When I was growing up in the UK there were similar restrictions in place, and due to the oppressive environment I grew up in, I didn’t realise I was bi until my mid-20s, and didn’t know I was trans until my late 30s, even though I could have been aware sooner if I’d just… understood it.
This regressive attitude (coupled with the direct erosion of the already-atrocious trans healthcare provision) is plainly an attempt to make people stay in the closet and not even know where the doors are, or that there even is a closet - and that’s the best case outcome of this (the worst of course being a more direct reduction in numbers of non-cisheteronormative people due to declining mental health).
The one solace we have is that this garbage is the result of the death throes of a government desperate to do as much harm as possible while it still can. At most there’s only 8 months left before there must be an election, and they are widely expected to suffer their worst defeat in history. We just need to demand better of our next administration (I will leave specific details of how up to the reader to infer).
Heya, I'm Cassie, 40 years old from the UK. I tend to spend my time on video games and collecting/painting wargaming minis (40k etc), although I have far too many hobbies to fit in anymore :( I've been fond of board games, various craft-type hobbies, and have wanted to get into way too many other things - but have neither people to do things with nor time to, for the most part.
I only realised I was trans comparatively recently (~3 years ago?) and will likely be starting to socially transition fairly soon - I've been on HRT for over a year now and it's getting a little difficult to hide some of the changes.
Clicking on languages in the list just selects them, with no "toggled on/off" indicator. The selection highlight is obviously not a "toggled" indicator, since you can only select one language at a time this way.
It's a multi-selectable list but you need to Ctrl-click (on Windows; presumably Cmd-click on Mac?) to get a multiple selection. It then behaves as 'expected' (highlighted lines are selected), although this behaviour is not intuitive.
Schools won't be allowed to teach children that they can change their gender ID, reports say (news.sky.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/21246628
What's your gender identity?
I’m curious about the makeup of this community. Might make a graph later.
If you're reading this, introduce yourself and say hi!
I know you're out there! If you're part of /c/TransLater, make yourself heard!...
My Lemmy language selection in settings is a gigantic non-interactive list. How does one actually change their language settings?
Clicking on languages in the list just selects them, with no "toggled on/off" indicator. The selection highlight is obviously not a "toggled" indicator, since you can only select one language at a time this way.