Posts made by PedrocaWest

@blablarg18 As I said, to the rest of the world is not "is US wrong?" is "Us is wrong. period."

US has played a huge role in destabilizing the Congo for decades, mostly to get access to its resources.

Over 120 armed groups are active there, and many are backed directly or indirectly by U.S. allies like Rwanda and Uganda, both heavily funded by the US military. These groups have committed atrocities while helping extract valuable minerals like cobalt and coltan, which end up in our phones, batteries, and weapons.

At the same time, US backed the Congolese government itself, especially when leaders like Mobutu Sese Seko were seen as politically convenient. He was a brutal dictator who looted his country with our full support during the Cold War.

US was effectively funding both sides of the conflict. While publicly calling for “peace,” American money and political protection helped fuel the war. And now that a "peace deal" has been signed, U.S. companies are walking away with massive rights to Congo's resources, resources that were controlled and extracted through decades of bloodshed.

So when Trump (or any US official) signs a “peace deal” that gives America rights to 1/3 of Congo’s minerals, it’s not charity. It’s the endgame of a long strategy: fuel chaos, then make a profit off the recovery.

This isn’t about freedom or helping people. It’s about power, control, and money. And calling that “peace” is just branding.

@blablarg18 I've already said in the other topic, if you are talking about trans people:

Proihibiting genital surgeries in underage people, specially intersex infants, this is a big thing both trans and intersex movement advocate and no one never hears them. On the contrary, they accuse them of it

Giving psycological and psychiatric support for gender questioning kids/teens and their parents. Both for them understand everything better, as for them to not mistook feminine boys and tomboys for trans kids and for parent give actual support for their queer kids.

Allowing kids and teens to "live the phase" if this is a phase, allowing them to go through social transition (different clothers, hairstyles and pronous/names, just it) so they can have sure if they are really trans and if it feels right.

Stop criminalizing parents, teachers and doctor who support trans people.

Puberty blockers to gender-questioning pre-teens, so they can mature enough to know better at 16yo or 18yo. This avoids unnecessary or aggresive surgeries and cosmetic procedures. Layla Jane herself would not have undergone a mastectomy if she had been given puberty blockers, as this would have put her breast growth on hold until she was certain whether or not she was trans.

It would even end the "omg, there's a trans woman in women sports" panic, there would be no supposed advantage if the male puberty never occurred.

Also, stronger and neutral studies to proven the real advantages (or not) of trans women in sports, because when people debate they think trans women keep the strength that they had when they were cis men, and thats already something proven wrong in more than a centary of studies with hormonal treatment in cisgender and intersex people. Lia Thomas, that you created a topic just some hours ago, became a big thing when they said she was winning everything, but she losed way more times than she won and had a very unstable record after transition, so people would really be aeare if she had any real advantage in certain swim categories or if it was just a fuss led by prejudice or ignorance.

Aside from all of this, better ways to support adults that realize later that they are trans, Caitlyn Jenner is a anti-trans transgender woman and she realizes she only started transition after 65yo, a lot of people only realize or are free enough to do the transition after they passed their 30s and reached life stability.

Also, the possibility to keep their reproduction rights, because not all trans people have gender dysphoria with their genitals, and some places require them to be neutered to allow full legal transition.

And, of course, stoping the "trans panic laws" that allow people in some US states to kill trans people if they claim that they feel threatened by them.

People usually enter this debate pratically saying "trans people are the devil" or "pronouns will destroy the language" instead of hear them. It's way easier to support, pay attention and give care to avoid mistakes than fighting and criminalizing an entire group. It is only happening because it's not cool anymore hating gays, so they passed to the next letter of our alphabet mafia. And they will keep going to the next letters even if they ended with transness.

@blablarg18 said in Are yall gay men who support trump:

@PedrocaWest said in Are yall gay men who support trump:

The rest of the world only allow trans teens to have hormone replacement and any surgical body modification after 16 and 18, specifically

Means:

• USA policy is wrong

• To argue against USA policy is right

again, thank you !!!!!!! you just endorsed what I do

Usually the right answer is "US is wrong. Period."

Your elections can be resumed in Wrong vs. Wronger.

@blablarg18 As I said, if we actually talked instead of giving speeches we would see most of the rage you feel about politics is not a right wing thing, is more a general feeling.

And we hate Zelensky and the nazis too, he started it all, the nazis are nazis, we don't need to say more.

The only good thing I have to say about Zelensky is that he looks good shirtless.

@blablarg18 Actually we see NATO as just an extention of the US military and that Ukraine only started that useless war because of a coup funded by US itself.
Also most of the world hate Russia too, we don't think Putin and Trump are so different, if there is any difference is that Putin is just smarter.

@blablarg18 Can you confirm Layla Jane is dead?
I can't find any information about her passing.
Also, as I said in other topic: The rest of the world only allow trans teens to have hormone replacement and any surgical body modification after 16 and 18, specifically.

The whole case is wrong, the doctor should and could not perform mastectomy at someone that is 13yo and she is totally right for sueing them.

This is why puberty blockers exist, they give time for someone that is confused to mature enough to be really sure if they are trans or not.

And in the video the guy clearly don't know what the hell the recording guy is talking about, he just thinks is a random lgbtphobe saying shit. And is treating him accordingly.

@blablarg18 "Free speech, peace, and race-neutrality"? That’s cute.

What it means to you?

As I said, I'm a foreigner. I don't live in US and, as the rest of the world, I know the rest of the world better than the average american.

Most of the countries have stronger laws to keep the free speech and the respect, so people can't openly lie, spread hate speech or misinformation, nor offend people like is allowed in America. Protests are free speech? Different clothes are expression freedom? Apparently not in US.

Peace and US in the same sentence sound like a joke to the rest of the world, because US is the biggest war machine in the planet and funded coups and wars all over the world. So remembering it and how americans worships guns, and talk about “civil war” every election cycle and call it "peace" is just ironic.

Race-neutrality is a new term to me, is something like colorblind casting, that puts people of any race in certain roles according to merit, or is a cuter way to pretend racism is not a thing?

Calling that out isn’t a “mask off” moment. It’s just not letting people hide behind nice-sounding buzzwords that hide harmful actions.

As I said, is an echo chamber. It doesn't worth what I say, you believe I think in a certain way and you automatically see me as an enemy. You don't want to have a conversation, you want to give a speech, even if it's to an empty room.

@stdspd11

Actually, I’ve noticed two or three users here who are clearly right-wing gays. They mostly interact with each other, and they tend to be way more active than the left-wing ones. Probably because most left-wing queer folks are already exhausted from arguing elsewhere and just don’t have the energy to keep debating on a porn site. And because here they are not punished for saying shit like they will be in any social network with moderation bots and investors to keep things neutral and profitable.

Globally, most queer people lean left politically. That’s because, outside of authoritarian regimes, left-wing parties and countries tend to be more supportive of LGBT rights. Also, most of the world strongly dislikes Trump, just as we’ve disliked all former US presidents, because, geopolitically, the U.S. acts like a global bully. But Trump stands out as especially dangerous. And no, people don’t think that because “liberal media told them.” It’s because we have eyes, and we have healthier societies to compare.

One thing the site admin pointed out, and he is absolutely right: even the biggest “left-wing” party in the U.S. is still deeply racist, sexist, and queerphobic by global standards. That’s because American politics is so skewed to the right that their so-called "left" would be considered just right-wing anywhere else.

Sure, sometimes someone with genuine good intentions pops up among the Democrats, but those people rarely make it to the top. The system simply doesn’t allow it. Politicians who care “too much” about people threaten the system itself. The last truly leftist presidential candidate was Bernie Sanders, and at this point, it’s doubtful he’ll live long enough to run again.

So people like those three right-wing users never even hear about the genuinely good folks in politics. And when they look at figures who are supposed to be the “good guys”, like Biden, they feel disappointed. Then they end up siding with people who at least are being honest about their bad intentions. “We’re going to destroy your life,” they say, and somehow, that sounds more trustworthy. At least they don’t feel betrayed when the leopards eat their faces after they voted fot the "leopards eating faces" party.

I usually just ignore those users unless they start slipping into conspiracy territory or post outright misinformation, especially when it targets the very existence of trans people. Not because I expect to change their minds, but because if no one pushes back, people who are still figuring things out might start believing the propaganda. And that’s how bigotry spreads: when it's the only voice in the room.

The thing with Trump supporters is that they already live inside their own echo chamber. That alone wouldn’t be so bad if Americans as a whole weren’t already trapped in a much larger echo chamber that keeps them disconnected from the rest of the world. The MAGA version is just a way more radical, more distorted version of that bubble, and it’s not worth the emotional labor to try to pop it.

I’m a foreigner, and honestly, we’re seeing the same thing happen outside the US now. Trumpism is being exported, sometimes word-for-word, with no cultural context or adaptation to countries where some of the rethoric doesn't even makes sense. His supporters are actively building Trump-style movements in other countries, creating local copycat politicians and parties and with no exception is always catastrophic to the country.

This isn’t the place for a deep political discussion, you know why. A better way to push back is simply to post left-wing news and memes, just like they do with their propaganda. Or just do nothing. Let the leopards eat their faces like they will already do. The leopards don't spare someone just because they support them. Why waste your energy arguing?

@raphjd You are right, criticism isn't "phobia".
But one of the people here everyday create a new topic calling trans "mutilated, confused, mentally-ill or groomers", and spreading fake news and misinformation about them..
The guy also calls trans and autistic people mentally-ill, and this is ableist per se.

Religious people will call their persecution towards gay people "criticism" too, but it doesn't make it less persecutory.

@lololulu19 @blablarg18

This post is honestly full of misunderstandings and harmful assumptions, so is needed to respond in good faith and clear a few things up.

First off, the math you're using doesn’t hold up. Saying that trans people are “four times more likely” to experience mental health issues doesn’t mean 100 percent of them have a disorder. That’s not how statistics work. If 25 percent of the general population has a diagnosable mental health condition, then four times that is 100 percent only if every single trans person is affected, which isn't what any credible data says. Risk factors don’t equal universal outcomes.

Now, it’s true that trans people face higher rates of mental health challenges, but the cause isn't being trans. It’s how the world treats them. There’s tons of research showing that rejection, family rejection, bullying, harassement, discrimination, and being denied healthcare are what lead to worse mental health outcomes. In fact, when transgender people are accepted, supported, and able to access care, their mental health outcomes improve significantly. Being transgender it’s not that causes distress, it’s being mistreated for it that is the cause.

You also bring up gender dysphoria as if it’s proof of mental illness. That’s not accurate. Gender dysphoria is a medical condition, like pregnancy or chronic pain. It’s not a “mental illness” in the sense people often use that term and even in the Internationcal coding of Deiseases it was moved from "mental issues" to "Conditions relative to sexual health". The condition doesn’t mean someone is delusional, it means they’re experiencing real distress because their body and identity don’t line up and usually the disphoria stops right after trans people are ok with their transition and passability level. And here’s the key part: the only treatment that has consistently worked to "cure" gender dysphria is gender-affirming care (including social and sometimes medical transition). Not therapy to “talk them out of it.” Not meds to suppress identity. And definitely not what used to be tried in the past: electroshock, institutionalization, torture or worse. Those methods didn’t help. They traumatized people. Sometimes they killed them.

So if we’re serious about helping people with gender dysphoria, we should listen to what works. Supporting them in their transition works. Trying to “fix” them doesn’t.

Also, lumping trans people together with “transvestites” or saying gay people aren’t “mentally ill”, while trans people are (they both were labeled this way in a recent past), just reinforces outdated and frankly harmful stereotypes.
First: Transgender people have a gender identity different from the sex assigned at birth, just this. Gay/lesbian/bi describes sexual orientation, not gender (and trans people can also be gay or from any orientation) and cross-dressing or transvestism is not inherently linked to being trans or gay. It can be part of a kink, art or lifestyle, but not always. Being trans isn’t a fetish, it isn’t a phase, and it isn’t something people just made up, is something recorded throughout all human history since ancient times. And it’s recognized by every major medical organization in the world, including the American Medical Association, the APA, and the WHO, even in countries who hate queer people.

Also, equating race identity with gender identity (“I identify as Black”) is a false comparison. Race and gender are experienced and constructed very differently in society, and this argument ignores the robust science and lived experience behind trans identities.

Finally, telling a story about a friend who had a bad experience dating a trans person doesn’t prove anything, even your previous story proves it. People have rough relationships all the time, straight, cis, gay and trans people can be jerks too, regardless of gender, people can develop mental ilness at any point of life due to trauma, age or a lot of factors. That’s not a trans issue, that’s a human issue. That doesn’t make an entire group “mentally ill.”

If you genuinely care about mental health, then we should be trying to make the world safer and more accepting for everyone, you should be advocating for better support and treatments even for mentally ill people, not trying to paint trans people like insane people, you wouldn't be doing it to any person with an actual mental illness or medical condition like you do to trans people, so don't buy the ideology of jerk people that are trying to erase trans people out of existence and civil rights. Trans people deserve respect, support, and the right to live their lives without being labeled “insane” just for existing.

They’re not the problem. The stigma is. And the stigma already labeled us, gays, as insane people too in the recent past, denied us health care and put us in prisons and concentration camps, in fact all this anti-trans rethoric is just a re-edition of old tactics used to paint gays and all queer people as ill, predators, insane, nasty, dangerous and a lot of things. They just changed some arguments, but the script is the same.

(And it's the same script used against jews in the past if you look closer, but this is something to talk another time).

Let’s try to be better than this.

@blablarg18 said in activist group announces "Detransitioner Bill of Rights":

some background - why would this be needed?

"gender medical treatments" are elective & cosmetic, and generally don't end, that is, patients need further medical maintenance

Most people undergoing gender-affirming care are cisgender individuals. Treatments such as hormone therapy or surgeries are also used for other medical purposes—like hormone replacement for menopause or breast reconstruction after mastectomy.

The fact that some treatments are ongoing doesn’t imply harm. It simply means that people who are satisfied with their transition may need long-term support to maintain their results—just like people who wear glasses, use insulin, or take antidepressants.

The continuity of treatment would, in reality, mean that people that are okay with the results need support to keep it, not to remove it.

grownups understand & can consent - but still, may have been misinformed or otherwise "botched" by clinic & doctor malpractice

Obviously, adults can give informed consent. If someone was misinformed or harmed by malpractice, what they need is accountability, better standards of care, and reparative options—not blanket restrictions that harm everyone.

In most cases, people who detransition do not regret transitioning itself—they regret the outcome due to social pressure, lack of support, or poor medical care. That’s a failure of the system, not of gender-affirming medicine as a whole.

kids, who still secretly believe they might be dinosaurs or dragons or magic priestesses, can't consent & may very often be Gay kids misled by homophobes (grownups who desire to heterosexualise them or otherwise exploit them)

No country in the world performs gender-affirming surgeries on prepubescent children. Medical transition for children who haven't started puberty is not allowed—because there's no physical basis for it. The only thing children can do is socially transition: change hairstyle, clothes, name, and pronouns.

The transgender and intersex rights movements both advocate against non-consensual genital surgeries on children. Intersex infants (historically called "hermaphrodites") are often subjected to irreversible surgeries to fit a binary standard, without their consent, right after birth. That’s the real medical abuse.

When puberty begins, hormone blockers may be offered—not to push a child into transition, but to pause puberty so they have more time to explore and confirm their identity before undergoing permanent physical changes. These blockers are reversible and have been used safely for decades in other medical contexts (like precocious puberty).

Hormone therapy usually becomes an option around age 16, well after the age when kids pretend to be dinosaurs or princesses. At 16, people are trusted to drive cars, work jobs, and in many places, be legally tried as adults.

Surgical transition ("bottom surgery") is only allowed after age 18 in virtually all countries, as it requires adult physical development and legal consent.

The regret rate for gender transition is under 1%—lower than many other common surgeries, including knee replacement and weight-loss surgery, which can have regret rates around 15% or higher. Most people who detransition cite external factors like family rejection, religious conflict, or financial hardship—not a change in gender identity.

Saying that supporting transition is "homophobic" is factually wrong. Trans people can be of any sexual orientation. If this concern were genuine, those worried about gay kids being harmed should be allies of the trans and intersex communities—who are fighting for bodily autonomy and against forced conformity to cis-heteronormativity.

Calling allies "groomers" is just recycled gay panic rhetoric, which historically labeled all queer people as predators. Gay people who align with transphobia are enabling a movement that also targets them. It’s politically short-sighted and self-destructive, because people who hate trans people also hate all the alphabet mafia, and they will not spare those that agreed with them, history already proved this. So it's a dumb move.

Also is a dumb financial move, Spending federal funds to address regret in less than 1% of an already small population (trans people make up about 1% of the general population) is an inefficient and ideologically driven policy. A more rational approach would be to invest in informed consent models, high-quality care, and follow-up services for all outcomes—including rare cases of detransition.

Creating surveillance and restrictive laws that affect every trans person just to find the very few who regret their transition is not only wasteful—it’s cruel. Specially when you see how high the rate of suicidal thoughts and attempts are to trans people that are not supported to live their true self.

Be better dude, we all know you are a conservative and believe some conspiracy theories, but a gay guy attacking another queer groups was something that some gay people already tried in the past: creating white-only bars and places with restrictions to lesbians, trans and drags, and this just resulted in those who did this digging their own graves.

@PedrocaWest Gente, confirmei, agora não funciona mais, uma pena.
Os moderadores gringos precisam tirar essa informação das dicas de seedbonus.

@mec69 O problema aqui é que está sem moderação.
Se alguém for realmente frequente aqui no site eu recomendo se inscrever para a função, eu até faria, mas percebi na metade do processo que não teria muito tempo para me dedicar.

@thmail2003 São Paulo

@Bressum Didn't worked to me either

@MrMazda Hey, talking about Brasil, the portuguese board is without moderator for a while now.
How can people aaply or search for hellp about this?

@Popper I need to say. The portuguese language board apparently don't have an active moderator for a long time.
Some people already tried to become moderator and they didn't had any answer.

@Strickland Archive Of Our Own or AO3 is also a good place to post and have a wilder reach.
https://archiveofourown.org/
Please tell us when you post it somewhere.

@mbb10 Yes, they are.