• AItoothbrush@lemmy.zip
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    11 days ago

    Dont most sources agree that you can be trans as a muslim but you have to cover up? I mean it could be her parents lack of acceptence of her being trans but in some arab countries it is not only legal to be trans, they even apply the same insane rules to you as cis women which is a veeeery strange form of validation. I guess this is what you would call “transmisogyny”

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      9 days ago

      Religious institutions also remain uniquely great sources of written history, and the idea that maybe your own personal well-being isn’t the be-all and end-all of life has historically been a hard sell. Don’t get me wrong, the idea of gods is mental to me but still…

      • 𝙈𝙞𝙖@quokk.au
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        9 days ago

        Often after wiping out the native populations record keeping and writing their own biased versions of history.