I think there's a lot of fear in anti-trans people. Not necessarily fear that they are trans, but fear that the rigid gender categories that our lives are organized by aren't natural and immutable, that the sexes aren't as different from each other as we're led to believe.

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The fear of trans acceptance is the fear that this isn't so, that women and men are more similar than different and the strictness of social roles comes from something other than our natural inclinations.

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Feminists who take anti-trans positions usually wind up taking intensely deterministic positions on sex. Males are by nature violent and dangerous and suited for leadership, females are by nature caring and helpless and suited for motherhood. Women need to be separate and protected.

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Apparently the website issues Assigned has been having were traced to a bot attack. Guessing this was a result of my criticizing Rowling's transphobia on Tuesday. Support your trans news org people! assignedmedia.org/support/

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I love the civic spirit of my community! Special shout out to Karen who asked every car driving by if they voted. So many flashed a big smile and their "I voted" stickers. Then, we'd all cheer. If not, we let them know where the polling place was. If you haven't yet, make a plan for Tuesday!

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