Transgender Rights II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2022
- John Oliver discusses the latest round of attacks on transgender rights, what’s at stake, and the filthiest of the “Peanuts” characters.
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The moment Ted Cruz said "my pronouns are kiss my ass" the entire news media should have just taken him at his word. Used those as his pronouns without batting an eye in perpetuity.
"yeah ass really killed kiss role in my newest film"
Yes just like in the movie "idiocrasy" should have a bar code put on his arm so everyone knows how to pronounce.
The funny part is that he said my pronoun is and not my pronouns are so would be "ted went to the store, and kissmyass bought milk for kissmyass's wife."
Hey, that’s what kiss my ass asked to be called, we need to respect it.
*the moment Ted Cruz said "my pronouns are kiss my ass" the entire news media should have just taken as at ass's word. Used those as asses pronouns without batting an eye in perpetuity
When he said that "yes, God does make mistakes" I was so certain that they were going to put up a photo of Ted Cruz.
Missed opportunity there but I guess they can only stomach cruz for so long before they have to start paying their editors hazard pay.
Wait that WASN'T Ted Cruz?
🤣Thought the same thing! LMAO!
@@catrasredemption6981 EEEEEEEEEEEE
Me too!!!
"I do not like spending my free time asking adults to make good choices."
LMAO. What a fucking legend.
Those are not that little boy's words. Their his narcissistic mother's
@@nikobellic570 Got some proof for your claim?
@nikobellic570 I believe you’re looking for the words little girl
Thank you very much…
@@nikobellic570 Great to see americans don't take kids at their word because ''its their parents brainwashing'', but when its something that they want ''The parents are the one who know better for their kid''.
A year has passed and I don't know how I feel about it since some male athletes have transitioned to female sports.
the sheer emotion in John’s voice when he says “Trans people are not by default unhappier, or more prone to sufffering than everyone else, that is something that *we* are putting on them.” like he can’t believe he has to explain this, and it’s breaking his heart.
Most people who are diagnosed with gender dysphoria do have substantially higher rates of depression so that's actually false information. Don't bend the facts to suit your narrative because all it does is give the other side that 'a ha we knew it they are all liars!' moment.
accept for the fact that they are statistically by default already less happy than the general population. This is a known factor you're ignoring because of a religious cult doctrine.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6830528/
It’s because John Oliver is kind and compassionate. He genuinely cares about people
Man this video did not age well 😂
@@baldemarcastillo675 lmfao be so fucking forreal
“We do need to cut your uterus out as soon as possible”
As an adult whose been trying to do that for over a decade for health and not gender reasons, WHERE IS THIS DOCTOR
Hahahha same, we need the address !!!
It's easy, you just need to visit the hate fueled delusions of conservative propagandists.
If you're in Toronto, Canada, I can give you the name of my doctor!!
BIG SAME. HELP ME FIND THEM
Same happened to my friend who was trying to get her tubes tied. She'd already have one child, she was married and did not want to have more children and her doctor refused to give her the tubal litigation she requested because "she might want more kids" my friends was 28 at the time. 🤭 Grown enough to have children but not grown enough to say no more kids?Where are these eager surgeons that will cut you at a moment's notice?👀
The craziest thing about the litter box rumor is that it came from an edited video of a teacher who was talking about how fucked up the US school system is because she was given a bucket and litter IN CASE A KID HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM DURING A SCHOOL SHOOTING.
She was also given a first aid kit and a sharpie so she could write information on the kids for when the paramedics found them.
Ignoring a real and serious issue to clutch their pearls over a comically exaggerated nonissue is rule one of modern Conservatism.
I love the little girl who "crushed it" reading from a transcript obviously written by someone else. If God doesn't make mistakes then what's with all the hormones and surgery?
John Oliver is an obtuse shill for the left wing. These poor kids
@@Mr.FadedGlory God made trans people for the exact same reason God made grapes, but not wine. Why they mad wheat, but not bread. Why they made trees, but not planks or a house.
Identifying as a cat, totally understandable and reasonable. Thinking that someone who identifies as a cat might want to use a litter box, absolutely insane you far right bigot! You people are missing the forest for the trees…Somehow reasonable people are the crazy ones because we think chopping off body parts and giving minors drugs is a bit much.
I passed a church yesterday with a marquee that read “God doesn’t have gender confusion.” Imagine being a young person on the LGBTQ+ spectrum, being raised in that church and having to see that sign. God isn’t judging gay and trans people; God will judge the “Christians” who preach hate and express mock concern.
Sounds like the church is doing a good job to prevent trans ideology from harming children
its particularly blasphemous when you consider god is both genders and also no genders.
Sounds like that church is protecting kids from trans ideology. Good for that church.
That church is protecting kids from trans ideology
Theres no hate like christian love
Fun fact : There is nothing stopping a person from going into the wrong restroom just because, cisgender or not.
At concerts I (cisgender female) go to the mens restroom because the line is always shorter 😂
@@egetty6852 Considering that urinals exist in mens restrooms and that they're the most used things in there, I would expect the line to be short. Usually, it's only men that are shy about their genitals (or transgender men, whichever of the two) that go into the stalls to take a piss. If it's a piss (it usually is), we are in and out, since the urnials are the fastest to use.
btw, I'm a cis man, but at the very least, I'm an ally. Still working out if I'm aroace or not.
I mean, there is a door. Sometimes I'm too weak to open it :(
I have done that before by accident. I forgot to look at the sign and just remembered that the correct one was usually on the left. I was wrong.
Have fun trying to convince Republicans of that
"If a child has to be an activist, we have already failed that child." Well said 👏
If a child is told that puberty blockers can be easily reversed like a “pause and rewind button on HBO Max” we have failed that child
These children are being muchhausen by proxy abused and the depraved left are enjoying watching these children be turned into effigies for the new trans occult religion.
@@GCNMMA source?
if you really think that child is a confused trans gender 7 year old and not a manipulated and coached talking piece then you ard a damn fool who needs to get to know gets better
@@GCNMMA aww someone didn't pay attention
The whole "Kids will start identifying as cats!" tactic just smacks so much of the old "If we let gay people get married, they'll start marrying their dogs!" argument.
Same shit, different day.
History repeats itself.
@@gueritopito history repeats itself cause motherfuckers don't listen!
Not to be that guy but there are actually real cases where people identify as animals and even celestial bodies.The catchildren were made up but some of the stuff adults do right now is wild.
@@anderslennartsson1828 , sure, and even those people are deserving of basic dignity, courtesy, and civil rights. If someone introduces themselves with a particular name and pronouns, that's what you call them. It's also counterproductive and futile in most cases to argue with people about their identity or self-perception unless (and even when) you're their therapist or close loved one.
@@anderslennartsson1828 OK, so I want to say that yes, some adults choose a life that is different to most of that of other adults. True, no one is arguing that. But that is not a case to drag into a discussion about trans rights when those rights are about elementary school pupils, because the level of dedication you are talking about is not seen in children AT ALL.
“Kids shouldn’t have to be activists”
That hit a little too hard. I’m 15 and I’ve beer fighting for my rights since I was 10, from trying to get teachers to follow my iep, to writing weekly letters to politicians, I’ve fought more to live happily than some people do in their lives
Happiness shouldn’t be a privilege given to those society deems normal
You just proved their point. Im starting to think Russia is doing something good here, not allowing any sexual content under 18 and banning all porn
@@theglobalistchannel1471 I’m sorry I’m confused, what does this have to do with my comment? /genq (I’m sorry I’m autistic and sometimes miss things)
@@linneathesystemsdruid308 That was not your figth at 10-15. They stole your childhood from you by turning you into an activist instead of teaching. I believe that we shouldn't teach any of that to anyone under the age of consent.
@@theglobalistchannel1471can we have your opinions on jewish people as well?
Don't worry Family people like that don't deserve the time of day and are miserable most of the time. And i'm proud of you as a fellow trans autist
That lady going 'Fuck you' is priceless
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I really liked how she actually said because so many people are afraid to curse but in that instance “fuck you” speaks more volumes than “screw you” in my opinion
The fuck you was directed at her own child, who she's laden with lifelong health complications
My new hero!
She sounded like a complete psychopath. Anyone who allows these twisted surgeries and hormones on children HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS.
Ah, "rapid onset gender dysphoria" also known as "my children don't feel comfortable talking to me about their emotions"
@Phil Davidson As in "literally nobody has been ever diagnosed with ROGD". Like, even the researchers that theorized this "social contagion illness" completely failed to examine ONE single person affected by ROGD.
@Phil Davidson Except that the researchers didn't find even just one single child who fits that description.
god i love when the person talking out of their ass, making up definitions for acronyms as if they're merrian webster themselves, is asking for a source. have you, by chance, had extended contact with a trans man before? have you ever even talked to one before? have any of them ever told you anything remotely close to your own self-proclaimed definition of a term that has no relevance or weight in the real, actual, physical world?
ROGD is a made-up term by conservative parents, mainly used as a sort of "intellectual reasoning" as to why their child "suddenly became trans." i know you don't actually understand what it's like to even be in the presence of a trans person to hear their story, let alone step into their shoes, but my conservative parents thought I had it. that it was "just a phase," that "it was brought on so suddenly," and that "they'd never seen the signs." i came out at 14, but lest i forget being as young as 6- far before getting access to the internet and far before my parents started watching conspiracy theory cable news- and wearing towels like dresses after bath time because it made me feel pretty.
you asking for sources was just incredibly ironic to me, as throughout your entire tirade through this comment section over the last few months, and over 1000 comments later, I actually haven't seen you cite a single source that wasn't from a blatant anti-trans, far-right activist who's "evidence" was either completely false, had no weight to it whatsoever, or was skewed by the fact that they picked obvious anti-trans demographics to coax their "research" into being swayed in their direction.
let me ask you a question. do you have the same favorite color as when you were, say, 10? what about your favorite food? your favorite type of music? do you realize that the human brain evolves over time? and do you realize that as the idea of being trans becomes more mainstream and more accepted, more people are starting to come out as trans, solely because the idea is becoming less stigmatized, and their thoughts and feelings are actually starting to be validated? maybe you've seen the study of what percent of people are left handed, from 1900-today. back before the 1960s, left handed people were forced to write with their right hand because being left handed was unnatural. now, today, once people stopped giving a fuck about what hand you wrote with, the percentage of left handed people skyrocketed in the following couple decades, and then plateaued, because while still uncommon, left handed people were allowed to be their fucking selves, and write with their left hand. and as soon as people like you stop ostricizing trans people and invalidating their feelings, making them feel like they have no purpose in the world simply because they don't feel like what they were born as, the percentage of LGBTQ+ people is going to skyrocket, and then plateau. because once the LGBTQ+ community can start being themselves, and not have to worry about fucktards like you contributing to trans suicide and self-harm by constantly bashing them and telling them "sorry you had to castrate yourself to feel better," maybe it'll start being safer to come out as trans, just like it became safer to write with your left fucking hand.
if that didn't answer your question, no, I don't believe whatever the fuck conspiracy theory you're trying to conjure up. I think you should stop worrying about little girls transitioning into little boys so much though. I know you're straight, and it just doesn't sit right how upset you seem to be at the fact that girls are transitioning into boys "too suddenly," "without your prior knowledge."
As the proud Mama of a trans man, almost 40 now and transitioned for 20 yrs, I want to thank John and his staff so much! I've sent this on to my son and I know he will love you all! Love and Hugs!!!
What in the fuck...
@@OmarIslamMo is there a problem? They are happy, both the mother and her son, i find this really wholesome
you and your son are awesome
Wish this were my mom, but unfortunately I don't think she'll ever accept or understand me as my trans self. You're really incredible for this, I hope you know. You deserve every good thing that happens to you.
@@OmarIslamMo What are you upset about?
THEY PUT UP SECURITY GUARDS
To prevent what, 9-10 year olds from going to a different restroom?
When I was a kid, our cheap ass backwoods school had 2 bathrooms. One on each side of the entire building, full of stalls and a couple sinks
But they are now devoting actual worker hours to preventing 1 child from going where they feel comfortable.
No they’re devoting security gaurds because a girl was raped in a school bathroom by a boy who claimed to be trans, put on a dress then went into the girls bathroom and raped her. Actual children have been hurt through all this bs because of all this & as a parent I wouldn’t want any children hurt at all so it’s about time they have security. It’s just unfortunate it took a girl being traumatized for life and raped for it to happen
But the point is the girls don't want a boy in their restroom. That is what you are missing.
Right? They don't have money to feed kids who have no food, teachers have to buy classroom supplies with their own pocket money and the schoolboards are cramming 30+ kids in one class and yet they can afford some creepy dude who stands outside the washroom to serve as the Children's' Toilets Bouncer eight+ hours a day, five days a week? WTF?
That child is a boy and is being manipulated for who knows what reason. He is not able to understand what changing your gender is, not that that is a thing anyway.
I GUARANTEE there is not a security guard at a school whose only job is to guard the bathroom from Trans kids.
just wanted to take a moment to applaud John and his show's improvements in discussing this topic. last time they talked about trans people, it was basically all about bathrooms and genitalia and very little of anything else, and this time it was so much more complex and in depth to a point where even I, a terminally online trans person, didn't know everything. this is amazingly impressive
I'm a terminally online gender critical person 😊
@@nikobellic570 ???
I like to imagine one person in the writing team that has a folder FULL of potential Ted Cruz poems to get out at ANY occasion
Bold of you to think that John doesn’t make it up on the spot where the script says nothing more than “Ted Cruz poem here”
Ted Cruz, God's other mistake
@@zeppie_ nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing, is improvised with these kinda shows. I like John Oliver but this is all very staged
@@Jimmyvdpost umm, I'm pretty sure it's sarcasm
@@KootFloris God only made two mistakes?
John is STILL GOING with the Ted Cruz poem, and I am all for it
Edit: Man, these comments are wild 🤣 It seems the grass will remain untouched another day
Someone needs to make a compilation of those!
I get he was doing a poem, but Cruz made it very clear what kiss my ass's preferred pronouns were.
I just can't explain how sad it made me John's team couldn't work that into the the rhyme. It would have been the chef's kiss.
Or he should collect them, publish and sell it and send the proceeds equally to all the groups Ted Cruz discriminates against
totally was the point of this episode, your takeaway is on point🙄🙄🙄
@@perpetuallylost1814 good God! That'd leave each organization with a fraction of a penny IF the book made it to the top of the bestseller list....
"What do you want to say to these legislators?"
I love her answer.
The little boys answer?
Umm, she’s a he, so there’s that.
She sounded like a psychopath.
@@rs72098 She’s a he, so…
“Yeah we have a litter box in the class, it’s for our class pet Mittsey the cat!”
Like bruh if there was a litter box in a school that’s what it’s for 😂😂
"they immediately cut off their families"
Probably cause families disown them and even threaten to kill them. You can't abandon someone who abandoned you first.
"you can't abandon someone who abandoned you first" that hits really fuckin deep.
Lgbtqi+
Transgender and far left woke ideolody will die soon. More people are waking up
@@ZackSilver77 I love when people like you tell on yourself.
Yep
The fact that this guy used the "uterus removal" example really proves how out of touch these people are. I'm nearly 30 and haven't been able to find a Dr who would even allow me to get my tubes tied, much less a hysterectomy.
Same and same. Can't believe how ignorant they are.
Sounds like the way to go is to claim you're trans!
@@bluefox726 The problem is they don't actually remove trans people's uteruses no questions asked like that either it's just not a thing.
They are hyper-focused on destroying all trans lives. Just like a thief, they don't care about collateral damage or even human life - except the lives of those like themselves.
I highly suggest looking into the Childfree subreddit group...they have a list of doctors to see in each state who will do the surgeries. It's been life changing for so many people!
9:45 When I came out in 2014 at the age of 14, my mom thought that I was coming out because my best friend at the time was also trans. This idea is not new. I’m 23 now and still trans. This is not a “contagion.” This is not a “fad.” This is our lives.
I'm sure your experience is correct from your perspective. However what concerns me as a Mum. when teachers are telling kids in school to let them know what pronouns they prefer, asking if they are a boy or girl when its pretty clear who is a boy and a girl... that is creating a contagion.
@@kimmie411Knowing about pronouns isn't a social contagion any more than knowledge in general is a social contagion. And the idea that it's "clear who's a boy and a girl" is what contributes to dysphoria, when people assume who/what you are and treat you "accordingly". Nobody can turn your child trans, I assure you.
@@RojeliJeremyWebber why does it contribute to gender disphoria? We should assume everyone is not a boy or girl? Just neutral? It's not what mother nature intended. I feel for those who experience disphoria I really do and they should absolutely be included and supported but we don't need to change everything about our society for a tiny minority.
@@kimmie411 When someone is called a "she" when that someone is a "he", that makes them feel dysphoric. People use the wrong pronouns because they assume. It's human nature to make quick judgements, assumptions, and use stereotypes as a shortcut for understanding things, and I don't blame people for that. But that doesn't mean we can't change. And it's not like we'll be changing all of humanity to just have people be more thoughtful about something as simple as pronouns. There have been and still are societies which recognize more than 2 genders, there are multiple languages that accommodate different genders, and if we look back in time we can see how language has changed and evolved along with our culture. I hear people used to be against the plural "you" back in the thee/thou days! Sorry for talking for so long, I'm just trying to be as thorough as possible. Long story short, society grows and changes, though it may be scary, it's also good. And very natural.
@@RojeliJeremyWebber you have strong beliefs but then I disagree with you. I feel dysphoria when I'm called a "chest feeder" for example. What am I some genderless thing? No I'm a mother who breastfeeds but don't call me that on the off chance I accidentally identify as a guy. What about my rights and feelings about this? Mother nature always wins she will ultimately determine the outcome at the end of the day. Wait is it even "mother nature now" is if offensive too? "person nature" ?
"They immediately cut off their families"
And
"Walks right in and gets surgery"
Makes me laugh. I've been trans for years and haven't even started hrt yet. Not only that, not all of us cut off our families. Most of us quite love our families, such as myself. We don't like being hated for being ourselves.
Also, even when the kids and parents grow distant, most trans kids don’t cut off their parents, it’s the other way around
Also any trans person cutting off their family has nothing to do with the trans person and everything to do with lack of acceptance from their family. Imagine blaming kids for baseless hatred from their parents.
@@aryssamansfield9735 I have an amazing family who accept and love me. My fiance on the other hand comes from a traditionally Mormon family. Her brother left that cult and is now her ultra best friend again which is absolutely amazing~ But her mother... I don't think she'll ever be free of it. She willingly puts up with my fiance but I seriously doubt she thinks my darling's anything other than out of her mind.
Can we disagree without you calling it hate?
@@rocketsurgeon1746 Sorry, callous dismissal of an entire minority group leading to horrible outcomes for said minority group and no consequences whatsoever for the people who dismissed them. Is that better? I’d hate to make you feel slightly uncomfortable as a consequence for you belligerence when the denial of the minority’s existence and validity causes egregious amounts of harm. Gosh it must be nice having there be zero consequences to your actions! And then some fucker like me comes along and tries to assign some small level of consequence, that must ruin your entire world! My apologies, good sir, I shan’t ever do so again.
I love the argument that a child could just go ask for a hysterectomy and get it from a doctor lol. Grown adult women who actually NEED hysterectomies have to jump through a million hoops to actually get that care 9 times out of 10. I don’t think that man making that argument has ever talked to a person with a uterus who has reproductive health issues lmao
Right? What a joke
That statement needs a slight change, he's never spoken to a person with uterus.
"But, you know, you might change your mind later... We don't want to take away your ability to have a fulfilling life."
As if making babies is the most fulfilling thing a woman can do.
@@megan_alnico Better put, as if it's the only thing....
What would you know about hysterectomy as trans female. No you do not go through loops to get one that's not true. Why you canparong butchering young teens to hysterectomy surgery. That's absurd they do gender surgery on young teens that's wrong at Vanderbilt and other universities. So why you making the comparison of adult female with medical problems maybe cancer hysterectomy to butchers cutting up under aged teens it's Easy to get one of you have medical problems. Why are you lying why you comparing under aged kids being rob of their breasts wombs or penises at age that's so young. You really are full of shit. The two do not compare dippy .
The thing about a girl requesting her uterus removed is SO FUNNY to me
I'm a sufferer of endometriosis, and I've been asking doctors to give me a hysterectomy since I was twelve years old because my symptoms are painful and disabling (I was missing school regularly due to pain)
Never once got a yes! Never! It is NOTORIOUSLY difficult to convince a doctor to do anything that can impact your fertility if you have a uterus and haven't had multiple kids yet.
These people are so misinformed it makes me want to tear my hair out. They have no idea what getting care in this country is like
All you'd have to do is say that you're nonbinary to a gender clinic will be happy to sterilize you. They don't care at all about the negative side effects that your doctors cared about.
Correction concering that last part: They have absolutely no clue what medical care for women or transgender children looks like...
@@Dutch3DMaster we can only hope that 58% and more will act on their thoughts.
John Oliver is a liar.
Considering the number of women who suffered from this throughout history with no hope of treatment before modern medicine...whoever said men are the stonger gender is kidding himself.
I hope you get what you need
The mom saying “fuck you” at 18:50 just warms my heart
Why?
I can respect some solid mama bear behavior. I would have done the same.
@@anthonykerr6160 was she trying to trans her kid?
@@jerryhorfe-mf1lsshe was succeeding in loving her kid
Are you trying to string words together into a coherent thought? Try harder.@@jerryhorfe-mf1ls
Hey trans people, old and young,
Trans joy is real, and it is possible for *you*.
When you get people in your life seeing you for who you are, nothing can compare.
Changing your name, pronouns, and body to fit how you want it to be might be a hard road to walk, but it is worth it.
Get friends and allies who will be in your corner when you're tired.
I see you and I'm proud of you - keep on keeping on.
You know I was gonna say something witty and funny but man that just made me warm and fuzzy
True Joy isn't dependent on circumstances, appearance or how the world perceives you. No unconditionally happy person ever "transitioned". If a person is truly fulfilled they don't need anything from anyone. Transition comes from a place of lacking, of deficiency
Re doctors being overly willing to perform hysterectomies on children... most doctors aren't even willing to perform a hysterectomy on a grown-ass adult unless it's literally killing the person. "One day you'll change your mind" has been the mantra of women's health providers for ages, I don't see that changing for a child (who, by this thinking, has even more time ahead of them in which to change their mind).
Been there, heard that. 😖
Absolutely. Even after I was too old for babies I couldn’t get it done. Thank god for menopause.
Lo de llevarmkmn!
gee, I‘m starting to wonder whether, apart from good ole misogyny and patriarchal BS, this might be also down to protecting future business opportunities. can‘t do pre-natal care and deliveries on patients with hysterectomies. a hysterectomy you can only perform on (and bill for) a patient once. but with a patient with a womb the possibilities are endless…
@@julesk1567 You're just flipping the familiar argument against transgender people that hormones are a pharmaceutical trap.
You hate your born-female body so much that you can't understand your own misogyny.
That was disgusting. You insulted me. My body is not a bill, you stupid bench.
That dude has never had a someone in his life who has tried to get a hysterectomy. We have a co-worker with uterine cancer and she can't find a Dr who will do it all because she's "too young and may want more kids"
This. This part doesn’t get enough attention.
Yes. When that is happening at the same time that organizations like GALAP are giving out free letters of surgical reccomendation to anyone who asks, that is not evidence that kids aren't being fast-tacked to TG surgery. It's evidence of a galling double standard in patient care.
what the actual fuck-
Very hard have a baby when your uterus is riddled with tumors or, you know, if you're dead.
Then there’s more to the story.
the regret rate for a knee replacement is higher than the regret rate for medical transition, but no one is trying to outlaw knee replacements…
I am very curious to see the actual fact of a statistic claiming this fact. Or more likely, your comment is entirely made up.
@@jaybeebabee you're curious to see the actual statistics? the first results of a five second google search for 'surgery regret rates' already are multiple scientific studies talking about this exact thing. but you're not curious about anything really, are you? you're just trying to deny medical facts and portray those sharing them as liars because of your own extremely limited understanding of the world
@@jaybeebabee its on the ncbi site, i can't link things but the regret rate for knee surgery is ~18% according to the study done by 2020, compared to a study by the lancet in 2022 on trans kids following through to continue gender affirming care, the detransition rate there is less than 2%.
i know you probably don't care and will probably just look the other way, but i do and i find it interesting.
@@peterstein2119 you will be surprised that I do care, hence my comment on this. Why would I be concerned if I don’t care? Doesn’t make sense. Also surprising to you, I do believe your statistics. Totally. You know why? Because it includes only transpeople that have done their transition many years ago. Not the most recent ones. With the current trend in the past 3-5 years this topic sees on social media, it is a whole different picture. It now has become cool to transition. Let’s pull another statistic in 10 years that includes all the youngsters doing it today. Then we will see.
@@jaybeebabee the study was done in 2022, i don't know how much more recent you want it. because personally i like to let facts guide my life rather than weird, unfounded speculation.
Thank you, John. Your allyship is essential for educating those who are less informed. 💕🏳️⚧️
Wait till a man enters a changing room with his daughter!
@@nikobellic570 sounds like you’re just a bigot
Just to be clear: it’s not easy to get a doctor to agree to remove your uterus if you’re a GROWN WOMAN
Ikr??
That was my first thought, too😫 even if it's a cis woman who wants to get a hysterectomy, she'll almost never get it if she doesn't have kids, and they'll always ask for a "husband's permission" which is so fucked up
Why would a doctor do a dangerous procedure that's not curative or otherwise medically necessary?
Right? I'm done with mine. Had 6 kids and it's just causing me pain. Take it! Lol I'm still a woman before and after!
@@youknowwho9247 they don't
The fact that John Oliver doesn’t have ads is something I will never be able to thank him enough for.
With ads
Huh your right
hbo dude
Sherman, you my friend are very smartn't and appreciaten't your incredibly valuen't input.
Oh hey I never noticed that
The litter box thing is way sadder than it sounds some classrooms have kitty litter and a bucket for school shootings so they don’t need to leave the class
My options right now are to stay closeted and risk my dysphoria and negative thoughts culminating in suicide, or to acknowledge who i am and come out to my loved ones and in public and risk being disowned by family and heckled or murdered by complete strangers. I hate this sick world we live in, that just wants me to disappear. But I am only one person on this overpopulated planet, I just don't matter enough.
Maybe if you stopped just living for yourself, and sought to do something that not only helps you but helps others around you, you’d find what you’re looking for. Purpose
i'm looking to live. and i am furthering my community's efforts to live. you do not know me, and you probably don't care whether people like me get to live full lives - not that you should, but please stop assuming that i am living only for myself.
@@kangyuui well you clearly take your own life for granted, maybe people like me are just sick of people like you complaining. Many people have not had it easy in their life trans or not. You’re a textbook doom sayer man, grow up and be happy. You deserve it
@@patrickoneil6610 yes, i should be happy when people like you spread misinformation about me and the societal stigmas you place upon me. you are absolutely disgusting. be better.
You matter.
"God does make mistakes and he looks like this!"
I was 200% expecting them to post a picture of Ted Cruz. Surprised they didn't, but happy with the result all the same.
I was also expecting to see Ted "pisses in his pants because he likes the warm feeling" Cruz as well
Wait...that wasn't Ted?
can we just come to a compromise rather than assigning locker rooms bathrooms and sports by gender or sex at birth lets separate them by dongs if you can hang dong you go to one everyone else the other
That same thought was immediately screaming in my head the moment he started the bit... 😂😭🤣
EXACTLY!!! 😂😂😂
ON WHAT PLANET would even an _ADULT_ woman be able to get her uterus out that easily??? Even when it's medically necessary, they basically still won't do it until you get married, and have your husband come in with you and explain to the doc that you're not exaggerating about your own dammed pain.
Plot twist: conservatives actually come from Mars.
There is a woman who was interviewed by Arielle Scarcella who said she had to fake being trans to get her uterus removed.
@@FreeAssange Source?
RIGHT? I'm a middle-aged trans guy currently seeking a hysto with a surgeon who's FAST at getting people approved for it, and we're 6 months in with no surgery date yet because of the prerequisite red tape for gender-affirming healthcare in this country. Every step of the way, I still get asked if I'm going to want a baby. I HAVE AN 8-YEAR-OLD. I REMEMBER Y2K. PLEASE REMOVE THIS DYSPHORIA-INDUCING GOTH WATER BALLOON FROM MY BODY AND LET ME TAKE A NAP.
Took me 15 years- with massive medical issue due to my uterus. The pain was debilitating, hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills, no insurance because I had trouble working, an absolute MISERY.
Fight for what you need. Talk to different doctors. If one isn’t supportive of something- go to another. Life is too precious to spend in crying in misery, wishing that the offending organ be removed. I woke up from surgery needing no pain meds- even tho it was a hip to hip cut (like a c section). I didn’t need any meds. I could have sex without pain. I wasn’t spending days in bed, unable to move, weeping.
Support these trans kids & adults. Often, their very lives depend on it. And we should be a society that accepts & includes differences, especially ones that are personal & ARENT EVEN AFFECTING THE PEOPLE FIGHTING AGAINST THEM!
When half of any population is considering suicide- it’s time to make some GD choices. Better choices. And John Oliver is right on the joy- everyone should be able to pursue their joy! As long as you aren’t harming others- rock on!
I have watched this multiple times, and I literally cry every time at Kai saying "God made me, God loves me for who I am, God does not make mistakes."
All true! His parents on the other hand should be in prison.
@@MarioLuigi-js4vk Yes, we know that you want to punish trans people and their allies for existing, what else is new.
@@dariocarraresi1823 you mean child abusers… ftfy.
You don’t have to be a part of every conversation, go play in traffic or something.
@@MarioLuigi-js4vk Yes, we know that your insane ideology believes tha LGBT+ people are in here abusive just by existing.
If god did not make mistakes...does that mean the healthy body that person was born with is not a mistake as well? That the genetic coding that made that body develop as it does and did is not a mistake?
I love how the one witch said teenagers who come out disown their family when it’s usually the other way around
We all know that historical “witches” were unfairly judged. Is this history repeating itself?
@@ProkofNY they made a simple spelling mistake.
@@ProkofNY Bro got miffed over fuckin' a typo. Plebbed yaself there
@@CMGThePerson [CITATION NEEDED]
@@ProkofNY Rachel correctly pointed out that a "witch" - one of the women depicted in the video - wrongly claimed that when people come out they disown their own families. Rachel correctly pointed out that usually the OPPOSITE happens - when people come out, their families oppose them.
Your response, right here in this comment thread, was to compare that woman to witches who were unfairly judged.
I bet that you're the kind of guy that, if your kid suddenly came out as gay and went away, you would put all the blame on him.
"Doc I need to cut my uterus" right, I've been trying to do that since I was 27, because I have endometreosys and I'm child free. Guess what the doctors, plural, told me. It ranged from, "you will regret it later sweetie" to "your husband will have to give your permision in the future" (which was, as you can imagine, a total lie) and ended in "It goes against my religious beliefs, I'm not doing it" and the classic "Close your legs if you don't want kids". I didn't care about the kids, I didn't want to have to rely on heavy pain medication every month to function, but yeah, it's really easy for a child to take their uterus out. I'm 40, still waiting for menopause or the money to get the procedure done elsewhere.
Why not just go to a different state?
What dr are you going to that said you must get permission from your husband?
@@Nofilter1976 some man obviously
same here. I'm glad now I didn't get it cause it woudl have thrown me, like these girls, into early menostop and that is no cake walk. finally they spayed me when I was 50. losing bone density estrogen provides is no joke
what has to do with a mental disease of "being in the wrong body" being forced on minors ?
You know what’s depressing about the “kids are using cat litter trays!” Story? Apparently that story originated from a story that schools were putting buckets with cat litter in classrooms so if the school was put under a school shooting lockdown for long enough that students might need the bathroom and unable to leave
It's also depressing that, as usual, those areas blame the bogeyman groups that they collectively refer to as "The Left," and act like these situations - even if true - are recent upheavals caused by upstarts.
20-25 years ago, during the decline of Mainstream Media's anti-liberal bias (yes, kids, the MSM was squarely in the right'd favour at one time!), i once saw a news special on growing decorative disfigurement trends in transhumanism (note that transhumanism has literally nothing to do with LGBTQIA+). There was a man who tatoo'd tiger stripes all over his body, cut slits at the corners of his eyes, wore feline-eye contacts, disfigured his lip clefts and filed his teeth into points. He even wore whiskers. That guy wasn't transexual or transgender (afaik), so it goes to show that human dysmorphia, odd behaviours and disfigurement are NOT attributed to sexual orientation or gender ID. It's independent. So even us normies are prone to identifying as fucking tigers.
When the attacks on Mumbai happened, a large group of people were hiding in a banquet room for a extended period at the Tah Mahal Palace Hotel. The staff set up divider screens and behind them on the floor were piles of towels and tablecloths for people to use as a bathroom. It is sad that people need to plan for surprise attacks by gunmen, because it happens so often.
I heard it originated from a teacher at the school in question who spread the rumour to demonstrate that people will believe anything they read on the internet.
Although, since I read that on the internet, I'd be hypocritical if I didn't take it with a grain of salt.
@@jacobwansleeben3364 well there are tons of stuff on the internet that turn out to be true. Imagine Elon Musk firing so many twitter employees BY MISTAKE that the HR department made a specific category for them! It sounds like something from The Onion :D. There was recently an insane case where a MURDER SUSPECT called to the police to complain about cold fries from McDonalds and got arrested!!! If there are so dumb people who assist the police to get captured instead of laying low I don't find it that far out of reach to shit in a cat litter. Some people actually legally married to VIDEO GAME CHARACTERS!
Here is the proof for the murder suspect ruclips.net/video/_bSdesspko8/видео.html
@@mr.fancypants666 the problem I have with that is the "solution to a problem that doesn't exist" mentality. As noted in the video transgender people dominating sports just isn't happening.
However, let's say we did take the left's solution and put it into practice. Transgender kids are given the information early enough to express themselves and get onto puberty blockers. That means that when they compete in teen sports, they're at a disadvantage compared to their cisgender peers; because their cisgender peers have gone through puberty and they haven't due to the blockers.
Thank you for writing this. Just, thank you.
This aged super well. Michael Knowles basically said he wants to eliminate transgenderism, despite not understanding it at all.
Idiots often hate the people they don't understand. Which is so strange to me. Wouldn't it be so much easier to learn about someone before making such a huge deal about fucking them over on a legislative level?
Mr Know-less.
Hell, most adults between 18 and 30 can't get their tubes tied or a hysterectomy because "they're too young and might regret it"
That is a terrible analogy, 18 to 30 year olds are ADULTS. and have most fully developed brains to make decisions and live with the consequences of those decisions.
I've heard of so many stories from women who doctors told them they couldn't without their husband's consent, or just they should wait.
@@xlegacyzero8878 The point is doctors don't perform these kinds of operations that easily.
As it should be
This is the wrong echo chamber to spew that "hate"
Re: the uterus thing... doctors are still telling people "I can't do that, your future husband might want kids," "You might change your mind later," and of course the even more condescending "I don't think you want to do that."
In my state, you can't get get it done till you are 30 even if you already have childern
@@jazzakai2000 Good.
Plus a fact, someone might not want to have their uterus because it *quite literally causes them horrible pain* (cough cough me with PCOS), completely aside from gender shit or wanting kids
Took me 20 yrs to get one, even with endometriosis, a twisted fallopian tube, and chronic ovarian cyst ruptures. All because doctors couldn't possibly imagine I absolutely DID NOT want kids.
@@NikomaGrob How?
I absolutely loved that John brought up trans joy. It seems that all you hear about is trans pain, and it's so nice to hear from someone who isn't trans talk about how important it is to remain hopeful, despite the current situation.
He is sticking to an activist-approved script.
@@ProkofNY he actually cares about trans people unlike you
@@Darkhelmet56 yet, it appears as if activist groups have lost sight of objectivity and the truth to the degree that their narrative on GAC now contradicts the most empirical studies available. I wouldn’t count on them to procure the well-being of the population that has most at stake when it comes to this debate.
@@ProkofNY you are the one who doesn’t care about trans people’s health since you are very biased against trans people
@@Darkhelmet56provide any evidence for this.
Can we have more of this?
Because... it's become even worse.
It's brutal and genuinely hard to watch is very tame. "If this bill passes, children WILL die and I will call you every time one does"
The tide has turned on you. Face it. The vast majority of people know that chemically castrating and mutilating children at the altar of an anti-science ideology will not fly with the public.
Nor does depriving women of their private spaces and sporting fairness.
You are losing this.
I hope they do
Especially with incidents like Zooey Zephyr being censured for (accurately) pointing out the consequences of their actions
“I do not want to spend my free time to ask adults to make good choices” love her
I felt that in my soul, because that's part of my actual job that gets very tiresome. :D
Like that kid would know better anyway.
@@Nunyabizy123 , I mean, would you to just defer to adults if they invalidated something you genuinely loved or sincerely hated, or told you that you didn't feel the way you felt?
She's as convincing as Soros-backed Thunberg.
@@dinosaysrawr it doesn’t matter how you feel if your feelings aren’t based in reality.
"In some cases, transitioning can be giving you your kid back"
Transmasculine here. Coming out caused a new sense of self-preservation which was a major impetus in my getting sober and, through recovery, restoring a relationship with my parents.
Thank you for articulating something I didn't even have the words for myself.
That is awesome! Congrats to you!❤
Why not identify as a "human being"?
Of course! Cause you feel ACCEPTED which is what parents should do. As a parent, my child is cisgender like me but I feel so much for kids like you. I’m glad you’re getting support. When my friend came out, his dad disowned him for many years and he was very sad.
Transitioning is actually the lost of your child into a cult of lies into believing in something that is not true
@@SB-iy9vn stop spreading hate! These kids ARE NATURALLY THIS WAY! Some people, EVEN animals are born gay! I once knew a gay dog who didn’t like females and only wanted to procreate with other male dogs it was quite freaking hilarious and no one taught it that. Just by studying science you realize there are more than two sexes and most animals can transition from one sex to another and some completely like fish and snails depending on what is needed. So your puny thinking sounds so absolutely absurd to me. Read a book before you come talk to people like that.
Can we talk about Schreier accidentally saying that Trans kids are "building a world that is so healthy..."
Accidentally said the quiet part out loud, didn't she?
I grew up in a small town with an unsupportive parent who threatened me if I cut my hair. Now I’m 21, in college, out and happy with a boyfriend who loves me for me. I’m proud to be trans. I’m happy to be trans, and I don’t hate myself for it. I love being someone’s boyfriend, and someone’s son. Spread trans joy always
Thank you for this piece! I transitioned at 50. I was exhausted from the negativity of the lie and the unhappiness of living a life I didn't recognize. My whole life, I just thought I was wrong or a mistake. My wife gifted me the support to transition and now I want to live and everyday, I get to see myself in the mirror and smile. 🥰
Congrats! I hope you have a dope life!
Awww that’s so so so sweet
Live however you want but stay out of female spaces designed for females not males
"If a child has to be an activist, we have already failed that child"
Powerful and accurate sentence.
They’re being indoctrinated
Similarly, "Healthcare is an admission of failure" is one of my favorites. It's true because the vast majority of major health problems you see, things like diabetes, obesity, many different types of cancer, all car and workplace accidents, etc, are entirely caused by environmental factors. People won't be diabetic or fat if they have access to the kinds of foods which don't slowly poison them, lung cancer exists largely because the CEOs of coal and tobacco companies are living in mansions instead of dying in ditches, car accidents happen because GM was allowed to buy and trash all of our mass transit in the 20s, and work accidents happen because the employees have forgotten the power of the picket line. All of these are problems which could be solved, and if you did, none of those people would need healthcare. Therefore, when someone is rushed into the emergecy room, it's because society failed all of us a long time ago.
"They are creating a world for themselves that is so healthy" 10:12, I *love* this Freudian slip that reveals the utopian goals kids have at heart
Yeah, that is probably the most poignant thing - out of many poignant things - said in this episode. If a child has to be anything but a child, we've failed.
Just for a point of reference, when this was posted there was "just over 100 anti-trans bills" being legislated. There are now over 450 anti civil rights bills targeting trans mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, aunts, uncles and friends... people just trying to live.
Don't forget to take screenshots of the things trans activists say so they can't just sweep what they've done under the rug when the lawsuits start flying 📷
@@trevorchester4439 You got offended by facts?
@@dariocarraresi1823 I get offended by people trying to groom and mutilate minors. Frankly calling these laws anti lgbt is homophobic lol
@@trevorchester4439 No, it's not. We already have laws against grooming and mutilation. The laws you're talking about criminalize medical healthcare primarily used by trans people; talking about LGBT+ people to kids or student; or even wearing clothes that aren't approved by Christian fundentalism.
@@dariocarraresi1823 OK, well we are strengthening those laws. If you aren't engaged in those behaviors then it shouldn't be a problem :)
Insane that a party who preaches less government oversite is the party asking for the most over reaching oversite to take place.
And the party that claims to be “for science” and is now standing behind faith-based narratives that cannot be questioned.
@@ProkofNY100%
Because allowing society to mutilate and sterilize children is evil. Because putting male grapists in women's prisons is evil. It's worth intervening
Children need protecting from delusional mothers sometimes. No child is born in the wrong body
@@nikobellic570 how is being trans mutilation and sterilization. Also trans women are women not men. And there are already women rapists in a woman’s prison.
I'm ftm, and let me tell you, the first time I cut my hair was a level of elation that I can't even begin to describe. Even now, every time I go to get it trimmed, I feel so much more like myself once it's done. I used to go months/more than a year without cutting it, and now I do it every two months like clockwork. Seeing the start of myself for the first time was so empowering and made me feel so confident.
Similarly, the first time someone called me 'sir' (ty random zaxby's drive thru worker. You'll never know what you did for me), I had to fight not to grin like an idiot through the whole interaction. I'm not two and a half years into my transition and pass 100% of the time now, so the novelty has worn off a little, but I still get a small flutter in my chest whenever someone uses the right pronouns.
That's great, same here. I hope you get any procedures you're looking into soon and for cheap. Also, you're very handsome in case nobody has told you that today
When I got my hair cut short for the first time, I had to remind myself not to cry in front of the hair stylist.
I feel that! I’m nonbinary, but I still remember my first super-short haircut. My hair went from something I dealt with, to something I enjoyed. Binding was another big thing-I’m a big person, so it didn’t do TOO much, but it was an improvement enough to make me really, really happy.
And I remember the first time I got sir’d by a stranger-mine was a pizza place 😊 I held a door for someone and he said “thank you, sir.” I said “no problem” all giddy and stuff, and the guy, an older gentleman, said “whoops, not a sir” (my voice is kinda high lol) and I thought about calling back “it’s okay, I’m non-binary, I’ll be riding the high from this interaction for weeks” without turning around, but I didn’t say anything in the end 😂 I just went home thinking “yesss, gender binary finally broken in real life!” That was like 3 years ago and I still remember it so perfectly!
I hope cis people (and baby trans people too!) understand one day that trans identity is not all doom and gloom. It’s not all depression, suicide rates, and morbid statistics. There is PLENTY of joy to be had as well, and the priority needs to be helping people find it.
@@bradj8215 😄
"If the child has to be an activist, we have already failed that child." Love this line
Greta Thunberg is a UN puppet. Her parents definitely failed her.
Then tell the adults in the room to stop pushing them to do it. You can’t put children in these positions, then complain about it. The left and right both always do this. It’s so fucking disingenuous
I keep thinking of Greta Thunberg. And yes, we've failed the kids on climate change, too!
@@gc9529 "WE"...sorry, but they're not your kids to fail, buddy. Unless you are living in a socialist utopia, you have no business "living up" to other people's children, you weirdo. Last I checked "WE" weren't the ones pimping her out for the NWO. So, take a breather and hands off other people's children.
"If the child commits suicide because you encouraged life-changing decisions that they grew up to regret, you have already failed that child" said no tRaNsRiGhts activists ever. Deceit and emotional manipulation are their ONLY argument. Disgusting, manipulative groomers.
As a trans lass who’s a massive fan of John Oliver, this video goes hard
Would be fantastic if he did another video on this that touched on the uk, Sunak’s government has been terrible for us
Agreed.
Weird to see a part 2 to this segment! I Watched the first one just after I had come out as trans in middle school over 7 years ago. I ended up switching to online school through the county in order to avoid the harassment and mental health issues that were leading me to self harming and attempting suicide. I was able to graduate community college (online) while still in (online) high school. I went to a protest in my local city here in Tennessee back when gender affirming care was first being outlawed for minors. I was told by the Children's Hospital that I had been seeing for blockers and eventually HRT since I was 14 that while they normally serve people till theyre 21, they wanted to release me to an adult oriented clinic at 18 so I wouldn't risk my care dropping off if bans went through. I am 19 now and will likely be resuming my HRT as I move to Minneapolis in the coming year. Its been a wild ride, especially the last yeaar or so, but I will never regret being me.
Regarding that one young girl towards the start of the piece, she's probably the only trans kid in her school. Those security guards were put up specifically to spite her, a literal child. That's ghoulish and inhumane how they treat her. It's genuinely fucked up...
Odds are about 1/30 a kid is trans gnc or intersex...sadly she's likely just the only 'out' or visible student 🤒 I remember the one visible/vocal trans boy at my middle school and hey I turned out trans too...after hiding it decades from seeing the bullying and mockery and homophobia he received
Link to the clip : when i met john Oliver
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I wonder how long it takes until we discover one of those security guards harassed a child. John already had an episode about police in schools and how it managed to make everything worse.
But ofcourse we talk about "conservatives" - folks who love violence and hate any kind of fun that (except more violence). People who openly cheer for "kiss my ass" and then complaint that discourse is becoming more hostile.
@@js2010ish 1/30?!?!
Thats absurdly high, how do you arrive at that number?
I can only imagine that you would have to expand the definition in a way, that CIS women, who have genetic dispositions are counted as well.
I have never seen any study that comes to a percentage of more than 1% (mostly 0.3-0.9%) for intersex and trans people, let alone over 3%.
Don't get me wrong, the guards are fucked up, but I highly doubt that there is another trans person in that school, let alone one that identifies that at such a young age.
It’s genuinely fucked up ghoulish and inhumane to cut up children and inject them with hormones.
John’s bit ending in, “I don’t know. I’ll be dead soon,” had me laughing embarrassingly loudly in an empty room.
You laughed at something he said? There's actually people out there that do that?
We can all only wish he is right.
@@eldiboblo923 Yes. This is a comedy show too, why the surprise?
@@eldiboblo923 WOAH... people can have different senses of humor than you?!?!? shocking
@Bobby source?
It feels really good to see someone in the media actually dedicate a prolonged segment to talking about us in a positive way.
It would be more positive if we were to simply get rid of the gendered rules and let people be, rather than tell a lot of people that they are something they are not because they do not conform to society's expectations of manliness or womanliness.
@@hw6271 I hear you and in an ideal world I agree with you. The sad reality of living in this damn society is that we have to have written policy on EVERYTHING smh
This is another reminder that trans rights, non-binary rights and intersex rights are ALWAYS human rights. Seriously.
What are those rights exactly?
@@umnojon the right to live the way you want that makes you happy without hurting other people
trans people as a group literally aren't hurting anyone, we aren't forcing your kids to mutilate their penises (btw for the very few and rare cases of minors getting bottom surgery, pretty much none of them ever grow up to regret it), we aren't raping women en masse, we just want our hormone medication and to live in a body that doesn't make us want to kill ourselves.
@fuyuu259 one of the objections to making special rights outside of regular human rights for this gender is that its defined by an individuals opinion of how they feel (rather than biology like for men and women) and therefore hard to measure which makes it hard to include in law.
Should legal rights be enforced only on the basis of how people feel inside?
Should women who can be measured as women biologically be required to respect such rights when it comes to women's only spaces?
human rights are human rights, trans rights are exclusive rights above others
Am I a transphobe or I am not able to think around the issue of transgender ??
I transitioned in 1987, and suffered every sort of discrimination one can imagine for it. I was denied employment, housing, medical care and educational opportunity. I was assaulted many times, made homeless and raped. My possessions were stolen and ruined, friends turned on me and random people would scream abuse at me, merely because I was there. Still I persisted. I got my transition piecemeal and had to wait 20 years for surgery. Still I persisted. I won my family back, I finished my degree, I found a life partner, we built a home. Eventually I even ran for public office and was elected! Yet despite my service to my community, there are still those (who refuse to know me) who see me as some sort of menace to society.
Go figure.
Still she persisted.
But the waltz of human progress is that we all go 2 steps forward and one step back, but women have to do the dance backwards in high heels.
I survived "the bad old days", the last 20 years of my life have been the best, but evil recurs, soon we shall take 2 steps forward again after this brief step back. Take courage, be yourselves, don't live anybody else's lies, persist...We shall overcome...some Day!
I‘m glad you survived and thrived. 🥲
unfortunately too many didn‘t. that‘s why we cannot accept to just take 2 steps back again. that‘s why we have to keep fighting. that‘s why we have to stop this rollback.
Seems more like 1 step forward, 2 steps back. Soon it will be 1800 again.
We aren’t looking for “2 steps back” we are looking to permanently end teaching this insanity to kids. Wait until they are 18+ before pushing horrible hormone blockers
@@GCNMMA By 18 you've finished puberty or are in the verrrry last part of it. Hormone blockers would do nothing at that age, what are you talking about?
Are you aware that hormone blockers are used on cis children as young as 8 to stop them from going through precocious puberty?
Is that horrible, or is it just bad when a child goes on hormone blockers for a year or two to get therapy and figure out if they're actually trans before making any permanent changes?
@@GCNMMA You want to act like a doctor and make medical decisions for others... spend the time and money to go to med school. Until then your inane babbling about things you don't understand will be soundly ignored. I'm done pretending like ignorant science deniers deserve a platform anymore.
For the record, the kids identifying as cats and using litter boxes rumor comes from something incredibly messed up. One school system in Colorado - the one that includes Columbine High School - apparently paid for stashes of cat litter in classrooms in case kids have to relieve themselves while locked down by a mass shooter. That seems to have been the origin of it.
@@riverinflames136 that's hilarious but also idk what's your issue with teens being weirdos. they tend to grow out of that
@@riverinflames136 yeah I'm calling bullshit on that, starting with the fact that "kitten" is not a pronoun and there's no way to use it as one that makes any grammatical sense.
@@riverinflames136 who cares? Let people be weird
@@fawfulfan yeah honestly I wouldn’t believe it myself if I hadn’t seen it
and it’s not me having a problem with kids being weird, I had a bunch of phases myself (and still do lol) it’s just that I see a lot of people from older generations saying that that stuff doesn’t actually exist and like…. Yes. It does.
@@fawfulfan they’re real they’re called neopronouns and even a lot of ppl in the lgbt community don’t support them
The joy outweighs every other consequence.
*kink
It's a year after this was posted and the person in charge of the early voting in my township was literally just talking about litterboxes in the public school one town over and she was absolutely convinced it was true. This was the woman in charge of early voting. Thank God we have electronic and coordinating paper ballots in our voting booths.
"If a child has to be an activist, we have already failed that child," is going to live rent free in my mind for the next decade. That can apply to so many other issues as well.
Once again, John absolutely nailed it. Trans rights
Exactly. All the girls who are actively trying not to get changed infront of biological males. All the kids fighting for the right to keep American flags hung in their classroom because an American flag is now a symbol of hate? All the girls who are activist in their sport trying to keep the right to not compete against males and lose their scholarships and prize money. All the girls who have been getting shut out from commercials and awards because a biological male is given them. Everyone is the comment section that is against or in agreement knows Bruce Jenner winning women of the year the first year he was a women is ridiculous. My moms dying of cancer and this joke gets an award that so many other women deserve.
You gain rights by identifying as trans, you don't lose any.
How about we let children have their innocence and childhood without having to even think about sexuality until they hit puberty?
If a parent perpetuates a childs delusion instead of getting them mental help, the parent should be locked up. It's not kind and compassionate. Its cruel and disgusting
@@caribbeanbound8357 i agree. im so sorry you had to go through that. its sick and disgusting that your parents decided to perpetuate your delusions and i hope you get the help you need. god bless! 🤗
That one man thinks someone can just walk into a doctor's office and have their uterus removed? Do you know how much of an uphill climb it is just for women to get their tubes tied? "You should have at least one child first." "What if your husband wants children?" "You might change your mind." Even if you have uterine cancer, they won't remove it except as a last resort.
I was thinking the same thing..about 17 years ago my cousin was refused to be allowed hers tied because she was under 25. Nevermind that her 25th birthday was in a month, or that she just gave birth to her 4th child.
She ended up having a 5th child and told the Dr if they didn't do it this time, she was going to do it herself.
I'm expecting to need a hysterectomy in a few years due to a medical condition I inherited from my mom. That condition nearly killed her when I was a toddler. I'm strategizing to get the surgery now because unlike her, I don't have three kids...which means a lot of doctors flat-out refuse to do it because it would "destroy your ability to bear children." After all, what if I someday marry a man who wants kids?
Never mind that I prefer to date women and that childbirth would most likely kill me for unrelated medical reasons. Gotta keep that hypothetical man's options open!
I *just* posted a similar comment to this effect. Didn't see yours or I would have replied here instead. I need to go through IVF just to have the smallest chance at having children, my endometriosis hurts me basically every day, what I have doesn't work anyway can't I just get rid of it? Ugh.
Thats sad. One little planet we all share,
And we can't all be free. It's past time
we kill all our gods.
Yup. My mom went in multiple times to have hers removed because she kept getting extremely painful cysts. Our "Christian" doctor wouldn't let her. Oh, gee, look at that, one of the cysts turned cancerous and she had to go through chemo and everything. Which now they're thinking it may have led to her developing the pancreatic cancer that killed her.
But yeah, sure, I can just walk into a doctor's office and get sex reassignment surgery anytime I want. Oh wait, I'm watching all of my trans friends getting pushed aside over, and over, and over, and over again.
I’m on board with everything except for the goblin shark hate
Oh come on, John! I'm a transgender woman, 5'2" tall, and I *specifically* transitioned to DOMINATE women's basketball!
But more seriously, the GOP hate-on for trans people is really scary. I'm glad I live in Canada where we don't have quite the level of anti-trans moral panic as the USA or the UK. I get to live my joy.
@@trevorchester4439 you used so many pronouns in your comment
@@thisissuperboss So? Gaslight harder, bigot
@@trevorchester4439 you were making fun of pronouns well you were using them a lot
@@thisissuperboss you were at least gramatically correct in your initial comment, this one dosen't make any sense
@@its.evviii I was saying he was making fun of pronouns well he was using a lot of pronouns in his comment
"Trans kids dont have any hobbies" Clearly spoken by someone who has never seen a Dark Souls forum
Ah yes, lgbtq agenda, when you lose all hobbies and interests right after coming out
Or been to an anime convention. 🙄
Or been part of a discord dedicated to DC comics
Or met very many trans kids. They are just like other kids for the most part.
Grow up , NPC
I’m a trans girl in Canada. Everything in this piece resonated with me. Thank you for boosting our voices.
I realized I was trans and came out at 21 and had to meet with a psychiatrist to get on estrogen. I will need two consults with psychiatrists, to get expensive pre-surgery treatment, and will have to wait years. Even adults have to wait, no teen is getting this stuff so soon.
I was years in finally being prescribed estradiol, though I will add part of that was concerns with other health issues (clotting issues, estrogen potentially making it worse, etc).
I more or less knew around.. mm.. age 24-25, when the world went from everything being self-contained, to suddenly having the internet at ones fingertips (late 90s), but I didnt come out for about 15 years, and am regretting every day I missed
Good luck on your journey. Do you happen to know if there are Canadian charities that can help with these expenses?
@@ashleyp6591 From my understanding, the transitional surgeries themselves (bottom, top) should be covered by canadian health care, assuming one has the guidance from a doctor and/or psychologist (who basically has to 'prescribe' it or whatever). Pre-transitional Im less sure on
I came out at 23/24. Years ago now.
I'm so glad John does these pieces cause we need folks in our corner.
I'm Canadian too. Also a trans girl. Got bottom surgery 2 years ago. Sending you love and solidarity ♡
As an enby, this was a great first experience with whoever this is. I adore him
I get serotonin every time John does a Dr. Seuss poem about Ted Cruz.
What a cringey thing to say for a grown man
"I don't know, I'll be dead soon." An underused phrase.
Me in my mind my whole life lol 😂
adults do need to use this more often
Conservatives need to get to that "soon" part SOONER rather than later.
@@GrahamChapman well i mean i wouldnt go that far
@@speeklymaeve **shrugs** The sooner ideologically evil people die, the less harm they can cause to the rest of us.
My girlfriend had endometriosis so badly that is made the walls of her uterus look like they had been peppered with bird shot and still all 6 doctors she went to tried to encourage her to keep her uterus until she had at least 1 child … there is no way a doctor of any kind is just giving a young person a hysterectomy.
That's fucking absurd. I'm sorry that you had to deal with those people.
@@aeolian951 I appreciate it - she needed a lot of support - but we made it through. She is pain free now and we are back to living our life. Hope these kids can say the same someday soon.
The lack of accessible healthcare for women is the example that made that dumb guy sound so utterly absurd! He's got a case of the dumb
OK, which hospitals did she go to were the doctors rejected to treat her?
@@82abhilash you are not entitled to anyone else's medical information. Piss off
Glad i watched this. I needed it.
You needed to be lied to?
Did you hear about unicorns? They’re so cool!
@Gowoke Gobroke I've been through a lot since I've came out as trans a few years ago. From hurtful comments at school to laws being passed to restrict what I can do because of who I am. Sometimes it feels like the whole world is against me. It just feels nice to be understood and be fought for.
@@islipperyspider4190 Don't listen to the haters, keep on being yourself
When I was fifteen, I was more concerned about being expelled bc I refused to stop arguing with teachers about using science textbooks from the 70s, when my mom's college textbooks proved mine were outdated. I brought in proof and was still failed. I was physically bullied by male students and was given detention, suspended, and threatened with expulsion for fighting back after my nose and cheekbone we're broken by said male student...who was on the football team...yeah the whole thing is dumb. We had a couple of boys who used the girls bathroom a few times. Only one of them was a creep and we all knew who that individual was. There are bigger problems.
John you really need to talk about disability rights... it's become impossible for us to vote in some states, cops kill us at ridiculous rates, inflation is literally killing us... No one has even said anything... We're voiceless and dying and we need help...
Ah glorious America, if you don’t have a camera pointed at you, your screwed.
Second this!
You are already privileged under ADA, what more do you want?
@@WalterTheWalrus That statement of yours is so accurate, it hurts.
@@WalterTheWalrus welcome to you're fucked...
Bearded dragon owner here. I have one named Frank after my favorite architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Bearded dragons are omnivores. I typically feed him crickets and mealworms for meat, lettuce and kale for hydration and greens, and blueberries and strawberries. I especially love it when he eats blueberries because it looks like he's wearing lipstick.
When he's not chilling on his hammock in his enclosure, I let him climb onto me and up to my shoulders. When it's hot out, I bring another enclosure and take him outside. I let him explore the grass (though he doesn't exactly move much), and when he's done, I place in a different enclosure so he doesn't move anywhere. His indoor enclosure is right next to a window and he loves to birdwatch from his hammock.
Thank you! This is the post I was looking for (what DO they eat?) Lol. :)
Interesting insight into bearded dragon lore
Hell yeah, Frank Lloyd Wright was the shit. Pioneered the use of rubble trench foundations for houses, which is cheaper and uses less concrete. That kicks ass.
Does your bearded dragon have a sex cult like the real Frank Lloyd wright did?
Bearded Dragon gang unite!
Mine's called Ben because 10 year old me was mildly obsessed with awful puns 😅
(Be)arded Drago(n)
He's getting old now, will be turning 9 in December. Stopped eating crickets ages ago and is now exclusively on morios and salad. Still surprisingly active though!
20:40 He's 100% right. The smallest, simplest notions towards who we are make our days. People always think we want to be the center of attention for being trans, but in reality I hate it when someone looks at me and tells me that they support trans people. It's old, it's tired, and I don't need to be told. If you respect who I am, I promise you I'll be happy and recognize your support. I love that more people are realizing that we just want to be ourselves. I haven't changed who I am, I've become who I always was.
Those little things that make you feel good about being trans are also known as Micro-Trans-Actions
I'm trans so I just want to say thanks to John for not only acknowledging what's going on, but making sure this wasn't just an exhibition of trans trauma. I was laughing while watching this, and that's often hard to do while listening to news about anti-trans laws.
I don't need to know what sex you were, are, or have. If you feel most comfortable in the bathroom I use, just wash your hands, please.
For real, I debated watching this because I knew that it was real personal and didn’t want to get hurt hearing all the shit people are doing to hurt us.
Lol, "trans trauma".
@@johnjames502 what's funny?
@@acdcfan014 The delusional world you weirdos have created.
"God does makes mistakes" We all know he wanted to show a picture of Ted Cruz
No one WANTS to show pictures of Ted Cruz. The midwest medusa.
Goblin shark, Ted Cruz, same difference.
He didn't? Looked a hell of a lot like Ted Cruz to me. /s
I thought he did
They're the same picture
THANK YOU!!!!! I am going to share this with several friends who need to hear it.
You have friends that need to hear lies? Sounds like you need better friends…
@@johncapris And yet again, you provide no evidence whatsoever that John Oliver lied. You can't even _describe_ one of these supposed lies.
@@dariocarraresi1823 addressed and answered MULTIPLE TIMES!
You’re getting sloppy groomer… yawn.
Here’s a freebie: he calls that little boy a girl. Boom.
@@johncapris Nah, you never told that information to Laurel, ever.
@@dariocarraresi1823 not to her, to you.
How thick is your head? Or are you failing to be clever?
It’s worth noting that JK Rowling has actually agreed with someone saying the Taliban has better views on women than trans allies.
Least insane terf
That dude saying "That's fuckin dope" legit made me tear up. He shouldn't have ever had to wait that long.
Feeling you!
The same “increase” is with women now able to get mental health diagnoses that were overlooked due to confirmation bias of the DSM-4 and little girls able to finally get correct diagnoses that will help them live better and easier lives overall. It’s not the case that all women are suddenly now autistic or have ADHD. It will level out someday too!
I remember being considered a super-rare case of ADHD as a little girl, when I was diagnosed, back in the 70's because it was considered a "boys" disease!
You can't be more wrong than that, everything in all those DSMs are fake, fabricated imaginary "mental illnesses" - everything in psychiatry is pseudoscientific fraud!
reminds me of the graph that showed left-handedness in america. suddenly so many people seemed to be left-handed except it wasn’t sudden they just weren’t being punished for it anymore
A 4000% increase as what happened in the Tavistock’s GIDS? Really? I get it that numbers can increase due to factors such as greater awareness and a change in diagnostic criteria, but given this sharp increase you are not at least a bit curious to know if there is more going on here?
@@ProkofNY yeah, i was curious. but then i remembered other people's medical decisions are none of my fucking business. watch the video again, or be quiet and keep it to yourself. none of this is your damn business.
OMG seeing those kids stand up for themselves & others is SO heartwarming and hopeful!! So proud of them for standing up to those "adults"
I changed my name when I found out I wasn't a girl at 4, and started going by it again when I was comfortable socially transitioning after 6 years on hormone therapy, when I was 27.
My identity as a person and an individual was packed up and stored away for over twenty years, like old clothes in the attic.
What person in their right mind wants that for any child, especially their own?
Yes, children have gender identities.This includes children who don't even know what the differences between sexes are.
My partner is going through a rough situation and was talking to his mom today. We were on a call because he wanted to bounce messages off of me so he doesn't get disowned by his mom too, but in one of his mom's messages, she referred to him as her son. That was the first time she had done that. The pure joy in his voice almost brought me to tears
A rush of warm fuzzy feelings just went through me! Hugs for the three of you from Minnesota! ♥♥♥
Nothing wrong with family and friends making an ill person feels good about herself but a trans person is a trans person. There's no need to forcibly try to gaslight the world into saying that person is a man when she's not and will never be (as sad at this is for her)
So what? It is still such an irrelevant topic and Bloomberg is right, that talking about it CONSTANTLY will only weaken the left and strenghthen the right.
How many people are transgender? Way less than 1%. Who the fuck cares? Stop talking about such tiny minorities and focus on REAL problems.
@@moiseman There is something wrong with people like you making comments like that in response to a comment like the one here.
you're sick. Congrats on gaslighting tf out of yourself and your mother
When I came out as a transgender man my parents definitely noticed a change in me. My dad would see me smiling in the backseat and ask what I was smiling at. I realized I was just enjoying life, he told me it was great to see me smile so much more. Hormone therapy helped me so much, I was able to stop needing medication for my anxiety.
I'm sure you know this, but if someone else doesn't, the "red pill/blue pill" is this exact allegory: Lilly Wachowski explained that she was looking one day at two pills: A blue pill, her antidepressent, she could choose to swallow that, to continue to live a lie, and a red pill, estrogen, which was the pill she could take to live her truth and begin her transition to her true self.
@@finger-board Please get out of this comment thread with this disgusting attitude, please. I hope you follow this advice and stop trying to tell transpeople what they, according to you are all going to do because you fell right into the trap of the people John Oliver talked about.
@@finger-board I really really need you to think about WHY trans people are more likely to commit suicide, because i'll give you a small hint, *they're less likely to when they're actually allowed to transition and aren't discriminated against*
Come for John Oliver, stay to read the hellscape that is the comments section.
And, had a nice read?
@@KAvanAlten yeah it was morbidly entertaining
I love John Oliver! He is just all the good things a person should be, and hilarious. ❤
Vicki, this is not the kind stance on gender ideology. In several states they put male grapists in women's prisons and mutilate and sterilize children. As a woman you should object to males in your spaces. You need to know if the person next to you has a penis for safeguarding reasons
Since John vaguely asked, bearded dragons are omnivores. They eat a mix of vegetables (including leaf shoots and flowers), protein sources such as bugs, and the occasional bit of fruit.
I've seen mostly crickets in my experience with one, just to add to this. It was a school pet, got to hold him once~ And I always watched him eat. He was a good lizzo.
I appreciate this greatly. ❤
hey aussie here, ive seen a couple wild ones eating a bird so can confirm they eat meat.
@@krill87 Yep! The younger they are, the more protein they eat, but as they age they prefer fruits & veg. They love pet mince (but - not too much, because they need the exoskeleton of insects for nutrition).
@@oliverer3same. I am happy to learn about them. ❤
I am a left-handed person.
My kindergarten teacher would force me to use my right hand with pretty much anything that required one-handedness. She would take pencils and other things out of my left hand and put them into my right. My mother bought me a pair of left-handed scissors and this teacher would make me use them with my right hand, effectively rendering them useless. Then this teacher had the gall to say that my motor-skills weren’t developed correctly because I can’t cut construction paper in a straight line, and that I should repeat kindergarten.
Edit: Don’t read the comments in this thread. You’ll lose braincells.
First was the culture war on black people, then on the disabled, then on the left-handed, then on gays, now on trans*
Why can't society just understand that *no* minority deserves to be discriminated for who they are? Why does the realization always only come one minority at a time? Why was the same conclusion never immediately applied to all other minorities? Is mankind really that dense? 😪
@@LRM12o8 I really believe it's a miracle we as a species still exist. Sometimes it feels there are enough of us trying to ensure we don't to the point the rest of us are just screwed.
Fellow left hander here, and while I sympathize, this is not the same thing as giving drugs to a child to prevent the natural onset of puberty.
@@LRM12o8 Not to mention that every step forward seems to be two steps back.
Same here. We were lucky we had support from our parents. My grandfather, on the other hand, called me a barbarian and wouldn’t let me eat at the table on visits.
In the wake of Nex Benedict's murder in Oklahoma and the escalating tide of hatred against the trans and NB community, I am kind of hoping we get a part 3 to show that things have not only not improved, but could get exponentially worse with the coming election
Trump 2024 ✌️
As someone late to come out
I often lay awake at night and weep that I did not get puberty blockers
My body already twisted ITSELF in an irreversible way, and I regret it every time I look in a mirror.
I am now crippled by depression, unable to hold down a job do do anxiety and instability. Please don't make other people have to live like me.
Don't listen to the disgusting trolls in the comments. They'll never get what it's like. It's a shame we live in a society that marginalizes us just for wanting to be happy. I hope you can find happiness in spite of it all.
@@thewrongsorcerer If you mean the two replies I got that are missing then I literally didn't see them.
@@IttaBaby Yeah, they were pretty gross. I'm glad you didn't have to see them lol
Puberty blockers make kids mentally retarded in comparison to their peers
I am sorry you were not shown love and respect for your choices. It sickens me the way people are treated. My heart hurts for you and your pain. I hope you have love and support wherever you are.