Chase: Hey, everybody it is me Chasey-poo. Today, is a video I don't want to make
a video I thought I would never have to make
but I'm gonna make it because I want to educate people who watch my channel
And let them know what's going on in the United States regarding trans rights right now, and yes, I'm not from the United States
I'm Canadian. I follow American politics VERY closely like 90% of my friends are in the United States
So it affects quite a lot of people that I love so I pay very close attention
So today I'm gonna educate on what's going on
But I also want you to read the articles about what's going on because I also want to rant a little bit
And I might just go on a tangent.
So what's going on? Well, well well well just to give you like a spoiler alert
This is some bullshit. Oh, and I'm not gonna censor myself because I am so tired of having to do that
Can I just be myself? Can I just be a trans person? Can I exist? Well, apparently under the Trump administration.. No you can't!
So under the Obama administration gender was loosely defined as an individual's choice
Which is a little bit problematic but also as something that is not determined by your sex assigned at birth
Which is awesome and leaves room for trans people to actually be included in like laws that protect against gender discrimination
Of course, a lot of people were opposed to this like the people who deal with dorms and like locker rooms and bathrooms
Do I even need to go into the bathroom debate?
Why is there even a debate let people pee also I'm getting a lot of my information from articles that I read
So, please take a look at the links in the description below so you can get more information as well
So so why is this such bullshit chase why?
I mean, you're only talking about Obama what could Trump do that could be so bad for trans rights?
How about completely erase us? How about that completely erase us out of existence like we don't exist for real at all
Who are we no one.. *POOF*
I know that sounds dramatic, but wait
They're planning on changing this definition of gender and they're planning on changing it to something that is biological
and a condition determined by genitalia
AT BIRTH
Now while reading this article I was a little confused because it seems like they're using sex and gender kind of
Interchangeably sometimes when they're talking about policies, which is really confusing because we all know that it's not that same thing
so it's confusing as to what they're planning on doing and why they're doing this
So because they're changing the definition of gender to something, you know biological and something, you know, you're born with
and that completely erases trans people completely out of existence because if gender is "only"
"ONLY" something that is determined by your sex assigned at birth then by definition
trans people don't exist
Anyways, so because they're changing this definition of gender
That means that a lot of the policies are going to be changing as well
so title 9 is a federal civil rights law that bans any gender discrimination in education programs that are funded
And Financially aided by the United States government
Now, because they want to change this definition
of gender to exclude trans people, that literally means that if somebody is trans and they get discriminated against
and they say hey, I was discriminated against because I'm trans and should go under the gender discrimination law. Nope
So let me give you a little example
Let's say you're trans woman and you get discriminated against and based on being a trans woman
So because your gender is now only your sex assigned at Birth you can't be protected under that law
That means that they'll be like "Nah, You're actually (I'm sorry) male"
That is so triggering it is
Look I knew this video is gonna be hard to make but like hunty
I'm having a very fucking hard time right now dealing and processing with this. I'm not even joking
I've been filming for 45 minutes. This is my fifth time trying to film this video
So basically Obama gave trans people all these rights and the Trump administration is going to get it in and take it all back
so any type of trans protection in the United States under the law
Federally isn't there anymore and I say federally with like emphasis because a lot of these things that we hear like "oh in Texas"
"Oh in New Mexico". "Oh in North Carolina", but it seemed to had only happened to a couple of states
This is on a federal level
Which means that in the entire United States the laws on discrimination are gonna change
What kind of fucking world do we live in? they literally were like:
"No we're gonna change the definition of gender something more uniform something more explicit something that's more clear to people so that people
Will really understand what it means because apparently saying that gender is something that is not determined by
The sex you were assigned at Birth is very confusing to people, you know, instead of educating them and what that even means
So let's spend millions of dollars on changing the definition of gender, which doesn't need to be changed"
Can I just like rant for three seconds?
Hey, remember that one time that Trump had a rainbow flag and it was upside down and it said LGBT for Trump
See, I'm not sure if that picture is real because some people have said it's fake and it wasn't true that it was upside down
although it looks very real to me
remember that?
and there are literally quotes of Trump saying that we're gonna protect everyone this is to protect everyone
How the Fuck is changing the definition to erase trans people out of existence
Protecting everyone you're basically saying that trans people aren't people because you're saying we want to protect everyone
Except the trans people and when I mean like sex at birth, by the way
I mean like they literally say genitalia and they said I couldn't believe this when I read this I was like 'kay but what happens like
If there's people who are intersex and like hello that happens
They said that if they can't tell by the genitalia of somebody
Excuse me, then they're gonna do a genetic test. Alrighty could really I thought we had gone through this man
That doesn't work and also really genitalia. Like are we talking children?
Are we talking adults like you want to go to the bathroom? Show me your genitals?
What the?
like I said
I have a lot of friends in United States and really scares me to know that a lot of them won't be protected under this
and
it was such a monumental thing when trans people were kind of acknowledged and the President of the United States said
transgender and I was like shook because
That you know, they they never said that word before and I was like, oh my god
Now people are gonna know that we exist
Obviously it was a step forward and now I feel like we've taken a decade back like we have ran the opposite direction
Forcefully, we don't want to because federally we no longer exist. What the? Hello? what? No, okay
Here's the thing rant time we fucking exist. All right, you can't delete us. You cannot erase us
We are here. We are all over the planet. We are all over the United States and when this law passes
We will fight we will be there on the streets. There are protests every single day since that was announced. Sorry. I'm getting like
Emotional, just give me a second
I will say though that I am very happy to see a lot of celebrities supporting us and saying like
The fuck? I am just so so shook
Like I knew that bad things were gonna happen under Trump
We all knew we all knew no matter how many "no no, he's gonna be good for LGBT rights. It's gonna be good for women"
There was not one one ounce in me that thought and that had a hope that he would actually be good for the LGBT community
I thought that he was just gonna leave us alone and not talk to us not talk about us
But now it's worse now you are
Deciding to delete us and like I feel like I'm not expressing myself some bit emotional right now
But I want everybody who's watching this video who isn't trans to really understand what that means
imagine the government
Changing a law that now literally doesn't include you anymore and you are not included in any law
even though you were before like you have been stripped of all of your rights and to anybody watching who is
part of the LGBT community or who has somebody in their family in their life who is LGBT and
Voted for Trump and said "no. No, it's fine"
I Want you to really assess what's going on right now because I don't want to sit here and say I told you so
I don't want to have to tell you that I want to be able to say hey, he left us alone. That was great
Unfortunately, he didn't and I'm sorry
But that is partly your fault because you voted for him and I am so scared of him getting reelected
And unfortunately, I was looking at like the statistics and statistically they they almost always get reelected like Bush was reelected
You know
So what I'm gonna do in this video right now is three things. One, acknowledge every single fucking trans person
That's watching this. You are valid you exist. Do not listen to these people
I don't care if they are these government officials and they're supposed to be the authority on who we are and on on
What we're supposed to do absolutely not we exist. We're here. We have always been here
and we will always be here. We will always fight and we won't cease to exist. We will always be here
Two. Go vote. Oh my god, if you are over 18, and you can vote go vote
Third thing is that there is a t-shirt campaign that I'll link below
That has a very beautiful design that really it emphasizes that we exist. And you know, you can't just erase us because we're everywhere
I'll put that link in the description below
100% of the funds from that is going to trans people in need of like gender marker changes and
name changes and I think they're also gonna go to a trans lifeline because
I don't even want to know I don't even want to know the percentage of
Calls that trans lifeline got in the last four days
I got like I want to know but like I don't because I don't know if you remember this
But when Trump was elected
They saw a record number
of calls to the trans lifeline and the trans lifeline by the way is like the trans suicide hotline and they're
open all the time and if there's a US and a Canadian number and
you get like peer support and support by counsellors and
it's great and
They deserve more money because I am
Terrified that they're going to be getting a lot of calls and they won't be able to handle the influx
So I want again to emphasize to every single trans person
YOU. ARE. VALID
you exist.
There are unfortunately Government agencies that apparently fucking hate us and want us to cease to exist, but we're not going anywhere
I don't know if anyone's following the election that's happening right now in Brazil just to kind of like give you a little *tongue click*
because the person who wants to get elected is like
Wants a dictatorship. A lot of people have been murdering trans women, especially trans women of color
under his name and um
If you're not aware Brazil is the number one country for
the murder of trans women especially trans women of color obviously
And it is increasing because of this potential election this guy who wants to come in
So not that I'm saying that that's gonna happen in the United States
But.... so we need to be out there
I want every single person who isn't trans or who is trans reach out to somebody in your life who is trans and tell them
That they're real that they're valid and that they exist because I know that there are some kids out there who are gonna watch this
Video or like read these articles and maybe not see all these videos who feel hopeless and like oh my god
I literally don't exist anymore. So maybe I shouldn't exist. NO. don't .. No
I don't want people to think that. yes, this is on a federal level
But remember that we are a community that is so strong
There's that picture that I love it's like one big fish and then like I don't know like a hundred little fish that make up
Like the symbol of a big fish and it's bigger than the(audio cuts out)
So like as minorities together if we stick together and we fight together
We are a majority over the majority
of these like white men in office who think that they can tell you what gender is when they don't even know the difference between
Sex and gender. They probably don't even know what gender roles are gender norms. Honestly, some people need to take some fucking sociology classes
I swear to God just like learn to respect people and leave people alone also
I thought this shirt would be absolutely appropriate to wear in this video. It says we're not going anywhere
I don't know if these shirts are still available
But if they are I will put the link in the description below because guess what? we're not going anywhere
I need everyone to understand that
This is this is real. I know this video is long. I'm sorry and it turned out to be a rant video and
I'm getting all choked up now. My nose is blocked and I'm leaking from my face holes
This is just unbelievable
So I know that there are a bunch of petitions going around so literally just look at every single link that I'm gonna post below
I'll even pin a post in the comment section
I want us to support each other and be there for each other reach out to somebody that you know
who is trans who might be suffering tell them that you're here for them and
Keep posting about this because you can't stop us. You can't you can't stop us from existing. We're still here
We're gonna keep posting about this make more videos about this
talk about this and more articles talk about this on TV talk about this in the newspaper like just literally
social media storm go like how we did when
YouTube kind of like fucked over trans people a little bit and that was like really fucked up
And we really talked about it and then they paid attention a little bit
we need to do this but like three billion times more because this is a
this
this is a disaster on a federal level for F-
To end this video honestly, I feel like if this happens
we need to give like political asylum to
LGBT individuals everywhere Canada has this but I I have helped people actually get LGBT asylum here
Because they were being prosecuted in their country and they couldn't go back so they stayed here and stuff like that
Which is great and I'm glad that we have that available
But I feel like when a country literally says that you don't exist anymore. You need to be in a safer place
So we need to create places that are safe. So any
GSA any LGBT organizations in schools any just
Talk man, talk talk it out. Talk it out have a meeting because if I'm this emotional
And I don't even live in the United States and also a man telling me that I don't exist in the law like
yes I do exist, you know
Can you imagine the people who are younger who are questioning themselves in the United States without support ? so please?
I'm urging you go vote. I'm urging you go Click the links below and please please keep talking about this
You don't have to share this video share articles about this. I don't care. I just want people to keep talking about this
I'm gonna talk to my dad and my stepmom about this. I don't usually talk to them about trans rights and stuff like that
I can't not talk about this
Everybody needs to know about what's going on because they want us to disappear, but we're not going anywhere
no, we're not trans people here always been here always will be we started the LGBT movement hunty trans women of color started that
And to deny the existence of
Oh My god, I can't okay
Let me know how you're feeling in the comments below
I'm gonna try to reply to everyone because we all need to fucking support each other right now
Um, I will see you later. Alright, I hope you have a great day. I really really hope you have a great day
I know it's shitty right now, but just do one thing today. That'll make you feel better
if you really like going to that one restaurant and you want fries? you fucking go get your fries
You do something that makes you feel good today
You're beautiful and you're valid and you exist