But sir what about us?

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5 responses to “But sir what about us?”

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   iknklast

   Jun 22, 2026 8:19 AM

   Not to mention, those transwomen killed are in another demographic that has a much higher murder rate than trans – they are Black. Without knowing the motive, it’s impossible to know if they were murdered because they were trans or because they were Black. The numbers are such that the odds favor the latter.

   According to Google, Black residents make up 3/4 of the people murdered in Chicago each year. I suspect they might not have been murdered for being trans.
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   Your Name’s not Bruce?

   Jun 22, 2026 9:39 AM

   Now transactivists can broadcast this official “declaration” as part of their ongoing transperbolic moral blackmail campaign. Maybe they’ll be able to get Mayor Johnson to bump it up to “Impending Trans Genocide” in a day or two.
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   Ophelia Benson

   Jun 22, 2026 9:55 AM

   Ooh transperbolic moral blackmail campaign, that’s very good.
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   Freemage

   Jun 23, 2026 6:13 PM

   Not only is there the racial element, but I think it’s also fair to remember that prostitutes and strippers (overrepresented among trans women) are also statistical outliers when it comes to violence of this sort. I remember in the early days of the debate, there was at least some analysis showing that the statistics supporting claims like ‘transfemicide’ pretty much evaporated if you normalized for occupation.

   Ironically, this could even be a proper call to action (ie, get people out of ‘the life’ in order to keep them from dying in such numbers–which would, of course, be a legitimate means of protecting more transwomen, proportionally), except so many of the folks crying transphobia also believe that ‘whorephobia’ is a thing, and decry any attempt to improve the lot of actual sex workers as ‘sex negativity’.
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   maddog1129

   Jun 23, 2026 9:59 PM

   any attempt to improve the lot of actual sex workers

   . . . such as getting as many as possible out of the trade.

   I remember a story about someplace in Germany or somewhere, where they had drive-up sheds where the “sex workers” were stationed, and the “customers” could just drive up and utilize the “services.” The women would be out there all day/all night, in all weathers, and the guys could just go through the drive-through when they felt like it. I suggested that, if it really is just work like any other work, they should put the men seeking services in the sheds, and see just how many women would show up to do the “jobs” they had on offer. See if it really is like Thumbtack, where customers post the jobs or projects they want to have done, and willing contractors can offer to do the work.