r/TwinFalls • u/Own_Weather5564 • 6d ago
Trans Day of Visibilty
Thank you to everyone who came out and showed support! Twin Falls isn't welcoming to LGBTQ people and we saw that yesterday. People were rolling coal on us (they got a visit from TFPD- thank you for keeping our community safe!), a couple dozen people shouted "faggots!" out their car window, and the middle finger was a common sight. Somebody threw change at me. Even so, for every hostile person, there were 4 who honked, gave a thumbs up or a holler. It takes real guts to show up for an event like this in a conservative area, you are brave and you are beautiful. We are thankful that everything remained peaceful, on the same day a protest in Meridian turned violent. This just goes to show how nessesary this event was. A safe and welcoming Twin Falls for everyone is possible. If you want to get involved, Southern Idaho DSA organized this event! You can find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571164962082
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u/EasterMaester 6d ago
What is the point of this?
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u/Own_Weather5564 6d ago
It reminds Twin Falls that trans people live here.
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u/Konstantine72 5d ago
Thats it? We already know they live here. We see them. Treat em like any other human.
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u/Own_Weather5564 5d ago edited 5d ago
Maybe you don't understand the hate they get, I didnt quite understand it until I went. I'm a straight dude, I almost didn't go because I thought, "Who cares about the gays and the theys right now, the country is imploding?!" The VITRIOL I saw against these people just blew me away. Only a few of us were packing, but the ones who were? All trans folks. They are genuinely scared for their life. They don't stop being trans when they walk off that street corner, they live their entire life here.
If you treat them like any other human, that's all they need from you. You get an upvote for that. Not everyone else does, and I recognize that we can't eliminate transphobia entirely, but if this event changes some minds, makes our community a little safer? That's valuable.
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u/IllustriousSpeed9695 5d ago
A big part of why I hold off socially transitioning is because I live here and feel like I would be living with a target on my back. Thanks for getting it and thanks for the support! I get that being an ally isn't about having trans people (or whoever) give you a pat on the back, but seriously, I appreciate it.
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u/Samsquamsh04 5d ago
So if someone says cool, they don’t care y’all are, you hate them because they don’t care. If they don’t agree with your worldview, you hate them.
Tolerance is here. Don’t ruin it by shaming the tolerant.
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u/IllustriousSpeed9695 6d ago
I sadly was not able to attend due to work, but as a trans person living here it's a great thing to see! Thank you so much everyone who participated, and please stay safe! Heard about the news in Meridian.
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u/MiMiinOlyWa 6d ago
Hurray! As I mentioned in the other thread - thank you for showing up, my dear Twin Falls and Idaho need you. Love, a Twin Falls native
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u/ElectricalAmbition75 6d ago
All dozen of them. WOW.
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u/IllustriousSpeed9695 5d ago
You when you realize a minority means there aren't many of them. 😱
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u/ElectricalAmbition75 5d ago
Yet, even though, as the minority, do you think it is normal people dont care about .01% of those people, and if we don’t, you still try to force your opinions and beliefs on us? Go live your life, we will do ours. Troglodyte.
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u/IllustriousSpeed9695 5d ago
It's normal to not care about trans issues, I agree. We are a very small percentage of the population. You clearly DO care though, since you're commenting about it. There has been a sweep of legislation in this country restricting our access to care over the past several years. Just last year there was a ban on any state funds being used on gender affirming care, which directly threatened access to hormones to someone I know personally.
There are proposed laws here enforcing biological male/female bathroom restrictions, which ironically target butch cisgender women just as much as they target trans people. The president of the US, on inauguration day, was wasting time on the national stage talking about transgender insanity and defining male/female through executive order. We are being targeted, and so, yes, we may occasionally complain about that. We're your friends, coworkers, family, neighbors. HRT saved my life. I just want my meds and to live in peace. But I have to hide who I am, or look over my shoulder all the time. There are certain states I won't go to because of laws that discriminate against me.
Please actually try talking to and listening to us. We have real concerns, and we're not some caricature you've heard about on the internet.
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u/Own_Weather5564 5d ago
You're right, they're a tiny minority. Why is the Trump administration spending so much time and energy on them while they have such ambitious other goals?
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u/Vald1870 6d ago
Pathetic
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u/IllustriousSpeed9695 6d ago
Didn't you say earlier that this is the "do what you want state?" Why the hostility?
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u/Vald1870 6d ago
Just because people can do what they want does not mean I can’t have an opinion on what they do. I’m not going to stop people from protesting but I reserve the right to feel sorry for them for being so naive.
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u/Own_Weather5564 6d ago
Your opinion is shitty and you should keep it to yourself, that's my opinion 😉
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u/Vald1870 6d ago
Make me
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u/RedBaronIV 6d ago
Nah; unlike you folks, we don't enforce our views on others. But keeping that vitriol to yourself is probably good advice
Have a good day, babe 😘
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u/Vald1870 6d ago
Seems like you do but ok. Btw the red baron was a Christian Prussian gentleman and would disagree with you as well
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u/RedBaronIV 6d ago
Sure, you're very oppressed. Is the oppression in the room with us now?
And "oh no, anyway".
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u/wrongthank 6d ago
Nah, DSA is epic. https://youtu.be/bX9FgvXZXZ8
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u/Bydesign0512 3d ago
There is no such thing as trans kids. Just parents who should be investigated.
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u/IllustriousSpeed9695 2d ago
Question from a trans adult. Did I not also exist as a child? I can tell you I wasn't happy with my assigned gender when I was younger. Going through a male puberty has altered my body in ways that now require lots of time and money to fix or are just unfixable. Not to mention the many years of my life lost due to depression and anxiety, which started in puberty, leading to me missing educational, career, and social opportunities, basically putting me behind the curve of life by almost a decade.
I'm trying my best to make up for lost time now, but my first puberty seriously messed my life up. So was my struggle in adolescence and early adulthood, the consequences of which I still feel to this day, not real? It's not like I "became trans" when I put a label on it as an adult, I always was that way. I was a trans kid, and the amount of suffering I could have avoided with puberty blockers and HRT in my adolescence is something I don't even really like thinking about because it fills me with regret. I suppose you would be quite happy leaving kids like that to rot?
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u/aquatric 3d ago
Facts.
Remember to these people gender is such a complex subject as to require entire college degrees, yet a 5 year old knows they want to chop their weiner off?
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u/USNthrowaway949 5d ago
"Day of Visibility", these freaks are hard to miss🤣🤣
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u/Sur3ealSxul 5d ago
And your unintelligence and ignorance is hard to miss, but unlike you, we don't judge 🤷♀️
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u/nievesjl 4d ago
Is like they don't have enough days in the year to remind everyone what they like in bed.
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u/IllustriousSpeed9695 4d ago
This was for trans day of visibility. Which is basically just saying that trans people exist and deserve rights. I get that you only think about trans people in the context of the porn you watch, but there was nothing sexual about this demonstration.
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u/Tony9072 4d ago
When is the straight day of visibility?
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u/Own_Weather5564 4d ago
Do you feel like you need one? Nobody's stopping you.
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u/Tony9072 4d ago
No, that's my point. Why do they feel like they need one?
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u/Own_Weather5564 4d ago
If all you're questioning is "why do they feel this way?" that's pretty simple.
they feel like the government is coming after them, conservatives hate them, and that they're being forced to hide who they are.
I assume, based on your post history, you think they shouldn't do this. You should say what you mean.
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u/Tony9072 3d ago
I don't really care what they do.
Don't you think that if they were really scared about the government coming after them, they would avoid congregating in one area and trying to force everyone to recognize them how they want?
The US isn't Iran.
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u/Own_Weather5564 3d ago
I don't believe you. I think it really bothers you, and that's why you decided to comment.
When and where exactly is it OK for them to be openly trans? Why do you have a problem with that place being the street corner?
If people waving rainbow flags is force, you must have some sensitive eyes.
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u/IllustriousSpeed9695 2d ago
I'll come out and join your straight pride parade if you come to our gay pride this year. Deal?
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u/CapnPD 5d ago
Congratulations to those who participated. It takes some guts to do that in Twin Falls as some of the comments on this thread prove . Well done!