.
Legal transition is a bit depressing, it has roughly the same laws as most southern states (re: you need surgery for gender marker change) and it also requires your family (!) to sign off on it and nullifies any marriage you currently have (like pre-gay marriage America). I do know there is a trick to get married to some trans person and then designate them as your family for the signature (and then the marriage will be nullified, so many friends do this), and you can ask your doctor to verify you had 'the surgery' (nebulous definition, like in America) and get your marker changed via that without surgery. This requires knowing a trans accepting doctor, which there are lists for.
Hereby the 
is awarded to you for exceptional posting.
i dig really deep on china stuff all the time, including rebuttals of various western news articles. ask and ye shall receive 
Oh yeah, lol. I absolutely lost it when the lemmy-er said that "the GOP is homophobic because China and Russia"
It was passed overwhelmingly in the legislature. So the legislature is going to override the veto, right? 
There hasn't been a veto override in California since 1980 apparently.
This legislation would require a court, when determining the best interests of a child in a child custody or visitation proceeding, to consider, among other comprehensive factors, a parent's affirmation of the child's gender identity or gender expression.
Never mind all the other legislation in other states and nationally that has been used to restrict trans rights that has passed, Newsom is sure that courts will strike down all of those eventually.
A visual of his logic:
| Court | Legislation | |
|---|---|---|
| Can provide human rights | ✅ | ❌ |
| Can restrict human rights | ✅ | ✅ |
And if they don't override his veto, he's effectively correct, in California at least
Thank you Mr. Gruesome for protecting a hypothetical stealth-cis child, and all it took was a hundred trans lives.
Mr. Gruesome indeed!
This same piece of shit was just complaining about a high capacity mag ban being overturned or something by saying the legislators "have no respect for human life". Guess it goes to show who he considers human.
Yeah, Newsom sucks.
Presidential ambitions
Libs for the past few decades: Just vote harder guys! If we can get enough Democrats into congress so that Manchin and Sinema aren't the deciding votes, then we'll be able to do things like codify Roe V. Wade and guarantee some protections for trans people! Maybe we'll even do that free healthcare thing you guys like so much
California with its Democratic governor and its Democratic fucking supermajority:
California with its Democratic governor and its Democratic fucking supermajority:
Even worse since he's the sole reason why it didn't get made into law.
Like literally everyone from a majority of the state population, the state senators, judges, and state representatives would've been fine with this bill, but it got vetoed' because Gavin Newsom wants to run for President for ??? reasons and thinks that if he turns the bigotry dial that hayseeds in rural areas will like him more, when in reality either they don't care or won't like him because he looks like the California Liberal that a lot people don't like.
I imagine the farcical version in the future where they list off half of the democratic party not being the deciding votes
what a tragedy
Shocking? I'm not shocked.
Thanks for increasing visibility on this.
np!
Governor Bateman strikes again 
Probably the smart and correct move for him. He gets to keep the big voter base that is non-trans accepting Dems and centrists
If doing the wrong thing could add at least one vote to his mental scoreboard, he’ll do it in a heartbeat. That slimy bastard has no soul behind his eyes.
If doing the wrong thing could add at least one vote to his mental scoreboard, he’ll do it in a heartbeat. That slimy bastard has no soul behind his eyes.
Average international community politician
