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RACHEL M's avatar

Please keep writing! There are so many people blatantly ignoring transgender oppression right now and we need more light shone on it, no matter how hard it is to witness ❤️

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Rhonda M. Lee's avatar

I'm grateful for your voice, and for how you sort through all this garbage to help us, your readers. God bless, uphold, and protect you.

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Roberta's avatar

To see anybody objectified is painful. It is especially painful when those who are being objectified have only just recently begun to share the gifts they bring to the world as their full selves. I can only imagine the thousand cuts you must be feeling. I am honored by your willingness to share your grief and heartened by your bravery. It would be a privilege if you will let me stand by your side.

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Rudy's avatar

💝

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Rudy's avatar

Charlotte..... i hear you. I really do. But I need you.

WE need you. I am so grateful for you, following you for several years, now.

You are A BLESSING 💙💙💙🙏🏼

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Michelle Kenoyer's avatar

I will never tire of reading your writing, Charlotte! As Rhonda said above, I'm so grateful for your voice and your simply being here.

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Amazon Anne's avatar

I’m sorry, Charlotte. Keep speaking up.

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Tina's avatar

I just want to say that though I only know you through your blog, I appreciate your perspective and would love to be your friend.

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Alice Hale's avatar

I am so tired of the BS about sports. I think it is because everyone thinks their little Madison or Olivia is going to get a soccer scholarship to Stanford. I thought what Newsom did was shameful. Trump's ad was fear-mongering, plain and simple, and if this is the best response Dems can come up with we are all in trouble. I apologize on behalf of Californians for our governor's inability to discuss this issue with any compassion or nuance.

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Paula Simmons's avatar

I love you and your writing , Charlotte. The democrats using trans people as a bargaining chip to “move to the middle” is horrific. Allred did it late in his campaign, and I wrote him an email telling him that I was sorry I had supported him. Fuck Newsom.

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Susie's avatar

I'm not tired of it. Nobody else is writing about -- and explaining so clearly -- the trans issues that need to be front and center right now. Keep it up, and thanks.

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Erica M Vogel's avatar

Oh what a week it’s been. The trans sports ban discussion is nothing but wedge issue to get voters to side with the right and is an on-ramp to the maga mainstream. Not only is this topic of bans wildly lacking in evidence to support it, there just aren’t the numbers of trans athletes to make it even an issue. There are maybe 5 elite trans athletes in the US. Don’t even get me started on the state avg of trans kids playing sports in a given state which was 0 or 1 kid for any state prior to instituting a ban. I’m so sick of this, and I’m done with Newsom. Siding with a white nationalist, rabid anti-lgbtq+ misogynist does not earn you votes. And if that’s what your kid is consuming then we know how Newsom’s household runs. Done!

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P Johnson's avatar

Yeah it must've been a pretty sucky week for the Trans community. I'm so sorry. I hope this stops Newsom's career cold. I noticed Kamala Harris mentioned running for Governor of California. Huh.

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nkrempa's avatar

I need your voice to stay on top of transgender issues here in the US. I have a transgender friend in the UK, and I know he's watching the developments with as much trepidation as the rest of us, trans and allies together. Thank you for making sure we know what's most important in the fight for acceptance & equality.

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Suki Herr's avatar

ThankYou for your writing.

I always want to read what you write no matter the subject. To veer off a bit,

I’m disappointed in Gov Newsom. He arguably has the strongest voice, not because he’s running in 28, but due to CA economic contribution.

But he seems determined to not confront Trump.

Transgender care is human care.

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Roberta's avatar

Thank you for being you.

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Chryssanthi Ventouratos's avatar

We are here. We are with you. It does not seem like much, but for most Dems, Newsom lost his bid for President with his first podcast.

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