last week, anti-trans laws were passed in Portugal.

parliament revoked the 2018 law that gave us self-determination of legal gender and change of name.

in addition they also passed UK-style censorship laws banning schools from talking about gender, and UK-style laws banning the prescription of puberty blockers and hormones to trans children.

this is the first time Portugal has taken away human rights since it became a democracy in the 1970s.

@typeswitch that's awful :( sending solidarity and my loudest "fuck transphobes" from nyc

human rights

I don't think that means what you think it means. Human rights are a social construction that have not been around a very long time, and they're basic things like speech, self-governance and the freedom of movement within a nation.

Human rights do not include forcing everyone else to address you the way you want. That's compelled speech. Human rights also don't mean you can give your children whatever medication/drugs you want.

Guess the world is healing. Good on Portugal listening to the will of the people. If their citizens are electing representatives to push back on your world view, you might want to think about why. Have you read the opposition and tried to understand their concerns, or do you just automatically assume the role of victim?