#tdov2025 #trans #allyship #ubuntuphilosophy #humanism

we need to be standing alongside our trans brothers and sisters. In this act, of acknowledging and supporting their humanity, is our humanity made known.

Umuntu ngubuntu ngabantu - I am human because you are human
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I want to remind you all that what precedents we allow to be set against the smallest of us can be turned and pointed against the rest of us.

So, whether it is for compassion, empathy, and shared humanity; or at the very least for pragmatism and foresighted self-protection ...

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As such, they are deserving of the same rights, protections, and freedoms as the rest of us.

However, as one of the smallest minorities and one of the easiest to strawman and other, they are being systematically targeted in ways that reduce their agency, liberty, identity, and security.

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They are human beings and fully deserving of the rights and dignity inherent to their humanity. For my fellow Christians, they are still image bearers - the fact that their gender identity is not congruent with their physical body does not diminish this.

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It's a nice change of pace from his penchant for longer series, but I mainly like it for its layers

The Redemption of Althalus, by David Eddings

You're welcome! It's always fun sharing book recs

Crap, I forgot Octavia Butler, the queen and mother of black SFF

Discworld series, by the late, great Terry Pratchett
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, by Tad Williams
The Fionavar Tapestry, by GGK
Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Almost any of Sheri S Tepper's books - great plot twists, all of them

None of Marion Zimmer Bradley's books

Hmm... Well, in that case...
If you're looking for a long term commitment, the Wheel of Time series, by Robert Jordan
Crown of Stars series, by Kate Elliott
Redemption of Althalus, by David Eddings
Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay
Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman

What do you like to read? Most of my recs end up being fantasy, published from 80s - 00s, purely because I haven't had as much time to read since starting university in the 10s and life afterwards