SCOTUS Rules Against Ban on 'conversion therapy' for Kids

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a law banning "conversion therapy" for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice.

Posted by censored at 11:52 AM | 98 COMMENTS | permalink

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" Forbes (@forbes.com) Mar 31, 2026 at 10:15 AM

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the discredited practice.

POSTED BY CENSORED AT 11:52 AM

Conversion therapy is on the same level as mood rings and Ouiga boards.

No....Much worse... Mood rings and planchettes are at least entertaining.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-31 11:56 AM

In the 8-1 decision, the sole dissent was by Kentanji "What is a woman?" Jackson.

#2 | Posted by censored at 2026-03-31 11:58 AM

This issue should be dealt with at the level of licensure.

"Therapists" who employ conversion therapy are quacks.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-31 11:58 AM

SCOTUS rules in favor of child abuse.

#4 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-31 11:59 AM

'"Therapists" who employ conversion therapy are quacks'

They are like Scientologists hooking you up to tin cans.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-31 11:59 AM

At least this man can continue his research.

#6 | Posted by censored at 2026-03-31 12:12 PM

Republicans openly support child abuse.

Has anyone ever doubted it?

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-31 12:19 PM

In the 8-1 decision, the sole dissent was by Kentanji "What is a woman?" Jackson.

#2 | POSTED BY CENSORED

You brought it up. So I'm curious. Can YOU define what a "woman" is?

While you are at it ... is a woman who cannot produce eggs (a condition that affects 30% of women with fertility challenges.) still a "woman"?

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-03-31 12:27 PM

You brought it up. So I'm curious. Can YOU define what a "woman" is?

"An adult female" would be fine with me.

While you are at it ... is a woman who cannot produce eggs (a condition that affects 30% of women with fertility challenges.) still a "woman"?
#8 | Posted by donnerboy

A female does not stop being a female because she is sterile. Just as a male who has an unfortunate hunting accident and blew off his nether regions does not stop being a male. (If some people think male and female sexes don't exist, that's a different issue.)

As for other non-normative situations (intersex, kleinfelter, etc) they are varying stages of something else.

Personally, I find it humorous that we have no idea what words mean anymore because of the risk of offense.

Nowadays, when I hear about a woman in the news committing some heinous crime, I put "woman" in quotes in my head because it likely does not mean what most people expect it to mean.

#9 | Posted by censored at 2026-03-31 01:12 PM

You brought it up. So I'm curious. Can YOU define what a "woman" is?
"An adult female" would be fine with me.
#9 | Posted by censored

Of course it would be fine with you.

Your beliefs are no different than the Nazis on this topic, denying the notion of gender and replacing it with sex, as chosen by the State, and forced upon the individual.

The transgender issue really separates the men from the boys, when it comes to truly believing in individual liberty and the right to self-determination.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-31 01:24 PM

Your beliefs are no different than the Nazis on this topic,

He's also a fan of genocide.

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-31 01:28 PM

"Conversion therapy" is torture.

The Supreme Court is corrupt.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-31 01:30 PM

Your beliefs are no different than the Nazis on this topic,
He's also a fan of genocide.
#11 | Posted by ClownShack

The two go hand in glove.

Denying transgender existence is a first step to transgender ethnic cleansing.

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-31 01:31 PM

As for other non-normative situations (intersex, kleinfelter, etc) they are varying stages of something else.
#9 | Posted by censored

So they're neither man nor woman.

What the hell are they then?

Give us examples from history of this third type of person actually existing and being recognized as the aforementioned third sex, one that is neither man nor woman.

I bet you can't, because I bet you just made all that BS up on the spot.

#14 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-31 01:53 PM

Imagine hating your kid so much you send them to a conversion therapy?!

#15 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-03-31 02:24 PM

"Give us examples from history of this third type of person actually existing and being recognized as the aforementioned third sex, one that is neither man nor woman."

Because they could not father children, eunuchs were trusted in positions of power and intimacy within royal families across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

While historically viewed as men holding a specific office( like Keeper of the Bed), in some contexts, such as the Hijra in India, eunuchs are seen as a third gender or a separate identity.

Today, some individuals voluntarily identify as eunuchs, sometimes as a form of non-binary gender identity or for reasons related to body dysphoria.

#16 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-03-31 03:37 PM

The vast majority of eunuchs in history had that condition forced upon them by force.

#17 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-03-31 04:22 PM

How can you separate the men from the boys?... you can can't tell what one is

If men don't exist, and women don't exist... then trans can't exist since their is nothing to change from one to the other?

#18 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2026-03-31 04:26 PM

"If men don't exist, and women don't exist"

Nobody said men and women don't exist.

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-31 04:28 PM

If men don't exist, and women don't exist... then trans can't exist since their is nothing to change from one to the other?
#18 | Posted by kwrx25

You're on that wavelength where we should simply ban marriage altogether.

Because the only other alternative is allowing the gays and the interracials to get married.

And that's a horror beyond all comprehension that must be stopped at any cost.

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-31 04:31 PM

I put "woman" in quotes in my head because it likely does not mean what most people expect it to mean.

#9 | POSTED BY CENSORED

Interesting how words don't mean what they used to mean.

When I got "woke" this morning I never thought there would come a day when maybe I shouldn't tell anyone.

#21 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-03-31 07:36 PM

The correct use of "woke" is a past tense verb. People who use it an adjective, especially to describe themselves, sound like they're either high or on a massive holier-than-thou ego trip.

#22 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-03-31 08:24 PM

Interesting how words don't mean what they used to mean. When I got "woke" this morning I never thought there would come a day when maybe I shouldn't tell anyone.
#21 | Posted by donnerboy

Yes, words change in meaning. Sometimes by gradual evolution and adoption. Other times by public shaming and lecturing by the holier-than-thous.

So, apparently to many people a "woman" is no longer just an "adult female." Now we have to say "adult female" to capture that same meaning (although I was criticized on this very site for using the word "female" by someone who apparently spends most of their life with a large stick embedded in their posterior looking for stuff to complain at people about).

"Adult female" just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it. Totally appropriate to need multiple words to describe about fifty percent of the population.

So someone who is versed in words, like future Justice Ketanji Jackson, who has advanced beyond the pedestrian definition of "woman" should be able to articulate what that word now means. Considering it applies to about half the people walking the Earth.

In the meantime, perhaps the rest of us can get a two syllable word to express what "woman" used to mean. I suggest calling them "beaches."

#23 | Posted by censored at 2026-03-31 09:04 PM

"Therapists" who employ therapy are quacks.
#3 | POSTED BY Zed

fixed that for you.

Nobody said men and women don't exist.
#19 | POSTED BY SNOOFY A

If gender is a spectrum, then where exactly are "men" and "women" on the "spectrum"?

Please be specfic.

#24 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-31 09:45 PM

Because they could not father children, eunuchs were trusted in positions of power and intimacy within royal families across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Ridiculous. They could possibly have children before they were castrated.

#25 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-31 09:48 PM

He's also a fan of genocide.
#11 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

So are you clownshack, thats what "liking the enthusiasm" means.

#26 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-31 09:51 PM

OneTrumper,

You claim to be Chinese.

A country where an entire generation of women were downed, by choice of their parents.

You're a waste of time and energy.

#27 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-31 10:08 PM

You brought it up. So I'm curious. Can YOU define what a "woman" is?

A adult female human, possessing two X chromosomes (XX) and is organized around the production of large, immobile gametes (eggs) for reproduction.

There is a spectrum in individuals in the biological sense, but these are known as disorders/diseases/abnormalities as they don't manifest in reproduction, if the individual is capable of it.

For instance approximately 7% of all men are infertile. By the time a woman is 30, she has lost nearly 90% of her eggs; by age 40, only around 3% of eggs are left.
Are they still not human males, and female, of course they are.
Are there outliers, certainly but this exception is what makes the rule, the exception isn't a desirable trait even if able to reproduce.

An excellent book/pdf I recommend is SpermWars. spcuniversity.com

If you read it you'll see, reproduction is a very complicated system, many parts can go wrong/fail, in the individuals, competition, and in their performance in attempting to move their genes forward in to the next generation. The idea that we need to categorize each and every possible 'failure" and create a separate class of victimhood for them is preposterous, and impossible.

But that is what you would have done.
Now you can go on and on with your psuedo science and claim all the ---- you want about gender, who cares its not a scientific endeavor, it only has meaning in the political sphere.

#28 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-31 10:18 PM

8-1 SCOTUS opinion. In her concurrence, Kagan dismantles Brown's dissent.

#29 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-01 12:53 AM

Interesting how words don't mean what they used to mean.
#21 | Posted by donnerboy

Which brings up a point. What if instead of "women's" sports, we started calling them "female" sports. That seems like it would alleviate some of the concern that many people have with excluding trans women, since they consider trans to be "women" under the definitions that they've adopted.

Of course, some folks will claim that transgender people also changed their sex by having surgery. But like for the unfortunate fellow who had the hunting accident, I think most would disagree.

#30 | Posted by censored at 2026-04-01 08:49 AM

"What if instead of "women's" sports, we started calling them "female" sports."

Oh.
So "woman" and "female" aren't synonymous?
Now who's been saying that this whole time...

#31 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-01 10:19 AM

"You're on that wavelength where we should simply ban marriage altogether."

Actually it would strengthen it. Straight and Gay lose all meaning. If you can't define men and you can't define women, then there is no definition for gay and lesbian.

The whole marriage issue is solved.

#32 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2026-04-01 11:35 AM

"The whole marriage issue is solved."

What's to solve?
There's no problem with the way marriage is right now that needs fixing.
I mean, maybe we should fix the thing where you can marry as young as 14 with approval.
But that's not a problem with pronouns. That's a problem with men preying on the young.

"If you can't define men and you can't define women"
This is your problem, and yours alone.

#33 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-01 11:42 AM

"The idea that we need to categorize each and every possible 'failure" and create a separate class of victimhood for them is preposterous, and impossible."

Whaa! Exceptions are impossible! Preposterous!

What are we to make of females who have both X&Y chromosomes.

What are they to make of themselves?

Estimates for the number of females with XY chromosomes (46,XY females) vary depending on the specific underlying condition, but they are generally considered rare. According to research from Aarhus University, approximately 1 in 15,000 people with XY chromosomes grow up as females.

Syndrome (CAIS): Estimated at 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 64,000 male births (who then develop as phenotypic females). Some sources estimate it as 1 in 40,000 to 60,000.

Swyer Syndrome (Complete Gonadal Dysgenesis): Occurs in approximately 1 in 80,000 to 1 in 100,000 people.
45,X/46,XY Mosaicism: A condition where some cells have one X chromosome and others have XY. This affects roughly 2.1 per 100,000 live-born females.

Sex is influenced by more than just XX or XY chromosomes. Factors include hormonal signalling (like the SRY gene) and how the body responds to those hormones.

Life is not black or white. Neither is biological sexual identity or orientation.

Biological sex and sexual orientation exist along a complex spectrum rather than a strict binary, with science highlighting that sex is determined by a mix of chromosomes, hormones, and anatomy, rather than just external genitalia.

#34 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-01 11:45 AM

lemme just drop this here:

"One of the first people known to change their gender was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh"

www.nprillinois.org

from the Visual Arts team

#35 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-01 11:52 AM

"Biological sex and sexual orientation exist along a complex spectrum "

Personalities and personal expression exist along a binary. There are many ways to be a man and many ways to be a woman, but you're still a man or a woman.

#36 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2026-04-01 12:08 PM

#36

Intersex on Line 1 for you, Hermaphrodites R' Us on Line 2.

#37 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-01 12:18 PM

There are many ways to be a man and many ways to be a woman, but you're still a man or a woman.
#36 | Posted by kwrx25

Intersex on Line 1 for you, Hermaphrodites R' Us on Line 2.
#37 | Posted by Corky

Yeah, what Corky said.

There are plenty of exceptions, assuming you're referring to males and females with man/woman.

#38 | Posted by censored at 2026-04-01 12:31 PM

"Personalities and personal expression exist along a binary."

I knew that was BS as soon as I saw it. Because I have lived life and encountered a lot of personalities in my time.

While HISTORICALLY categorized into binary frameworks (e.g., masculine/feminine, active/passive), modern psychology and sociology recognize that personalities and personal expressions exist along a fluid, multidimensional spectrum rather than a strict binary.

Personality traits show that individuals fall anywhere along a continuum rather than into "either/or" boxes.

#39 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-01 12:35 PM

Personalities and personal expression exist along a binary. There are many ways to be a man and many ways to be a woman, but you're still a man or a woman.
#36 | Posted by kwrx25

LOL.

This is like saying if you have One Drop of Negro blood, you are forever a Negro.

You're just dumb, old man.

#40 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-01 12:37 PM

Well I said nothing about race snoofy, so you not being able to handle crafting a viable analogy speaks more to your lack of intellect than to mine.

#41 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2026-04-01 01:04 PM

#37 yes Corky, statistical outliers define our species.

Of course there are outliers that in and of itself is part of life. They exist, but they are called out rare cases because they are a variant of the norm.

#42 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2026-04-01 01:06 PM

And I typoed it...

I meant DON'T exist along a binary. And that completely inverted my meaning.

#43 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2026-04-01 01:07 PM

"And I typoed it..."

I hate it when that happens.

#44 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-01 01:15 PM

"still a man or a woman"

Are they?

What is a man? What makes a man a man?

Being a man is defined by a combination of personal character, responsibility, and actions rather than just biology.

I have met many adult males in my life that I would not call a man. Just as I have met many adult females I would not call a woman. Because they have not earned that title.

#45 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-01 01:21 PM

- Of course there are outliers

'Binary' statistically excludes outliers, as does, "There are many ways to be a man and many ways to be a woman, but you're still a man or a woman.'.

Don't trip while you are backing up....

#46 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-01 01:31 PM

Sex is defined by your sex organs
Gender is defined by your identity

it is literally that simple

Identity is a brain function.

Transgender individuals have different brains than cis individuals

It is literally that simple

#47 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-01 01:36 PM

#47 Simpler, TH:

~~Transgender~~ Individuals have different brains than ~~cis~~ other individuals.

#48 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-01 02:22 PM

Well I said nothing about race snoofy, so you not being able to handle crafting a viable analogy speaks more to your lack of intellect than to mine.
#41 | Posted by kwrx25

No problem, I'm sure I can make everyone understand.

You said gender is binary.

I gave an example of binary thinking as it applies to race. An example, to demonstrate how wrong it is to think that way.

Do you see the analogy now?

It's binary thinking, compared to binary thinking.

Of course, if you ageee with One Drop rule, you'd agree with your Binary Gender rule too.

Your call.

#49 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-01 02:37 PM

There are many ways to be a man and many ways to be a woman, but you're still a man or a woman.
#36 | Posted by kwrx25

Which kind of man or woman are we dealing with, when Donald Trump is eyeing up and feeling up Rudi Giuliani in drag?

#50 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-01 02:40 PM

#47 Simpler, TH:
Transgender Individuals have different brains than cis other individuals.

#48 | Posted by A_Friend

which begets a classification for those individuals whose brain differs from the other individuals

Let's use trans and cis as descriptors

#51 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-01 02:47 PM

All comes down to simply respecting other people

Never can understand why some people, especially people of "faith" find that so difficult.

#52 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-01 02:48 PM

I strongly oppose conversion therapy but I consider this to be a good ruling. Even if SCOTUS had tried to craft a very narrow ruling to uphold the Colorado law, we'd immediate have other states pointing to it to justify bans on many conversations between patient and provider. There would be states targeting gender affirming care, race, abortion, birth control, vaccinations, child/spouse/elder/sex abuse, etc. Pick any topic that gets the right-wing culture police clutching their pearls and you'd see some state trying to regulate it.
The risk averse healthcare and insurance industries would respond by ceasing any discussions or treatments that looked like they may be close to the legal gray area such laws would create.

#53 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-04-01 02:48 PM

I wished I wouldn't have came out on the Retort. This topic would not have been so frequently posted.

#54 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-04-01 02:49 PM

#51 TH says, "which begets a classification for those individuals whose brain differs from the other individuals"

I fail to see the need for such classifications vis-a-vis brains.

The little grey cells, in the words of Poirot, are as unique to each individual as there are individuals in this world.

'Tis the act of classification that starts humans down the road to xenophobia, misogyny, nationalism, Shoah, sexism, etc.

No thank you.

#55 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-01 02:59 PM

#54 Many here have your back, Ms. Laura.

Present company definitely included.

#56 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-01 03:00 PM

I wished I wouldn't have came out on the Retort. This topic would not have been so frequently posted.
#54 | Posted by LauraMohr

Maybe? But it seems to have helped swing an entire state to Trump.

"Kamala is for they/them" was one of Trump's most effective 30-second attack ads, shifting the race 2.7 percentage points in favor of Trump after viewers watched it
en.wikipedia.org

So I wouldn't say it's all about you. It's a polarizing issue, and the fact that some trans-supporters are intentionally oblivious to the rational concerns of others (e.g., sewing a female's head onto a male's body doesn't mean that the female head should now be free to compete in female sports) is pretty off-putting.

#57 | Posted by censored at 2026-04-01 03:07 PM

I wished I wouldn't have came out on the Retort. This topic would not have been so frequently posted.
#54 | Posted by LauraMohr

I want you know that I've learned a lot over the years from the experience you've shared with us. Your posts have resulted in my development of greater understanding and acceptance of others. I've grown to be good friends with quite a few trans/gender non-conforming people who I likely would have never met had you not shared your story with us.

#58 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-04-01 03:08 PM

#51 TH says, "which begets a classification for those individuals whose brain differs from the other individuals"
I fail to see the need for such classifications vis-a-vis brains.
The little grey cells, in the words of Poirot, are as unique to each individual as there are individuals in this world.
'Tis the act of classification that starts humans down the road to xenophobia, misogyny, nationalism, Shoah, sexism, etc.
No thank you.

#55 | Posted by A_Friend

CLEARLY a classification is required.

The problem lies with the anti-intelligence bigots who are dead set on denying basic human rights to others.

The problems you list regarding classification applies to non-scientific principles.

Gay people have become more and more accepted because people recognize that that is how some people are (i.e. based on scientific classification). Part of the realization of equality for gay people resulted from science overcoming the hatred and bigotry of anti-intelligence (and mostly religious) --------.

Trans people face genocide not because of the classification but because of the inability of hate filled scum to act with basic human compassion for others.

I too 100% support you Laura.

#59 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-01 03:09 PM

I literally had a huge fight with a good friend earlier this morning because she casually made a joke about trans people and I tried to explain to her that I view that as unacceptable and she just used an argument of "just a joke, why can't people joke about stuff"

Humor is only humor when punching up or punching laterally

Punching down is simple cruelty.

#60 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-01 03:11 PM

" Let's use trans and cis as descriptors

#51 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS AT 2026-04-01 02:47 PM | FLAG: "

How about no. I'll use "trans" because it has meaning. I refuse to use "cis".

#61 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-01 03:18 PM

" I literally had a huge fight with a good friend earlier this morning because she casually made a joke about trans people and I tried to explain to her that I view that as unacceptable"

That is the least surprising thing ever.

#62 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-01 03:20 PM

cis and trans both have meanings.

#63 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-04-01 03:20 PM

@60 Well said.

#64 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-01 03:20 PM

In #57, censored posts this about the 2024 election:

"Kamala is for they/them" was one of Trump's most effective 30-second attack ads, shifting the race 2.7 percentage points in favor of Trump after viewers watched it
en.wikipedia.org

Yep.

I've said this before and bears repeating:

Throughout the month of October, 2024, the Trump campaign (and associated entities) spent $300,000,000.00 on ads in all 7 swing states during televised NFL and NCAA football games. The topic of all of those ads? Then-CA Attorney General Kamala Harris' 2019 response to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming (read: trans) care for federal inmates.

And the amount of money the Harris campaign spent countering those ads in the swing states during NFL and NCAA football games? You know, to point out the truth that she was simply responding to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming for federal inmates? To counter the deceptive, the lying-by-omission ads run by Trump & company?

Zero dollars

The efficacy of this strategy was born out election night, 2024, when Steve Kornacki was calling individual counties (starting with Pennsylvania) and highlighting that the Harris/Walz ticket was falling short of votes as opposed to the votes in the 2020 election for the Biden/Harris ticket. His reporting was, in effect, a death by 1,000 cuts for Harris/Walz.

Trump & company knew that all it would take would be the suppression of Biden votes in 2024 by just a point or two for Trump to carry those counties, all 7 swing states and, ultimately, the election. They judged, correctly, that men - men of color and white - would be turned off enough by the "pro-trans" Harris that they voted for Trump, or didn't vote at all.

Either way, mission accomplished.

#65 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-01 03:22 PM

How about no. I'll use "trans" because it has meaning. I refuse to use "cis".

#61 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-01 03:18 PM | Reply

Cis means this side of. Translation brain and body are congruent to each other.

#66 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-04-01 03:33 PM

"I refuse to use "cis".
#61 | Posted by BellRinger"

That's because you're a cissie!

">I literally had a huge fight with a good friend earlier this morning because she casually made a joke about trans people and I tried to explain to her that I view that as unacceptable"
[TruthHurts]

That is the least surprising thing ever.
#62 | Posted by BellRinger"

TruthHurts lives up to his name!

#67 | Posted by censored at 2026-04-01 03:38 PM

" I literally had a huge fight with a good friend earlier this morning because she casually made a joke about trans people and I tried to explain to her that I view that as unacceptable"
That is the least surprising thing ever.

#62 | Posted by BellRinger

You wouldn't understand taking a moral stand on anything.

Because you are an immoral ----

#68 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-01 03:45 PM

How about no. I'll use "trans" because it has meaning. I refuse to use "cis".

#61 | Posted by BellRinger

Remember how I posted about "...the inability of hate filled scum to act with basic human compassion for others."

#69 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-01 03:46 PM

Those poor poor confused mentally ill -------.

Now they have to hear words that don't affirm their delusion? Now they might kill themselves before they otherwise would have killed themselves.

Or maybe just maybe they can be saved from their delusions and from everyone just blindly affirming their mental illness.

#70 | Posted by THEBULL at 2026-04-01 03:48 PM

How about no. I'll use "trans" because it has meaning. I refuse to use "cis".
#61 | Posted by BellRinger

And you support deny trans people basic health care, so, ummm ---- you ----

#71 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-01 03:49 PM

I refuse to use "cis".

You're a child, always thinking it's all about you.

No one cares about what you choose to do, younger generations will replace you and your bigotry.

#72 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-01 03:49 PM

Wow... these Aborted Trans Immigrant Illegal Voter threads are SO much more important than anything else going on in the world!

These are the Rwing Divide and Conquer Issues that have no other real purpose; if you think the Ruling Oligarchs and their Mob Boss Pres have any real concerns about any of these issues, you aren't thinking at all.

#73 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-01 03:53 PM

Flag:

Those poor poor confused mentally ill -------.

Now they have to hear words that don't affirm their delusion? Now they might kill themselves before they otherwise would have killed themselves.

Or maybe just maybe they can be saved from their delusions and from everyone just blindly affirming their mental illness.

#70 | Posted by THEBULL

Sounds like you're talking about the people who stormed the capitol on jan 6.

#74 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-04-01 03:59 PM

How about no. I'll use "trans" because it has meaning. I refuse to use "cis".
#61 | Posted by BellRinger

Do you likewise restrict yourself to saying "sexual" is the opposite of "homosexual?"

Or is it okay for you to say "heterosexual?"

#75 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-01 03:59 PM

How about no. I'll use "trans" because it has meaning. I refuse to use "cis".

#61 | Posted by BellRinger

Both are equally good Latin words.

You never studied.

#76 | Posted by Zed at 2026-04-01 04:10 PM

Cisgender (often shortened to "cis") refers to individuals whose internal sense of gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth (e.g., someone assigned female at birth who identifies as a woman). It serves as a neutral antonym to "transgender," helping to describe, not pathologize, gender experiences.
Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster
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Usage Examples & Context
Definition: "If your birth announcement still feels accurate to your gender, then you're cisgender".
Context: It is used to specify that someone is not transgender, without defaulting to terms like "normal".
Usage: "She is a cisgender woman," or "Most people are cis".
Origin: Derived from the Latin prefix cis-, meaning "on this side of".
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Synonyms and Related Terms
Cis: Often used as a shortened form of cisgender.
Non-trans: A suggested alternative, though less common than cisgender.
Related Concept: "Cisnormativity" is the assumption that everyone is cisgender.
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Key Aspects of the Term
Purpose: The term creates a space to discuss gender without placing transgender experiences as the only ones in need of description.
Distinction: It is a direct antonym to transgender ("on the other side of").
Nuance: While it defines the majority of the population, it is not always used in daily conversation, similar to how "heterosexual" is not always used to describe straight people.
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#77 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-04-01 04:21 PM

@#77

Don't be using none of your fancy book-larnin around here!

#78 | Posted by censored at 2026-04-01 04:54 PM

Re 54

Honestly?

I have always thought you were very brave and courageous to do so and it's helped me to better understand that perspective.

I have never thought badly of you for your choice of lifeways.

Maybe (if I am being honest here) I just frowned a little upon hearing your voting choices in a very tight and critical election. The choice should have been obvious. But also I realize I cannot expect everyone to be as brilliant and prescient as myself.

#79 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-01 05:32 PM

I wished I wouldn't have came out on the Retort. This topic would not have been so frequently posted.

#54 | Posted by LauraMohr

Yes it would have. After trump's failed coup attempt, the right wing propaganda machine started snowblowing trans discussion all over the country in order to change the subject.

#80 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-04-01 05:51 PM

I wished I wouldn't have came out on the Retort. This topic would not have been so frequently posted.
#54 | Posted by LauraMohr

Now now. They're completely obsessed with it all on their own. You didn't do this to them.

#81 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-01 05:59 PM

-I'll use "trans" because it has meaning. I refuse to use "cis".

Is "trannie" off limits?

#82 | Posted by eberly at 2026-04-01 06:11 PM

-I refuse to use "cis".

You're just like the selfish bastards who refuse to use the self-checkout at the stores.

#83 | Posted by eberly at 2026-04-01 06:13 PM

So much arguing over being decent human beings.

When someone tells you their name, call them by the name they've given you.

When someone tells you their preferred pronoun, use the pronoun they've requested to be addressed by.

When someone tells you their preferred gender they identify with, respectfully accept them for who they are.

It's not a big deal. It's not about you.

It's only a big deal if you're a brat who believes the world revolves around you.

It's not difficult.

Stop believing it's a good look to be a petulant brat.

Transgenders exist.

Transphobia is based on ignorance.

Stop being ignorant.

#84 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-01 06:14 PM

I wished I wouldn't have came out on the Retort.

Do you regret coming out in real life?

Do you believe you'd be happier had you remained in the closet and lived a heteronormative lifestyle like BullJohnson has chosen to?

You can't make yourself smaller in order to appease the ignorant masses.

You have to live your life true to who you are.

You're inspiring people who are transgender to accept and be proud of who they are.

Don't allow yourself to feel like being who you are is wrong.

---- hate.

Hate treated black people, women, minorities, LGBTQ individuals, etc ... like second class citizens. Made us feel like we shouldn't belong because of what we were born to be.

---- the haters. Their hate will die off with them.

#85 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-01 06:26 PM

You're just like the selfish [bahstuds] who refuse to use the self-checkout at the stores.
#83 | Posted by eberly

As opposed to exceptionally selfish bahstuds who do.

Theft at self-checkout soars. Shoplifters cite high prices.
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#86 | Posted by censored at 2026-04-01 07:06 PM

I love BullJohnson and have for a long time.

Just as I suspected.

#87 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-04-01 11:30 PM

" "...the inability of hate filled scum to act with basic human compassion for others."

#69 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS AT 2026-04-01 03:46 PM | FLAG: |"

That is stupid. I'm not a cis-man. I'm a man. Period. Laura Mohr is male and is also a trans woman. How does speaking the truth lack compassion for others?

#88 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-02 10:48 AM

" You wouldn't understand taking a moral stand on anything."

You wouldn't understand a joke because you don't have a sense of humor.

#89 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-02 10:50 AM

Ths is the 3rd time in a year that Brown-Jackson has been called out in writing by a fellow justice for being a hack. Arguably the most unprincipled hack justice of all time.

#90 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-02 11:35 AM

-Arguably the most unprincipled hack justice of all time.

I think most here believe the other African American justice on the court has that title.

#91 | Posted by eberly at 2026-04-02 11:40 AM

Patricide Jeff is partial to the drunk gang rapist.

#92 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-04-02 11:43 AM

I think most here believe the other African American justice on the court has that title.

#91 | POSTED BY EBERLY

I just wish the man wouldn't take bribes.

But he seems to enjoy them.

#93 | Posted by Zed at 2026-04-02 11:44 AM

#91. He's not great by any stretch, he does however make arguments based on the Constitution.

#94 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-02 11:44 AM

You wouldn't understand a joke because you don't have a sense of humor.
#89 | Posted by BellRinger

Which post # of yours is a joke? Was it when you said "That is stupid. I'm not a cis-man. I'm a man."?

#95 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-02 11:45 AM

he (Thomas) does however make arguments based on the Constitution.

#94 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Then why do people bribe him?

#96 | Posted by Zed at 2026-04-02 12:00 PM

That is stupid. I'm not a cis-man. I'm a man. Period. Laura Mohr is male and is also a trans woman. How does speaking the truth lack compassion for others?

#88 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-02 10:48 AM | Reply

Oh really?? La te dah.

#97 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-04-02 01:28 PM

Clown,

"Their hate will die off with them."

And new haters will always be born.

The one constant throughout history is human nature.

Technology changes. Fashion changes. Culture changes. Human nature doesn't.

Religion and education can restrain it, but they don't remove the things that make us human.

Your belief that hate just disappears is naive.

#98 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-04-03 12:38 AM

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