George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (@georgetakei@universeodon.com) (Universeodon)
Utah didn’t ban youth hormone therapy such as testosterone boosters for cis boys. It didn’t ban “gender affirming surgery” such as breast augmentation for cis girls. Just for trans kids. You know, in case you’re wondering if lawmakers are really out to “protect the children” like they claim. Give me a break.
A Terrifying Sign of Assimilation by Jeff Yang
Ours is a nation where the unimaginable has somehow become inevitable. If Mr. Chou, Mr. Tran and Mr. Zhao committed mass shootings, they did so not because they were Asian but as Americans. Mass murder may be the fullest act of assimilation possible into a culture that has proudly chosen as its colors the red of innocent blood, the white of panicked eyes and the hazy blue of semiautomatic smoke.