I got to thinking how polarized this gender and transgender thing has gotten. It is not at all new.
What is new is how it has become weaponized and exploited.
I grew up reading Heinlein and in several of his books characters switched physical gender/sex (whatever these words mean) and back without much to-do. In that future, this was as normal as changing clothes it seemed.
So, as I say, I have no problem being friends with trans folks as long as they don't have an issue with me being a confirmed hetero.
Frankly the subject is old, old news and does not interest me much but I did a quick search for Heinlein to refresh my memory
https://search.brave.com/search?q=robert+heinlein+transgender+books
It came up with this https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/transgender_sf
I found it too dense for me but some might appreciate it.
Anyhow, the point IMO is that we must not get sucked in and conflate honest homosexuality, bisexuality, or trans with attempts to seduce the children.
That is the enemies' strategy and whenever we say we want to protect the children they scream lies.
Gender is probably a spectrum and always has been but sex cannot be changed at the chromosomal level regardless of how hard some pretend.
It is pathetic when you have 5 running for mayor and 24 for city Councillor and you can't come up with 8 you would vote for for Councillor. I pass by if they are a civil servant or don't know the responsibility of the different levels of government. This is Red Deer. I have been waffling on Mayor but have finally made up my mind. Two former city Councillors are HELL NO's and hope to see their asses in rear view mirror.
Abolish the teachers' unions
Alberta strike cancelling classes across the province shows unions have far too much power
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/carson-jerema-abolish-the-teachers-unions
Tamara & Chris sentenced. The Message is Clear: Dissent is Now a Crime.
Writer: Timothy Knight
Timothy Knight
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Tamara Lich and Chris Barber got 12 months of house arrest today for “mischief.”
Not violence.
Not property damage.
Mischief.
Peaceful Canadians—criminalised for daring to speak out. The same justice system that drops charges for real crimes and lets violent offenders walk free spent three years trying to break two people who stood for freedom.
The Crown had outrageously demanded seven years in jail to make an example out of them.
Why?
To warn you.
To scare anyone who might ever peacefully defy the state again.
Even the judge admitted Chris Barber “came with the noblest of intent” and never called for violence.
But it didn’t matter. They needed bogeymen.
We remember all the others:
Maxime Bernier was handcuffed in Manitoba for speaking at a peaceful rally.
Mark Friesen was fined thousands for organizing gatherings.
Randy Hillier saw convoy charges stayed after years of harassment.
Todd Dube was ...
