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A district judge in Wisconsin has sided with an 11-year-old trans girl over her use of the girls’ toilets and temporarily blocked school officials from preventing her access.

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[-] funkless@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago

my parents angrily forbid me to do drugs or have sex and begged me not to drink to excess. Guess which activities I regularly engaged in.

I was threatened, beaten up, choked out and tortured in school for being "gay" (actually bi), and yet my (romantic) attraction to any and all genders even preceeded my understanding of any sexuality.

not my parents, not my fellow students, not exes, not internet strangers, not religion and not any form of media has managed to change my sexuality.

[-] escaped_cruzader@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

my parents angrily forbid me to do drugs or have sex and begged me not to drink to excess. Guess which activities I regularly engaged in

I too was vehemently forbidden, but I managed to understand how bad drugs and excessive drinking are and felt no need to rebel by "cutting off one's nose to spite one's face"

Two people can go through the same environment and have completely different outcomes

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

Sometimes people don't do it to rebel, they just do it to enjoy themselves. Sometimes it's self-destructive, sometimes not.

As you say, different people do things in different ways.

[-] voidMainVoid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

What makes you think that drugs are bad?

[-] havokdj@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Exactly this. Letting anything take over your life will cause harm.

Harm reduction is a thing y'know, anything can be enjoyed with the right precautions.

[-] voidMainVoid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

All of the (illegal) drugs I ever used made my life better in some way. Whenever somebody tells me that they've never used drugs, I just feel sorry for them, because they've missed out on some great experiences. Of course, there are a few people with unusual brains who should avoid anything psychoactive, but I think the vast majority of people would benefit from it.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Autsist here with trauma, I am a prime example of someone who probably shouldnt do drugs. Alcohols have weird effects let alone anything else. Though all my friends are convinced ill eventually do peyote for some reason.

[-] voidMainVoid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not saying you should or you shouldn't, but...There have been studies that show that psilocybin mushrooms are effective in treating some forms of trauma, such as PTSD.

[-] havokdj@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I hope psilocybin and MDMA treatment for PTSD one day become available because it would help so many people.

Such a high success rate too, even if it stays controlled atleast let the people have that.

[-] RavenFellBlade@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

And, to further your point, anything can be harmful if taken to excess, no matter how seemingly harmless, or even necessary. An excess of water consumption can be deadly. Somewhere along the way, certain substances were just chosen as immoral because humans seem to feel a deep seated need to both judge others, and control others.

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