We did all that work in 1999 just for… this ??

goes back to writing cobol

I’m going to get roasted for this, but even knowing HR is an advocate for capital / management, part of their job is removing some of the shittiest parts of sharing a workspace with bigots and bullies. Even if it is just to lower their liability exposure.

To whit : a (less than genius) dude posted on (coupla companies ago) corp chat app some shit about trans athletes in grade school, and I replied “as a trans person this feels threatening,” and that shit was gone and I never heard from him again.

Yeah. Thanks. It’s always a good time for that video.

You’re still doing it.

Blocked.

Yeah but [wall of text]

it also gets used to sweep normal people into all

Trans people are “normal people.”

but it isn’t because they all personally hate queer people

Oh, but they do. They do. From the death threats to the “oh no I kissed a trans person gag sounds” “joke” to the existence of the Trans Panic defense. The ones who use us are also deadly serious with hate.

Look, I get it, your heart is in the right place. But when a minority tells you, straight out, “hey, this is not okay,” pay attention, and put those hand-wavy digits in your pockets for a while.

Then let’s all go fight fascism.

Don’t you dare minimize this. It’s not a “little culture war,” it’s deliberate cruelty to a people that neo-nazis and Cristian-nationalists see as subhuman. It’s evil and intentional.

Notably absent: ending gender transition care for all ages and erasing transgender people from existence under the law.

Target caters to a broad range of fits. I’ve (trans fem, relatively broad shoulders) been able to find business casual pretty reliabily.