What does parroting gender ideology have to do with fighting climate change?
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It's hard to imagine feeling welcome on the left anymore, though my own politics haven't changed. I haven't left the left, but it feels like it's left me. I looked for a climate-action group to join and found all kinds of ideological expectations I couldn't submit to (e.g., climate-action groups dictating "transwomen are women"). After years of donating to Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union, I had to walk away from both organizations. Planned Parenthood wouldn't ensure that my donations would go to abortion and contraception and I refuse to fund PP's involvement in what I see as a huge medical scandal: transitioning young people. It's hard not to feel cynical about who benefits from these divisions, this sapping of energy that could go to something practical and material but instead spins endlessly around matters of identitarian decorum. Why is trans activism such an effective instrument of division within the Left and destruction of women’s rights, yet such a poor vehicle for delivering actual services and protections that trans people need?
What does parroting gender ideology have to do with fighting climate change?
What does parroting gender ideology have to…
What does parroting gender ideology have to do with fighting climate change?
It's hard to imagine feeling welcome on the left anymore, though my own politics haven't changed. I haven't left the left, but it feels like it's left me. I looked for a climate-action group to join and found all kinds of ideological expectations I couldn't submit to (e.g., climate-action groups dictating "transwomen are women"). After years of donating to Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union, I had to walk away from both organizations. Planned Parenthood wouldn't ensure that my donations would go to abortion and contraception and I refuse to fund PP's involvement in what I see as a huge medical scandal: transitioning young people. It's hard not to feel cynical about who benefits from these divisions, this sapping of energy that could go to something practical and material but instead spins endlessly around matters of identitarian decorum. Why is trans activism such an effective instrument of division within the Left and destruction of women’s rights, yet such a poor vehicle for delivering actual services and protections that trans people need?