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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>How Texas bathroom bills evolved over 10y<br><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/20/texas-legislature-transgender-bathroom-bill-history" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texastribune.org/2025/08/20/te</span><span class="invisible">xas-legislature-transgender-bathroom-bill-history</span></a></p><p>* 20+ bills restricting restrooms for trans people proposed 2015+<br>* language/reception has shifted</p><p>Discrediting the Transphobic "Bathroom Predator" Myth<br><a href="https://persagen.org/docs/transgender_bathroom_meme.html#discovery_institute" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">persagen.org/docs/transgender_</span><span class="invisible">bathroom_meme.html#discovery_institute</span></a></p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiLGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antiLGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a><br>🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a></p><p>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BTLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BTLM</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParentalRightsMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParentalRightsMovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DiscoveryInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiscoveryInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WedgeStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WedgeStrategy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WedgeTactic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WedgeTactic</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Critical thinking: Microbe Challenges Definition of Cellular Life 🤔<br><a href="https://nautil.us/a-rogue-new-life-form-1232095" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nautil.us/a-rogue-new-life-for</span><span class="invisible">m-1232095</span></a><br><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44957157" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">4957157</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanobdellota" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanobdel</span><span class="invisible">lota</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genomics</span></a></p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiLGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antiLGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanReich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanGulag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanGulag</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a><br>React or do nothing/suffer consequences<br>🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a></p><p>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BTLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BTLM</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParentalRightsMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParentalRightsMovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DiscoveryInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiscoveryInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WedgeStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WedgeStrategy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WedgeTactic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WedgeTactic</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>[thread 3/x] Transphobia<br>[thread 2/x] <a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113448330077621809" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1134</span><span class="invisible">48330077621809</span></a><br>[parent 1/x] <a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113126756218775408" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1131</span><span class="invisible">26756218775408</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Catholicism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholicism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpusDei</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParentalRightsMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParentalRightsMovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultureWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWar</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DivisiveRhetoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivisiveRhetoric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WedgeTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WedgeTactics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WedgeStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WedgeStrategy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeaponizationOfLanguate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfLanguate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenderism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgenderism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FamilyResearchCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyResearchCouncil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FRC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibsOfTikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibsOfTikTok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MomsForLiberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MomsForLiberty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcPEDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcPEDs</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfDetermination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfDetermination</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Addendum 1:</p><p>I'll expand on my post.</p><p>At the end of the day, "groom*" is a word in the English language. Times change, however.</p><p>In 2023 however - amidst a societal tsunami of polarizing anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric / legislation / violence - and as a trans person I take exception to the CBC normalizing the use of that word.<br>...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MeghanMuphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeghanMuphy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TERF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TERF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JordanPeterson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JordanPeterson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trolls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trolls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pseudointellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudointellectualism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultureWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WedgeTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WedgeTactics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WedgeStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WedgeStrategy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>...<br>Addendae (cont'd)</p><p>DeSantis Slammed By ‘Peaky Blinders’ Team For Using Clips In Unhinged Anti-Pride Ad<br><a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/desantis-slammed-by-peaky-blinders-team-for-using-clips-in-unhinged-anti-pride-ad" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/news/des</span><span class="invisible">antis-slammed-by-peaky-blinders-team-for-using-clips-in-unhinged-anti-pride-ad</span></a></p><p>Comment: while technically anti-LGBT it was specifically horrifically transphobic (wedge tactic, in part: split T from LGB)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WedgeStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WedgeStrategy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WedgeTactic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WedgeTactic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RonDeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RonDeSantis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultureWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2024USelections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2024USelections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2024PresidentialCandidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2024PresidentialCandidates</span></a></p>