WE ARE NOT SAFE - The Anti-Trans Law Emergency Explained 

Thank you all for the love and support. I can't moderate these comments right now, I just need to step away for a bit. I'll check back in a day or two but until then they might get a bit intense, just a heads up!

This is fascism. I'm not exaggerating either. It's legit, actual fascism and we need to fight it, with all means. This is how Berlin was 100 yrs ago.

"no one is forcefully transitioning a baby" unless theyre intersex 🤪

My clinic just called me up, an adult who's been receiving care for upwards of 5 years, and told me they would no longer be able to provide that care to me because of the ban in florida. These anti trans laws affect everyone, I'm not a minor and I didn't start transitioning until I was an adult. It's not about "protecting children" it's about hatred and control. It's clearer everyday what it's actually about. I wish that there were more people doing something about it.

This is absolutely horrible. I don’t even feel safe going by my actual name (Chris) at school- it’s unsafe here and this is straight up fascism.

I have to disagree that no one's forcefully transitioning kids. conservatives are doing it to intersex kids

I’m in a a blue state, but I’m a disabled adult. They managed to federally decide if your doctor sees you through telehealth, boom. Your meds are gone. So now I have to figure out, when I can’t drive, how to get to a doctor regularly, at the mercy of someone else (I don’t have anyone here who supports me) and have to get retested and everything… in my 30s. 🙄 it’s insane what they’re doing. Watching people talk and blatantly lie about surgery, drugs, and how they discuss minors care is so upsetting.

“LGBT people are soo loud!” Yeah, when your force a collective group of people to be silenced for so long and just accept the abuse you put them through, eventually they get real fucking loud cause they’ve had enough

I am cis, but this terrifies me. Innocent people who arent hurtting anyone who just want to live their lives! It needs to stop. Trans folks aren't hurting anyone. They just want to be free of persecution. This has to stop!

As a minor who lives in Texas I am honestly horrified. Why can't people just respect other people's lives.

When I heard the word 'eradicate', my mind immediately thought of the Final Solution. Is this what we are going to resort to now? I'm scared to be in this century.

When I was 20 years old I came out to my parents because I had gotten to a point where I couldn't see my own future 5, 3 or even a year from that point in time. Woke up every day wishing I could just not. Was playing with the idea of just ending it every day. If I look at high school graduation photos, or old family photos, I don't see myself. I hide all my old medals and certificates because they have my birth name on them. Stuff that I am proud of, that I would love to share with others. But I don't. Because my birth name is something I want to take with me to my grave. It's brought me nothing but pain. If I hadn't started my transition when I did I would not be here today. If my best friend hadn't been there to catch me and listen when I was at my lowest I wouldn't be here today. If I hadn't gotten my surgeries and started hormones I would not be here today. And at 20 years old it was almost too late for me. My therapist had to work hard with me, I had about completely given up. And just getting me back to a point where I was hoping for anything or believing that my life could and would change and most importantly getting me to realize that it would be worth it, took him almost 2 years. A time where I was close to pulling the plug multiple times, even after I had my first dose of testosterone, after I had my gender and name change in hand and the date for my mastek was set. The second of my 2 best friends didn't make it like I did. They took their own life at 22. I'm 25, almost 26 now. There is not a day I don't think about them and miss them. I was clapping for that one doctor. She's completely right! Not the treatment is what's killing trans kids! Laws like these are! I am lucky to be living in Germany. I have met trans men who were able to transition a lot earlier than me. They are happy. They have a lot better memories than I do. I am glad for them! Listening to all these testimonies made me cry. I wish I could share my privilages with every trans person in the US. Trans rights are human rights! And that applies to adults and children just the same! Children matter!

dude was like "should PARENTS get to sex change their LITERAL BABY? You agree with me checkmate!" and sat back with a smug smile like that's in any way comparable to a teenager asking to transtion *for themself*.

As a intersex person that was forced into transition, apparently it’s not child abuse if it’s a “correction”. Trans kids deserve to feel safe and transition will always be essential towards healthy adults.

"children will die. and i will call you for every one that does." such a powerful statement. i got these insane full-body chills and my eyes watered a bit. im so happy someone supports trans people like me so much. im already 19 but havent been able to medically transition at all. i hate that conservatives are trying to get rid of us. it makes me feel so helpless because i know there's nothing i can do. you're right, the world is burning. i barely want to live in it anymore.

that was so hard to watch. that doctor saying that she had trans kids call in saying they would kill themselves if the bill passed and then the bill passed... i hope those kids are okay.

I’m a cis gay men, and seeing trans people getting hate for no reason is disgusting. Especially on Twitter, I can’t stand it, you can’t argue with those people. Stay safe!!!

I was raised Christian by a verbally/emotionally abusive father who almost succeeded in indoctrinating me into his “values”. Before I woke up and realized it was all bullshit, I remember how it felt to try and please him every single day. I dressed how he wanted, “liked” the same politicians he liked, went obediently with him to church and forced myself to sit still throughout the entire thing. The result of that? I didn’t feel “closer to God”; all I ever felt was distant and isolated, an outsider. I tried in vain to be just as venomous as my father was, and it brought me nothing but bitterness, bottled-up resentment, and internalized hatred. The day gay marriage was legalized, I was around 14-15 years old and I was fuming as I watched it on the news, angry that these people had the audacity to exist. My hatred was constant. I took out my anger in unhealthy ways, but if I prayed every night, all of my wrongdoings were voided, or so I was told. In high school, I quite literally had ONE gay dream, woke up that morning, and began questioning everything. My dream wasn’t scary and it didn’t feel “wrong”; it had been pleasant, peaceful. I woke up wondering why I had felt so genuinely calm if gay people were truly so evil and corrupt as my father would have had me believe. Now, I’m transgender, pansexual, and certainly not religious (although of course I know that not all religion is bad). I’m STILL struggling with overcoming self-hatred and other internalized issues. But I’m freer than I ever have been.

This genocide against trans people is unbelievably ridiculous , unfounded and straight-up evil. I feel so powerless that all i can do is spread awareness and donate since I'm not from the US, but i cant even begin to fathom how it must feel to be living in the aftermath of such disgusting and hateful bills. My soul hurts for the countless innocent trans people who are being affected by these senseless bills.

Can we appreciate the very appropriate reaction of the people behind the nice trans woman? Seriously when has asking about anyone’s genitalia ever been ok???

I'm a transgender woman. Married for over six years, if these people get their way. Our marriage could be ruled illegal. I would no longer be able to say that I am married. I was feminine when I was an adolescent. Today they call it gender dysphoria. This is a most dangerous time for us. I don't remember anything like this "hate" happening. in the last ten years. I stay in the northeast. I won't travel below Maryland again. It's too risky and dangerous in the red states, in the south.

Whilst I'm not trans, and live in the UK, my heart goes out to all those of you who are going thru this, huge hugs to you all

"Eradication" gave me flash backs to history class, this is honestly getting scary and im not even trans

one of the most horrific bills i've seen proposed is the one in Florida allowing for trans people to be kidnapped. let me repeat that, *they are allowing trans people to be forcefully and unwillingly taken by people. and possibly killed.* and it's not like they danced around the word either, i'm pretty sure they explicitly stated that trans people would be lawfully kidnapped under this bill. i don't live in America, i'm an Australian trans man. and let me tell you, i think what America is doing to trans people is fucked up. nothing more, nothing less. it makes me so unbelievably enraged to know that America is trying to force people back into a body they never wanted in the first place, allowing maniacs to kill them and hurt them in such fucked up ways. it saddens me that i can't go over there and bring every single trans person to safety, to ensure them they're in a better, safer place now away from a country that wants them dead. it depresses me that the people that are supposed to be responsible for trans people's lives are so utterly deranged and delusional that they don't even have the heart to not propose a bill that allows trans people to be fucking kidnapped. this is EXACTLY why most of us don't trust cis people, because we're afraid they're going to hurt us. i'm convinced America is being run by a group of sociopaths; they're sure acting like it. i am so sorry that all of you wonderful people in America have to deal with this, have to live in fear of being killed or assaulted. no one deserves that. no one deserves to go through so much mental distress. it's terrifying. i wish the best of luck for all of you, no matter what these sick bastards try to do to us, we will not go down. when a country fails its own people, they'll get what's coming: revolution. trans rights are human rights 🏳️‍⚧️

247 years since the US was founded and we’re STILL working on that whole “freedom” thing. It’s quite sad really.

Being trans used to be so taboo the average person wasn't even aware it occurred and when it did it was swept under a rug and hidden like a dirty secret. Then science started to look at it and it was brought to the public eye. Being trans started to be humanized and gained a level of acceptance. Now we are facing the pushback as those who fear what they don't understand realize the numbers of people who agree with them are dwindling. This is where we need to hold our ground and endure as they lash out. Keep working for what's right and reduce the fear and hate to the point where it can no longer threaten our lives and well being.

I'm trans myself, but I also want people to be represented accurately. I watched Knowles to see what his opinion really is. He's clearly not calling for the death of us. In his view, the only reason transgenderism exists is because it's promoted. He believes if it isn't taught, it will die out. He wants it to not be taught, not kill people who transition. There's a difference between it being promoted and the people who practice it. Obviously, he's wrong on many levels. I imagine many trading this would love conservativism to be removed from public life, yet very few would call for the death of conservatives. Let that sink in.

i am (probably) cis, but one of my closest friend came out as trans fem and has started hormone blockers. we live in a safe state. but i am so scared for her. this is a powerful vid. i would be lying if i said i was not crying right now. "if you pass this bill children will die" those words will echo in my mind until the day i leave this hurt and hurting world

when you say you want to eradicate something that describes a specific type of people. you're saying you want to eradicate that type of people.

Doing what I can to help my trans siblings from Canada. We all gotta be really loud right now, because part of the reason why these lawmakers are so bold is because they *think* they're the majority when they're absolutely not.

As an ally, I find it extremely difficult to educate people, because they won't listen. They don't want to learn. They don't want to listen to reason. They just care about their own opinion and how the transcommunity is hurting their rights. (Even though that is not happening). I feel so sorry for everyone who is trans, and has to do this on the daily! I'm so sorry you lot face this much hate! I'm so sorry! I wish there was anything I could do to help.

The amount of parallels this has with the Holocaust is honestly chilling.

Most people, especially Republicans, do not realize that Anti-Trans bills also affect INTERSEX individuals who are born both sexes (such as Kleinfelters, boys with CAH, and girls with AIS).

Jesus. This makes me so ill. Being trans in todays world is so scary. Edit to add: I’m so scared of what Idaho is going to do after they passed the ban for affirming care for kids. It’s just a precursor to what they’re gonna do to the rest of us in the future.

4:43 - 4:48, 3:37 - 3:51 "So This Is How Liberty Dies, With Thunderous Applause" Padme Amidala, 2005 (Revenge of the Sith)

Power attracts psychopaths/sociopaths/narcissists. It shows in politics.

They seem to think that our transness is something they can extricate. I had a friend who went off the deep end in the right wing and was baffled that I was "so dedicated to something so trivial". As if it's trivial to live my life in the only way thats ever felt right. I would rather die than go back to that anxious self conscious mess of a person I felt obligated to larp until i reached my boiling point and gave in to who I have to be.

So this is how freedom dies. With thunderous applause.

I'm a cis queer guy who's been out for a couple of decades. I avoid using urinals when I can, sometimes even avoiding using the toilet if no cubicles are free, because I worry about people taking offense at being forced to pee within sight of a queer man. I don't really actively expect someone will. It's simply anxiety subconsciously reinforcing the habit. We wear some of deepest scars in our actions: the ones we take and the ones we don't. So I want to say I deeply mourn all those transgender youth who are getting their first scars in all these attacks on their existence: All those that will pretend they don't need the toilet because there is a minor in the vicinity who could come in at any time, regardless of a law passing or not; All those teachers that panic and change the subject when a student's questions hint a possibility of gender coming up and all the students scarred in turn themselves by this; And all those who find themselves becoming quieter in words, behaviour, and existence than they thought they'd ever become.

As an early teen, I was always so excited to transition when I got older. I saw laws that were helping us or saw videos of people transitioning on RU-vid, including you and your channel! I've just turned 18, the age I thought I would be able to get hormones for the first time. But now I am scared for my life every day-- living in a small Texas town with people who KNOW, people who could slip up and get me hurt or on accident. Hell, I could slip up. I have NEVER heard slurs against trans people here until this year. I appreciate you educating and keeping yourself safe in this time. I'll try my best to do the same.

Hi Ty. This was my first time seeing one of your videos. I am a cis gay man. I need to say, I have and always will be, a staunch ally to trans and non binary people. I used to work in a large organisation as the chair of its LGBTQ Network. Our aim was to ensure the organisation provided a safe place to work for all its employees, where individuality, inclusivity and acceptance without exception was at its core beliefs, values and practices. This extended to those people who came to us for help. What is happening in your country is scary, appalling and inhumane. What is worse for us in the UK, is that this same ideology, is now washing onto our shores and causing our politicians from the left and the right, to weaponise the anti trans rhetoric and be successful in dividing communities for all the reasons you describe. I totally agree with you on the need to come together to stand against this barbaric onslaught of hate. Please keep doing what you are doing. If you have not done so already, it would be good to see a video from you explaining how we can individually and collectively, be better allies. Thanks for reading. Simon. #transwomenarewomen #transmenaremen #nonbinarypeopleexist There is no LGB without the T.

My family thinks I’m overreacting. News like this they think is fake news and over sensationalised. I’m glad you at least showed some of the doctor’s testimony. At least some people have our backs.

Someone should bring the actions of these legislators to the attention of the International Court of human Rights... I'm sure many of these bills could be deemed unlawful. Suppressing trans people by instigating dehumanising laws is pure evil

This is why I'm going to Canada the week I turn 18, it's only going to get worse unfortunately

i was talking to my parents about the sheer number of bills being made about this, and they both just sort of brushed my fears off because "oh so few bills ever ACTUALLY get made into laws" and, granted, they don't know im trans so i guess they don't really see exactly what these mean to me specifically, but it was just such a horrible feeling. i'm considering sending this video to my dad with a bit of explanation about how it doesn't /matter/ that the bills won't pass because it's hurting my community /now/. i actually might.

They’re not stopping at the lgbtqia community. They’re going to go after everything we love. Including democracy. And, I’m not stopping the eradication of all conservatism in all countries. Especially this one.

So you're a parent, your trans child is hurting and maybe even suicidal or self harming. You do whatever it takes to help them because you love them. Now they want to lock you up for it? My God, they're monsters. These bigots are the ones inflicting cruelty and abuse on these kiss.😢

I don’t care who you are, exterminating people is absolutely horrifying.

I’m a transgender 16 y/o in Australia. I thought Australia wasn’t great but then I see the USA and how AWFUL it is. I am so sorry to all trans people who live in the USA. I truly wish I could do something about it

"So, what are ya in for?" "Going to the bathroom."

We've failed as a human race if we let even one of these bills go through.

I wanna tell you something about Trans Bathroom laws! About 10 years ago i used to have a one and a half foot long beard. One summer i had a job cleaning mobile rest rooms at the EAA air show in Oshkosh Wisconsin. When "The Ladies Room" was Empty, i hung a CLOSED sign in front of the door, and went in to Clean. FIVE WOMEN Dove under my closed sign a jumped inside. I looked at them, they looked at me, i shrugged my shoulders and said, Well? I'm not gonna bite you, if you don't bite me. Then we all laughed a little and went about our business. NO HARM DONE! Wtf is WITH This world?

everyone in the comments please remember that if someone says something blatantly false, the interaction and arguments are EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT. arguing with ridiculous anti-trans people only tells them that their opinion is one thats worth a debate, as well as spread that view to anyone reading.

Regarding the bathroom bills, it just occurred to me, what if a group of cis-men and trans-men showed up on the day of the debate and walked into the women’s bathroom. Have a sign saying something like “If this bill passes some of us will have to use this room, not the men’s room. Which of us?” Just show how utterly ridiculous it is.

I left Florida because it's just not safe for trans people there any more. In 2017, I had been on T maybe half a year and I went to the emergency room in Florida with pneumonia. No doctor wanted to treat me. They said they weren't trained in trans health care. Right before I left Florida, they passed a law that said Medicaid could not be used for gender affirming care. I thought about my transgender pneumonia and realized Florida had just told doctors it's okay to let trans people on Medicaid die. Because I'll bet my appendix is too gendered, just like my lungs.

Such statements are not allowed to be made in Germany. Article 1: "Human dignity is inviolable." If you discriminate or insult someone, you can be taken to court.

I just found out I’m transgender and just started feeling good about myself…. This is terrifying. I already dont go outside because florida is horrible for lgbt, this just makes me feel so… melancholy. Listening to the transman’s speech made me cry.. Why are we going backwards.

This shouldn’t be happening in 2023 .. you’d think people would become more tolerant by now

I wouldn't call myself a trans ally but talking about someones genitalia in a public debate like that is a middle school level of immaturity

I'm going to watch this with my mom this weekend. I started T two months ago, and my mom felt blindsided despite knowing I'm non-binary for years. I'm going to a pottery class with her on Friday, and plan on using my chosen name instead of my legal name. My point is, thank you, Ty, for creating a wonderful jumping off point.

Oh my god. I'm a trans teen (less than 15 yrs old) and this is horrifying. My parent's are absoLUTELY not abusing me in any way ('cause that is just rediculous) and preventing me from getting any healthcare or changing my legal documents to my actual gender will only decrease the horrible state my mental health is already in.

Working as a trucker right now, I’m getting more and more nervous about which states I get sent to. I hate driving on the west coast but I know that, generally speaking, I’m safer out there than parts of the country I actually enjoy driving in. I also worry about having my testosterone in my truck with me if I get sent to certain states. It’s frustrating and exhausting to see constant headlines attacking my right to just exist and do my own thing. It also makes me more nervous than I’ve been since I first starting using the men’s room to use the bathrooms in some truck stops. The last thing I need is one of the guys driving a truck with right wing stickers all over it suspecting I’m trans…

I love it how the visual of the stack of 493 anti-trans bills makes it look so easy to knock them down. We can’t let anyone stop us from being ourselves! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💛🤍💜🖤

I'm an Australian enby, I have a sister who is trans and trans friends. None of us identify this way because of someones influence, its just who we are. Watching all this insanity from here is terrifying and I wish everyone in the U.S who isn't a cis man safety.

'do you think that at a year old, if a parent wants a girl and they have a boy, that they can get them to start blockers or have a physical change for the child?' they don't know their gender at that age, they also dont start puberty at that age, and this is not following the healthcare guidelines in the slightest. they do however change intersex babies to align with either sex...

Even though there hasn't been a drag law YET in my state I still felt terrified going out yesterday, the difference in how someone responds to being unable to read what's in my pants now vs in the past is potent, they are more angry, distrusting and just ... Strange? Like they assume I have an agenda when I'm going out to get groceries 🙄 I'm exhausted man, I literally just want to live my life in peace harmlessly.

Honestly I think that many cis people should actually watch the videos made by transpeople. I am a cis straight woman who somehow got a transman's video on my feed. Because I am always curious about all things, I watched it. I then watched several more by different trans people, and I am ashamed now of the opinions I held before. I was always for the lgbtqia+ community, I have always believed all people should have the same human rights, but the knowledge I had about trans people had only come from news stories I had seen here and there through the years. Listening to trans people talk about various things, and I have listened to a lot of information over the past months, has opened my eyes to a lot. Opinions I had before have changed a lot. You are so right in saying that what is going on is working. I think it's working because people's fears are being played upon. The news blasts that trans women want in the women's bathroom to abuse women (and other things such as trans women in sports have massive advantages and more I can't think of right now). Watching the videos I've seen has wiped that idea out of my mind. Information like what you and other youtubers have put out there is instrumental to changing people's opinions, opening their minds and hopefully help to put, not only this country but, the world on the right track. I am sorry that trans people (and other people in the lgbtqia+ community of course) gets hate just for being who they are. No one deserves that. I hope that more of the world stumbles on information like this, watches it with an open mind, and learns. Hopefully they become more compassionate, and realize that trans people are not the enemy that the media paints them to be. Trans people have the right to exist, and deserve every right that every cis person has automatically.

As a trans teen I'm terrified

I'm a transgender man in Canada, I am truly terrified for my trans brothers sisters and siblings in america. I wish I could do something, we are here for you stay strong folks and stick together.

I'm a British cisgender woman and those speeches made me cry. I feel so sorry for y'all in the states. I feel like our TERF problem over here has contributed to the current anti-trans climate in the US tbh and it breaks my heart to think about it. I feel so powerless to help as well as a disabled woman. I try to help online as much as I can with donations, petitions, spreading the word on things, and educating myself on how best to help the trans community by watching content like yours, and following online communities/forums where I just sit and read everybody's posts and don't say anything because I don't want to impose on trans spaces, I just want to listen and learn as much as possible. I also fight against TERFs every single day online. I want to show trans people, especially trans women, that they do still have cis women allies. That we haven't all abandoned them. I want to show them that TERFs are wrong when they claim to be speaking for us all. And I want to be a useful distraction where TERFs will pile on me instead of a trans woman. If they're piling on me and harassing me, then maybe that's one less trans woman they'll have time to harass that day, y'know? Similar thinking as when you keep a scammer on the phone so that they scam one less vulnerable person that day. Transphobes claim to speak for me as an autistic woman, as a cisgender woman, and as a bisexual woman, and I try to show that they are lying with those claims. The majority of us do not hate trans folks. I'm so disgusted by the transphobic nonsense I see spread in my name. Please move to a safer state if you have to and if you have the means to, Ty. Don't hesitate, because unfortunately, I think things will only get worse before they get better. 💔😔 To the whole of the trans community, including Ty: I stand with you. ❤️❤️❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

"Children will die. And I will call you guys every single time one does." Considering what happened to Zooey, I don't think you can tell them they'll have blood on their hands anymore. I'm surprised it didn't get her thrown off the floor, too.

Wow. It's crazy how I've been wanting a video to show people who aren't that perceptive of what the GOP is doing to demonize the trans community, then I stumble across this video. As a Texan who's had to physically defend my trans brother in public, thank you for posting videos like these to help educate the masses.

As my mother has told me - "You can't reason with someone who isn't being reasonable"

My dad & I wanted to move for years now for things like the humidity & the power grid failure incident (thank FRICK I was out of town during that time), but roe v wade broke my egg and me coming out finally convinced us to move out to Las Vegas. I'm so glad I no longer live in Texas, but it's sad my birth state hates me just for existing.

I literally never would have known he's trans unless it was explicitly told to me. keep it up, man!

I always think it’s amazing a country so pro freedom is so often trying to restrict people’s freedom of expression and their rights to make their own choice

It’s both nice and terrifying to be told I’m not overreacting to all this

They argue for freedom of speech, parents' rights, freedom of medical care etc - for themselves but not for others. I'm so proud of activists like you and all these people speaking out. My goal is to do what I can as well.

backwards world, i cant believe people can genuinely lack sympathy this much, its about human rights

Hey Ty, I just found you through this video, and I'm so glad I did! I couldn't hit the subscribe button fast enough 😆 I'm so grateful that you're making videos like this, especially right now when the lives of trans people are being threatened more than ever. I was so excited when trans people started to become visible, because it gave me the language to describe my life, my body, and why I had always struggled so much! I'm nonbinary, and grew up in rural Australia (my town had less than 2000 residents). My mum had always forced me into dresses, often scolding me for being difficult because I would always argue. I remember sobbing when puberty started and my chest started growing, and my first bleed was at 11 - which turned my discomfort up to 11. Every day was a struggle, every time I walked through the school gate I wanted to throw up. So, this makes me terrified for all the trans kids (and adults) over there in the US. The number of laws they're trying to push through is incredible in the worst way. And it terrifies me especially because what happens there always ends up happening here in Australia too. But your video gave me hope too, seeing how many amazing and fully supportive medical and psychological professionals are out there standing up for trans youth is such a balm for the soul. Those people aren't going to give up! I believe that even if the laws pass, those people will fight at every opportunity, and will do everything they can to reverse this horrific course we're on. The one woman who said she'd call them every time a trans kid died, I hope no trans kids die, but the reality is that they will - and if she makes these republicans look at the end results in a brutal way, I have to hope that m8ght change some minds (I'm pessimistic, but I want to believe). Anyway, thank you. You're amazing, and brave, and strong to be doing this. I'm vety grateful 💛

I live in utah. I'm out at work. I work at a county library. I need to go over all policies to make sure I'm safe. At this point I'm not sure what to do. I heard Canada might be a safe place if it comes down to that. God help us all.

The old guy that came out at 55 really hit me in my heart in a personal level.

Realising I was trans was the most freeing and suffocating experience of my life yet. The week that followed has been a roller coaster of self exploration and self hate. I am a victim of a very toxic and bigoted climate, but even I, who have been fed bigoted opinions and hypocritical beliefs was able to open my eyes and use my critical thinking to tell that what I've been told is wrong. This is proof that those who actually spread hate don't care about the nonexistent victims they claim to be aware of. Their only goal is harm and it really shows. I could've become the most insensitive and bigoted person, but my own intelligence helped me stop that. I implore everyone to use their brains for themselves before it's too late. This is not a joke, these are real, human lives. Please act accordingly.

My brother is talking about the possibility of fleeing the country to take me with him. I'm currently homeless, ive been living in my car for over a year, a spot sleeping on his couch was not offered when this became my situation, but he now says the level of anti trans propaganda and discriminatory laws is so great he fears for my safety. My family is very conservative, I came out over 20 years ago, they never slipped up on pronouns. Not even my parents who said "we don't support it, we don't accept it, it's a phase". They knew they couldn't stop me after 18 and never messed up pronouns once I was full time at 19. Sadly my mom is my only living parent and is also voting straight ticket republican as always. These days, even the bare minimum of respect and dignity isn't offered by the right. We're less than humans to them. Because our gender didn't turn out as expected.

I'm so proud of the wonderful doctors who spoke out against these bills.

As someone who is approaching 50 and looking to begin my own transition, that man's story really hit me hard. It's never too late to discover or affirm yourself. I'm sorry you're getting hate, Ty. Know that some of us love you. And thank you for sharing. Thank you for being you. Take care of yourself, too, man.

4:09 "So this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause."

Thank you for continuing to share this information. It’s so important that people are aware of what is going on right now and the misinformation with absolutely no backing or truth that is being spread to pass bills such as the bathroom bills. Lots of love from Canada, as we are feeling the unfortunate wave of this type of behaviour up here also.

This is so important for someone to speak out about this especially someone with an influential voice on here. Thank you. You reach hundred of people.

I remember my brother in law shouting at me that i have a vagina trying to emberass me whats more emberassing is that he was thinking about a 14 year olds parts, trying to humiliate them, shouting at them and reducing me to my body parts and then thinking i didnt know that im female

Thanks for bringing light to this, I had no idea how bad things had gotten. I'm sharing this and your newest video and commenting and liking everything so the algorithm will bring it to more people. Hope you're doing well, wish you and yours the best.

Hey, thanks for the link for the trans legislation tracker. It's hard finding resourses when you are unfamiliar. It makes me feel like I can actually keep up and do something.

As a non-binary person it's scares me seeing this BS every. Single. Day.

i'm not american nor have i ever been there, but seeing this whole situation is so so so devastating. these people are the most delusional individuals I've ever seen

I'm shocked to see a trans creator who's from Arkansas! (I'm a trans dude from Arkansas too!) It's somehow really relieving to see someone from my state speaking up, not only as an ally, but as someone who has grown up here. Sharing this video in a bunch of places to help spread the word. Thank you for the content, but also for just speaking up, like you said. Sharing your voice and your opinions. It's good to see. I'm glad YT showed your video on my home screen. :) (Also subscribing already lol. But seriously, thank you.)

I've known a friend of mine who used to starve herself because she couldn't transition as a minor. She was hoping that by not eating, she would stop "growing as a man" so when she could transition, once adult, and have her body match her gender more. You tell me, is preventing HRT before adulthood really helping trans kids? Really?

thank you for making this video. my family is always asking for a million pieces of evidence that transphobia exists and i hate having to traumatize myself by digging through the news for them lol. love you to bits ty

Sending you waves of love man. You are one of the first trans content creators I stumbled across when I finally came out. To learn. To understand. TO just get an idea of what it is like to live a life of a trans man. I am terrified. I know I cant tell anyone outside my therapist. I am terrified to talk to my doctor, get approved for T now, and later a bill gets pasted where I can no longer get T. Part of me doesn't even want to bother. Just keep living my depressed life as it is. I hope to die from a heart attack soon. (I am 280 lbs, at 40, so it shouldn't' be to long). When I came to the realization I am a trans man. I actually woke up truly for the first time. It was like being reborn. I looked down, truly looked down at my body for the first time and couldn't believe what I've done to myself. I could never stand looking at my body, because I hated it that much. Every time I see my breasts I hate it. I am semi hopeful though. I am dropping weight. or trying to, it is hard without proper equipment. I am doing what I can with what is available to me. Like simple walks. I have been dropping 4lbs a week so far. I don't want to be an overweight woman anymore. I want to be a healthy happy trans man. Like I should have been all along. Sad truth is, I never knew FTM was possible. I've seen drag queens in the news sure. Growing up aside from LGBT violence in the news, I never heard of trans women, or men. It wasn't till around 37, I saw Shameless. With a trans man in it. I had no real clue how to even process that. Is it possible....was that just makeup? Then at 40 I started hearing more about trans stuff. About a year ago. Not sure where, just woman complaining that men in dresses are attacking them. Then trans women started to speak out about this stuff. Then angry politicians starting speaking out. No more gender care. I had no idea gender care was a thing until they started putting bans on it in certain states. I live in a state that is sometimes blue, sometimes red. At what point does it decide it is red again, and I cannot access help? At what point do the people turn violent here as well. People are still shooting up gay bars for fuck sake. What the hell is wrong with America.

I'm a trans masc minor, and i've never been more scared in my entire life. My parents said we can move if we have to, but I don't know if we'll ever be safe again. All of us transgender people in general. Stay safe.

As a cisgender person, this video really opened my eyes to the extent of transphobia in the US. I didnt realize that people were using words like “exterminate” in casual discourse. This is probably because i am from a northern state but this is deeply disturbing regardless of where in the US you are. Trans rights are human rights.