Sources:
The Federalist
http://thefederalist.com/2016/07/07/evidence-the-transgender-suicide-rate-isnt-due-to-discrimination/
UC Berkeley
http://news.berkeley.edu/2010/03/01/frogs/
Pesticide Action Network
http://www.panna.org/pesticide-problem/human-health-harms
NRDC.org (article and thumbnail)
https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/atrazine.pdf
Williams Institute
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/AFSP-Williams-Suicide-Report-Final.pdf
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https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/census-lgbt-demographics-studies/gallup-lgbt-pop-feb-2013/
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https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/transgender-issues/new-estimates-show-that-150000-youth-ages-13-to-17-identify-as-transgender-in-the-us/
Atrazine.com
http://www.atrazine.com/atramain.aspx
I don't really have the time to watch an entire hour video, but I will comment on the first bit.
The high suicide rate is definitely because of discrimination, but not entirely. Oppression and gatekeeping prevents people from living the lives they desire, and when you are depressed about how you look, sound, are perceived, etc. It's definitely a combination, however the discrimination aspect is most of the problem, if not all of it.
I'd love to answer more questions, but if you wan't to ask (I am trans myself), and I appreciate you trying to understand. Feel free to ask if you have anything you want to know about.
I'm not just going to start asking you a million questions. Thank you. Right now, I wonder if you feel as if society or the media/entertainment is trying to take advantage of transgender people or do you think they care, the way they say they do? I don't think they care. I think they're mean and just use people with disregard for their feelings or humanity. I also think that atrazine is playing a role in all of this. Do you think it has zero correlation?
I don't pay attention to much media, I can't comment on that. I also have no idea what atrazine is lol.
My thoughts are to treat trans people like anyone else and that's enough that needs to be done for things to be cool going forward.
GM. My question is, why, if I thought you were a woman, did you feel the need to tell me you're a trans person? Now I feel like I've been tricked. I hope I can be honest without you flagging me again. Also, as a journalist, and a former opinions editor, I know what I have a right to say and not to say. I didn't do anything wrong. If you didn't like my content you didn't have to watch it.
I treat everyone the same. If I don't like something I can point it out, whether it's hair, teeth, or someone tricking me into speaking to them as a woman and then telling me they're not a woman. This is part of the whole confusion. Did you want to be a woman? If so, why would you tell people you're a man, especially if they think you're a woman? Do you want to be accepted as a man who "became" a woman or as a woman?
There's no way to ask these questions without seeming offensive, but you're being so honest, and I feel like I should too. And maybe you should have started off by telling me you were trans. I really don't understand why, when I referred to you as a woman over and over, do you feel the need to tell me you're a man. I really don't understand this.
This is a part of the confusion for me, and why I know it's wrong. I believe it's wrong. I have a right to say this. I'm not abusing you. Just as you have a right to say you don't like it. But is you tricking me into thinking you're a woman abuse? That's kinda what happened.
My thoughts are that I always treat people the way I want to be treated. I wouldn't flag you for being transgender, and I think it's wrong. I just don't understand why you hid that from the beginning. It seems as if you just don't like the fact that I think transgenderism is wrong. That's a fact. And my thoughts are that I can't stand up for what I believe in without getting flagged. That's abuse. And it's not funny that you don't know what atrazine is.
Jesus christ what the fuck is your problem lmfao
What did I "hide"? I didn't need to tell you anything, that has no impact on whether or not you should be a stupid bitch. I assumed this "apology" was genuine, but it seems as if you were just lying for some reason. Now that you know of my trans status, I guess my opinions and feelings just don't matter anymore? You only listen to cis people? Disgusting. I noticed you downvoted me as well, for... whatever reason, so it appears as if you're just beyond stupid.
I suggest growing up, or getting off the internet so your hateful damage can't be spread to anyone else.
You need to go find someone else to hate. Bye, confusion. I'm not getting off of the internet. Go and police someone else's videos. WTF is your obsession with me? Don't get mad because I pointed out that you were deceptive. Do you want to be seen as a woman or not? If so, why would you reveal that you're trans. you're just dumb as fuck and need to figure out what you want to be in life. I couldn't give two fucks about a flag or a down vote. I don't like your comment because you're not genuine. You're phony. And if you were ANY kind of woman, you would have known I was PMSing, but you're not about this fucking life. So go some where before shit gets real up here.
"obsession" meanwhile you leave me multiple essays to wake up to lmfao
You didn't get deceived, I told you that so you could understand the perspective. Face it, you don't love people, you hate people. You're not a child of God, you're a child of Satan. Satan pushes division and hatred, and so do you. Jesus would be ashamed of you right now. Filthy scum.
Also, blaming PMS for your failures? lmfao.
And why are you commenting on this HIDDEN video, hidden courtesy of you? You want rights, but you want to take away people's freedom of speech? You sound stupid. You almost had me, but I'm never too proud to say I got tricked into thinking something. So, yeah. You won't be making me feel bad about some evil shit you're doing.
So why is the white suicide rate so much higher than the black?
I stand by my apology. I stand by what I say in this video. This person I was apologizing to though, was deceptive. What I say is true as well. I don't hate any people. I hate some of the things people do. I'm a person just like everyone else. I have a right to state my opinion. I wasn't spewing any hate speech.
I had a little time to think about all of this. I'm quick to apologize, but don't make me feel like I've been duped. Why would you ever tell someone that you're a trans woman if they think you're a woman? This is confusing and my Father is not of confusion.
We live in a world where my opinion gets me flagged, because we're pretty much losing our rights to free speech. Trans people can't just go around flagging people just because they don't agree with their lifestyles. This is abuse, and I'm kinda disappointed with DTube for letting this person do this to me.
At this point, I wouldn't care what happens, throw mad flags. But, I'm saying what I want to say before the right is taken away completely.
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