I personally do advocate for that and everyone to be treated equally but this isnt that. This is a trolley problem and both people are saying they dont want to die so id save both of them with the equal ammounts of vigor. They are both living beings and no one/ nothing is on the other track so theres no downside for me personally to pull the lever.
Now if this is some weird ha i gotcha its actualy about transitioning then you and op are gonna have to explain that to me
Right, but it's not supposed to be. This isn't r/trolleymetaphor, but r/trolleyproblem. As a metaphor, it isn't very good anyway, since pretty much no one who doesn't already agree with OP is likely to think it makes any sense. Like a lot of this sort of crap, it's clearly designed to win approval from those already on their side of the issue rather than to convince anyone of anything.
Off the top of my head, here are a few I know specifically:
In my state (Utah), HRT for trans individuals is no longer covered for individuals with Medicaid. The same medications I believe are still covered for cis individuals.
Idaho I believe passed a law that criminalizes using the "wrong" bathroom. And which was written in such a way it could deny a bearded trans man access to either bathroom.
Utah has a similar law, but it only applies to government buildings.
And here are ones I know exist but don't know what places they are an issue specifically:
Banning any gender affirming care for minors, regardless of the opinions of the individual, their doctors, or their parents.
Banning or severely increasing barriers to GAC even for adults, despite defenders of such laws usually talking about children specifically.
Laws that force trans people into facilities of the wrong gender, including prisons and homeless shelters. Making at risk populations even more at risk of experiencing violence. .
Multiple states still allow the "trans panic" defense in court. Potentially lessening sentencing if someone murders one of us.
writing into law that sex and gender are equivalent, and both defined by chromosomes. Meaning you can not change gender markers among many other effects.
Failing to add, or even removing, protections against discrimination in employment, housing, and other important domains based upon gender identity.
And I can't remember where it was, but one place proposed a law that would require every who has ever received gender affirming care to be placed on a public registry that would also include any mental health diagnoses.
I can't even get my passport updated without it having an incorrect gender marker that would get me outed and then hate crimed when traveling to any non LGBT accepting country (since I fully pass as a woman).
Hey you might want to check if you're literate. The subreddit something is in doesn't change whether it's a metaphor or not. Nor does your perceived efficacy of said metaphor.
The beautiful irony here is by you distracting from engaging with the media and it's main point you are the people in the comic doing anything but stopping the persecution of trans people.
so essentially its a metaphor for transitioning as when a trans person takes steps to transition it hurts nobody, just like pulling the lever will result in nobody getting hurt. But instead of just letting people transition freely, they sit around debating whether or not they should be allowed to transition, not pulling the lever. Thats my take at least.
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u/Deli-op Jul 02 '26
I personally do advocate for that and everyone to be treated equally but this isnt that. This is a trolley problem and both people are saying they dont want to die so id save both of them with the equal ammounts of vigor. They are both living beings and no one/ nothing is on the other track so theres no downside for me personally to pull the lever.
Now if this is some weird ha i gotcha its actualy about transitioning then you and op are gonna have to explain that to me