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"Detrans" Grifter Chloe Cole Makes $200,000 PER YEAR
I'm raising money to flee a red state: gofund.me/0d8262c3
In this video, we delve into the controversial and lucrative career of Chloe Cole, a prominent detransitioner who earns substantial income by opposing trans healthcare. Despite the narrative she presents, the majority of detransitioners support trans rights and do not weaponize their experiences. We explore the financial incentives behind her activism, including her ties to the far-right organization Do No Harm, funded by billionaire Joseph Edelman. Join us as we unpack the complexities of this issue and highlight the broader impact on the trans community. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and check out our merch!
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"Drag Ban" Upheld... First Amendment Who?
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I'm running a fundraiser to escape a red state: gofund.me/fb21269c In this video, we dive into the recent decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold Tennessee's controversial drag ban, sparking a heated debate about First Amendment rights. We'll explore the implications of this ruling on the LGBTQ community, the conflation of drag performances with adult content, and the broader i...
Elon Bashes His TRANS Daughter 😱
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I'm running a fundraiser to escape a red state: gofund.me/fb21269c In this video, we delve into the controversial actions of Elon Musk, particularly his behavior on Twitter regarding transgender issues. We explore his interactions with public figures like J.K. Rowling and discuss the potential personal motivations behind his stance, especially in light of his relationship with his transgender d...
"Don't Tell My Parents" | California Passes LGBTQ Kid School Protection
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I'm running a fundraiser to leave my red state: gofund.me/fe779dac In this video, we dive into the groundbreaking new law signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom that protects LGBTQ students from being outed by their schools without their consent. This legislation marks a significant step forward in ensuring the safety and privacy of queer youth, but it has also ignited a firestorm of outrag...
JK Rowling Wants to "Cure" Trans Kids 😲
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I'm running a fundraiser to flee a red state: gofund.me/3e2c2d0c In this video, we delve into the latest controversy surrounding J.K. Rowling and her views on trans youth. Recently, Rowling sparked outrage by suggesting that the best cure for gender dysphoria in children is to "let nature take its course," a statement that has been widely criticized as harmful and scientifically unfounded. We b...
"Trans Ideology" = P0RN
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Please check out the GFM: gofund.me/264777ed In this video, we delve into the alarming implications of Project 2025, now rebranded as Agenda 47, a manifesto backed by the deeply conservative Heritage Foundation. We explore how this document aims to impose sweeping restrictions on adult content and target transgender individuals by equating their existence with pornography. From proposed federal...
UK NHS Covered Up Trans Teen Su*cides (HUGE SCANDAL)
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UK NHS Covered Up Trans Teen Su*cides (HUGE SCANDAL)
TERF "Nukes" Friendship With Pronoun Meltdown (Be Normal Challenge IMPOSSIBLE MODE)
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TERF "Nukes" Friendship With Pronoun Meltdown (Be Normal Challenge IMPOSSIBLE MODE)
Repub. Convention is "Grindr's Superbowl" LMAO
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Repub. Convention is "Grindr's Superbowl" LMAO
Biden Resigned During My Stream Yesterday 😲 IT'S JOEVER #KHIVE
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Biden Resigned During My Stream Yesterday 😲 IT'S JOEVER #KHIVE
Trailer for NEW TRANS MOVIE with Elliot Page!!!
Просмотров 2 тыс.14 дней назад
Trailer for NEW TRANS MOVIE with Elliot Page!!!
Monogamous People Are the Problem, Actually
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Monogamous People Are the Problem, Actually
The ✨New✨ Van Gogh 🤩 (Political Violence and MEMES)
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The ✨New✨ Van Gogh 🤩 (Political Violence and MEMES)
this is wildly unrealistic
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this is wildly unrealistic
Another Trans Kid Gone.....
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Another Trans Kid Gone.....
Goofy Wh*te Supremacysts March Again in TN
Просмотров 2 тыс.21 день назад
Goofy Wh*te Supremacysts March Again in TN
It/Its Pronouns, oh my!!
Просмотров 12 тыс.21 день назад
It/Its Pronouns, oh my!!
Why Did No One Tell Me THE LAST OF US Was So Good????
Просмотров 2 тыс.21 день назад
Why Did No One Tell Me THE LAST OF US Was So Good????
When Public Health is Criminalized / Mask BANS Across USA
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When Public Health is Criminalized / Mask BANS Across USA
What Even IS Crime?? (Homelessness is Illegal)
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What Even IS Crime?? (Homelessness is Illegal)
TERF Doubles Down After Bre-st Cancer Diagnosis??
Просмотров 3,5 тыс.28 дней назад
TERF Doubles Down After Bre-st Cancer Diagnosis??
JK Rowling, David Tennant, and... LOLITA???
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JK Rowling, David Tennant, and... LOLITA???
wtf is happening at the supreme court???
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wtf is happening at the supreme court???
Biden BACKTRACKS Support for Trans Kids 🙄
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Biden BACKTRACKS Support for Trans Kids 🙄
Detransitioner SUES Her Doctors! (For Giving Her Surgery at 30 YEARS OLD)
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Detransitioner SUES Her Doctors! (For Giving Her Surgery at 30 YEARS OLD)
what are we supposed to do??
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what are we supposed to do??
✨garden time✨
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✨garden time✨
Supreme Court Will Rule on Trans Kids..... Bad News TBH
Просмотров 7 тыс.Месяц назад
Supreme Court Will Rule on Trans Kids..... Bad News TBH
Trans Teen Athlete FORCED OUT of High School
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Trans Teen Athlete FORCED OUT of High School
REDDIT React: Is This Agoraphobia???
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REDDIT React: Is This Agoraphobia???

Комментарии

  • @RAD-ju1ru
    @RAD-ju1ru 19 часов назад

    WOW, their logo is LITERALLY the Fasces (a symbol of fascism ).

  • @LA6NPA
    @LA6NPA 19 часов назад

    You didn't put enough emphasis on their logo. That is a fasce. It's the symbol for fascism. These clowns are openly fascist. So what exactly IS a fasce? It's a bundle of sticks tied together with an axe. And these people are too stupid to know that the derogatory term for a gay man means a bundle of sticks. Literally a "f***ot with an axe". Gays, take it from here, I won't use the word, so you better tell the weird idiots! 😄 Has anybody coined the term "weird supremacist" yet?

    • @LA6NPA
      @LA6NPA 19 часов назад

      Also "weird superstitionists" for the more bible-evoking idiots.

  • @GeteMachine
    @GeteMachine 19 часов назад

    The unhinged DMs he had about Keffals is a bit weird, because he didnt know her that long compared to Shoe and the issue was about Shoe primarily. It could just also be an ego thing, because Xanderhal has one and he tends to act like he is owed or entitled a lot, merely for having friends turns into some sort of team-based loyalty centered around himself. Because he knew most lefty spaces never liked Shoe but he was fine with her until she did something to affect his image personally.

  • @beans1557
    @beans1557 21 час назад

    We love that the owning class and their culture uses vague law to install fascism

  • @raintalon6138
    @raintalon6138 21 час назад

    When they make these laws. Malicious compliance is important. You won't convince them to change their mind. They must be forced to give it up.

  • @SteinGauslaaStrindhaug
    @SteinGauslaaStrindhaug День назад

    I'm not a lawyer but I wonder if the rather vague and sloppy wording, and using "and" between the clauses might ironically make the ban much less broad than the bigots who wrote it thought... ( ) "Adult cabaret entertainment": (A) Means adult-oriented performances that are harmful to minors, as that term is defined in § 39-17-901, **and** that feature topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators, or similar entertainers; and (B) Includes a single performance or multiple performances by an entertainer; (Emphasis added my me) Relevant part of § 39-17-901 “Harmful to minors” means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual excitement, sexual conduct, excess violence or sadomasochistic abuse when the matter or performance: Would be found by the average person applying contemporary community standards to appeal predominantly to the prurient, shameful or morbid interests of minors; Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable for minors; and Taken as whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific values for minors; Unless they have a very different way to read the word "and" in their laws; it seems to me that this means that "male or female impersonators" etc. is only considered "Adult cabaret entertainment" if it's also "harmful to minors"; and it's only "harmful to minors" when it "lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific values for minors".

  • @sloanekuria3249
    @sloanekuria3249 День назад

    It almost sounds tempting, but I know if I tried this I would poison my life so fast... this breaks people. Remember kids, once you sell out your values you have betrayed yourself forever. You betrayed the only person that will be with you for the rest of your life. Good luck fixing that relationship...

  • @wcookiv
    @wcookiv День назад

    I'm 40, and I've spent my whole life in a place that's about ten to fifteen years behind, culturally speaking. It took me into my twenties to really understand that being non-binary didn't make me a 'fake trans autogynephile.'

  • @helenacorrea6620
    @helenacorrea6620 День назад

    It really helped me to update who I identify , thank you

  • @hwhack
    @hwhack День назад

    Didn't believe anything musk ever says. He's a 100% psychopath, or NPD using today's vernacular. Look at myself entire life. He lies about everything for no reason.

  • @donjindra
    @donjindra День назад

    I'll bet most surgeons make well over that. In both cases this has nothing to do with who is right.

    • @LuxanderReal
      @LuxanderReal День назад

      It might be a relevant data point in assessing who is honest though

    • @donjindra
      @donjindra 22 часа назад

      @@LuxanderReal Maybe so, but then it's kind of embarrassing that the vast majority of the money is not on Chloe Cole's side.

    • @LuxanderReal
      @LuxanderReal 22 часа назад

      @@donjindra comparing to whom? All surgeons? Who have six figures of college debt and one of the most skilled occupations in the world?

    • @donjindra
      @donjindra 22 часа назад

      @@LuxanderReal Do not fear. Their balance sheets are healthy. Besides, paying off previous debt does not change the principle.

    • @tjenadonn6158
      @tjenadonn6158 21 час назад

      Surgeons actually help people and make the world a better place. Chloe just gets paid to lie.

  • @SatansRoerhat
    @SatansRoerhat День назад

    🦄✨

  • @EmmaHopman
    @EmmaHopman День назад

    Let's not forget that puberty causes irreversible changes. Something I've never once seen a person like this acknowledge.

  • @lanazak773
    @lanazak773 День назад

    Sports could end up being about who’s the best human and women’s sports will disappear.

  • @erik7647
    @erik7647 День назад

    Thanks for this. I was in a TTI school when i came out. Also is when a Dr realized we are intersex. We had that information obscured from us and our parents. They forced me to develop female. I was forced to take estrogen from developing too androgynous. Had my lgbt books taken from me, my peers punished fir usong masculine nicknamesz, told tk forget it and jot mention again until 18. Had to wear tops that feminized my nationally androgynous chest. Had therapist make me shave mt legs, wax my brows amd wear push up bras at 13. Was trained like a dog to act feminine and NT. They sent home a broken child. Its so important people call it wjat it is, conversion therapy. My parents would have struggled with it, but would have let me develop masculine if we were in their care. When we went home we didn't need to take the estrogen they say it hurt me. When i came out again as an adult my dad felt so wronged, not by me but by the government funded "treatment " school forcing their androgynous son tk be a little girl he never was. He realized in thst moment i went through conversion therapy, but I struggle to accept it for what it is. Its until recently not been a word i wanted to claim. But covert conversion therspy is very real, especially in these situations where therapist might have custody of ones kids in a group home, treatment home or TII school. Mind you many parents and families like mine are lied to about thesr places to send kids there, my parents wanted to help their traumatized kid not torture me. They are not bad parents or bad people

  • @rambofan334
    @rambofan334 День назад

    Society when a woman wears men's clothes: 🙂🙂🙂🙂 Society when a man wears women's clothes: 😱😱😡😡

  • @Charles-jk5px
    @Charles-jk5px День назад

    Or, maybe you're just paranoid...

    • @LuxanderReal
      @LuxanderReal День назад

      A truly insane comment to make in 2024 given the rise of white supremacy via groups like the Proud Boys and Patriot Front

  • @-Foxie
    @-Foxie День назад

    A great example of this is in the UK with the riots and those like Nigel Farage condoning it

  • @sbindoctor6414
    @sbindoctor6414 День назад

    The largest form of theft is Wage Theft.

  • @Iron-Ye
    @Iron-Ye День назад

    RUclips like your communist posts so much they remove my comments …..

    • @LuxanderReal
      @LuxanderReal День назад

      There are certain words and topics that get caught by the automatic filter, even if the comment as a whole is not bad in context

  • @HezrouDhiaga
    @HezrouDhiaga День назад

    "First Amendment for me, not for thee" - Bigots

  • @anne-zh2kd
    @anne-zh2kd 2 дня назад

    No kid can ever watch mrs. Doubtfire ever again

  • @herneychienverneryia4020
    @herneychienverneryia4020 2 дня назад

    She needs a cure for her own delusions! She's a hocrux herself in that castle. Protect your trans kids from her(jkkkterfling) and the rest of them.

  • @roundhouse2616
    @roundhouse2616 2 дня назад

    I haven't done a deep dive but from what I've read, one of Chloe Cole's main things that pushed her to detransition was that she realised after top surgery that she wouldn't be able to breastfeed. Like, yeah... that's kind of the whole point of top surgery. To give you a male chest. With no breasts. How do you only realise that AFTER surgery??

  • @mikejett2733
    @mikejett2733 2 дня назад

    Dont u just lov these klan red states unfornatly from michigan to pennsilvainya these kkk polices are startin 2 show up

  • @phillipbernhardt-house6907
    @phillipbernhardt-house6907 2 дня назад

    Thanks a billion for the exact numbers on some of these matters...I will deploy them the next time some fool tries to tell me how "high" the rate of detransitioning is, and doesn't know what many of them think of trans care for young people or the reasons they detransition. It's criminal what this person is making as an advocate against trans care... And, their ilk say that those who are in favor of trans care, acceptance, and so forth are "ideologically-driven." I mean...as if what they are doing isn't also (if "treating people equally under the law and like they're humans" is "an ideology"!), and furthermore, they're also financially-driven! :(

  • @Terraflare94
    @Terraflare94 2 дня назад

    Ah yes the "oh won't someone please think of the children." Reason I mean as long as they aren't hurting anyone.

  • @deflatedrabbit5232
    @deflatedrabbit5232 2 дня назад

    I love how the only defender/apologist for James Somerton turns out to just be James Somerton himself.

  • @Vaushgg
    @Vaushgg 2 дня назад

    1:51 Of course it is. Why do so many of the ultrawealthy in this country have to pour so much money into evil fascist organizations like this. I get they want their tax cuts, but there is nothing gained by supporting anti-trans orgs like this. Why do they do it?

  • @Church_of_the_Skittles_Snek
    @Church_of_the_Skittles_Snek 2 дня назад

    I Wish people would Listen to the Stories of Re-Transitioners. I HATED the fact I stopped Hormones, and went through hell because of it. I Am 3 Months back on Estrogen, and I Feel More at Peace in My Vessel Ase 🙏🏿

  • @wcookiv
    @wcookiv 2 дня назад

    Unrelated but good for engagement, no worries if you don't respond. I made a reply to a troll and it disappeared. Was I out of line or did RUclips eat it?

    • @LuxanderReal
      @LuxanderReal 2 дня назад

      I can see one of your replies from about an hour ago, so if it's another one besides that I think youtube may have eaten it

    • @wcookiv
      @wcookiv 2 дня назад

      @@LuxanderReal That's the one, thanks. It's not displaying for me but the YT mobile app seems to be crumbling month by month.

  • @sh4d0wfl4re
    @sh4d0wfl4re 2 дня назад

    So… how much grift money do we think she needs to retire and disappear with enough money to secretly retransition in one of the places it is safe to do so?

  • @plastictouch6796
    @plastictouch6796 2 дня назад

    By their logic tattoos should be illegal as should knee surgery.

  • @arowwwe
    @arowwwe 2 дня назад

    I find it fascinating that you use almost exactly the same talking points against Chloe Cole that the right uses against Dylan Mulvaney. Why does making money for telling your personal story invalidate that story..?

    • @LuxanderReal
      @LuxanderReal 2 дня назад

      Well, this is probably the 3rd or 4th time I've talked about her on this channel, so it's specifically about her making a bunch of money as opposed to addressing the meat of her argument, which is that she aggressively sought gender-affirming care as a minor and is now turning that into a campaign against anyone under 18 receiving life-saving care, so

  • @CLJlovesmal
    @CLJlovesmal 2 дня назад

    Highly overdue on watching... I already go to different stores for different items, but that's based on my dietary restrictions.

  • @verabolton
    @verabolton 2 дня назад

    Haha! Jordan Peterson is fare right?! Oh my world, you deserve to meet a true far right activist one day. I can't even finish your video, it's killing my brain cells.

    • @wcookiv
      @wcookiv 2 дня назад

      If you had the brain cells to start with you would understand the left-right political spectrum. Let me blow your mind: Democrats and Liberals are actually right wing centrists. You're so far down the end of the line that you think half of your end is actually on the other end.

    • @LuxanderReal
      @LuxanderReal 2 дня назад

      Thank you for the large amount of watch time and engagement!

    • @verabolton
      @verabolton 2 дня назад

      @@LuxanderReal Your ironic and condescending manner doesn't help you here, darling.

    • @LuxanderReal
      @LuxanderReal День назад

      Right, because you were being so polite earlier, I'm obligated to be polite also =] (that's sarcasm, you were being rude so I'm going to be condescending, thanks for playing)

  • @verabolton
    @verabolton 2 дня назад

    You sound like a hater darling. And a jealous person. You hate her because she makes more money than you. That's rather pathetic.

  • @verabolton
    @verabolton 2 дня назад

    One of the characteristics of a cult is that when one wants to leave, the group will turn against him/her. This characteristic of the trans movement makes me think: is it a cult?

    • @LuxanderReal
      @LuxanderReal 2 дня назад

      I have known detransitioners who are cool and who I like, the main difference is that they aren't making a shit ton of money campaigning against trans people having access to healthcare that most of us can't get anyway. Being detrans isn't the problem

    • @verabolton
      @verabolton 2 дня назад

      @@LuxanderReal Yep, your biggest problem is that she's making more money than you. It's called jealousy. She has the right to talk about her experience. It's called first amendment. I heard her talking several times and I never heard her talking "against trans people". Never.

    • @user-lc9vo1xp8d
      @user-lc9vo1xp8d 2 дня назад

      You're full of shit lol ​@@verabolton

    • @LuxanderReal
      @LuxanderReal 2 дня назад

      @@verabolton mkay

    • @belladonna5012
      @belladonna5012 2 дня назад

      I've never met a trans person who has a problem with people who transitioned and then decided it isn't for them. This is specifically about someone who didn't simply decide it wasn't right for her, but who then started attacking trans people's ability to access care because it makes her money.

  • @Vaushgg
    @Vaushgg 2 дня назад

    $200,000/year isn't that much.

    • @LuxanderReal
      @LuxanderReal 2 дня назад

      The median income in the US is about 37K

    • @Vaushgg
      @Vaushgg 2 дня назад

      @@LuxanderReal The median income is about $66,000.

    • @LuxanderReal
      @LuxanderReal 2 дня назад

      Interesting that those numbers vary source-by-source but your number doesn't really disprove my point

    • @Vaushgg
      @Vaushgg 2 дня назад

      @@LuxanderReal Ok, fine. You can look it up for yourself if you want to.

    • @LuxanderReal
      @LuxanderReal 2 дня назад

      I did look it up myself, but even if the median income is $66k which I am willing to grant, that doesn't change the point that the median income is significantly lower than $200k

  • @cyrussoxlegion
    @cyrussoxlegion 2 дня назад

    Kids are entitled to not be kicked out of their home by their pos parents... parents who do that are probably the same parents who claim to be pro life, and yet will evict their child at the drop of a hat and nobody(especially not conservatives) will give a damn. 😡

  • @Valentine-kx7fk
    @Valentine-kx7fk 2 дня назад

    Chloe Cole came to my art school because of a student and she got clowned on sooooo hard.

  • @404maxnotfound
    @404maxnotfound 2 дня назад

    I hate how the only conversation around de-trans is only focused on the Chloe Cole types spouting nonsense. De-transition is a very important topic to discuss and it could have massively helped the trans community. Ex. cis people would empathize with trans folks more if they knew the majority of detransitoners do it cus of hate they recieve/lack of safety.

    • @berrysnowyboy5251
      @berrysnowyboy5251 2 дня назад

      agreed. There's also additional hatred and stigma against detransitioners because of the indoctrination they're put through by transphobes and by right-winger people [TERFs and radfems included]. I feel like there should be factual information about detransitioners that aren't biased for anti-trans bigots, but more so reflects the realities that they have to deal with to protect themselves from systemic and societal transphobia [i.e., lack of a safe environment to be themselves, threats to their lives by transphobes, living with unsupportive families and/or partners, fear of being murdered and killed for being trans, a lack of culturally sensitive gender-affirming care, the loneliness that does come with being trans at times, etc.].

  • @lllm299news
    @lllm299news 2 дня назад

    imagine the torment she goes thru everyday and saying those thing, knowing whats in her heart. Selling your soul hurts I bet

    • @tjenadonn6158
      @tjenadonn6158 21 час назад

      To paraphrase Trent Reznor she's got no soul to sell.

  • @brglbrmft
    @brglbrmft 2 дня назад

    thats why i feel no pity for detransitioners.

    • @davidpacifico1019
      @davidpacifico1019 2 дня назад

      for THOSE detransitioners There are some others who do deserve sympathy, like those who are unable to transition/be out or were brainwashed back in, and also the ones who discovered that they weren’t trans but didn’t end up grifting.

  • @sadfaery
    @sadfaery 2 дня назад

    Damn. I have 3 master's degrees and work 2 jobs and don't make $100k per year!

  • @MayBEEeBee
    @MayBEEeBee 2 дня назад

    If anyone is being groomed and given hush money its Chloe Cole

  • @LuxanderReal
    @LuxanderReal 2 дня назад

    I'm raising money to flee a red state: gofund.me/0d8262c3

    • @MS-pm9fe
      @MS-pm9fe 2 дня назад

      Hope you come to Oregon!

    • @T4Bfan444
      @T4Bfan444 День назад

      How do you reply to Verabolton's claim that "her body was destroyed by 'medical interventions that she didn't need"? Detransitioners living luxurious lives as trans people suffer? 🤔

    • @LuxanderReal
      @LuxanderReal День назад

      @@T4Bfan444 her body hasn't been destroyed, as far as I can tell she can still get around, feel, see, speak, she has access to most facilities people have access to. And if she feels she has lost something then certainly she can afford reconstructive surgery at this point, and no it will never be exactly the same but that's the same regret almost all trans people experience so I don't think it's the end of the world for her

  • @madgadgetss
    @madgadgetss 2 дня назад

    "i'm bad at making decisions so i'll make it everyone else's problem!!"

    • @BTiffney71
      @BTiffney71 22 часа назад

      If so called gender specialists cannot tell the difference between someone who's really trans and someone who's not then they shouldnt be in the business or referring dangerous synthetic hormones and experimental cosmetic surgeries.

    • @BTiffney71
      @BTiffney71 22 часа назад

      Also, you're being a victim blamer.

  • @BetterThanEmber
    @BetterThanEmber 2 дня назад

    As the grifters themselves say: follow the money. It's not being anti trans that's the goal, but that we trans folks put the lie to the brand of nationalism their paymasters are trying to sell. Chloe's pay is a pittance compared to the huge $ sums in play. We don't get paid because we aren't selling a profitable lie. Which itself is noteworthy: when the only people speaking against you have been paid to do so, it really bolsters your position.