Why Trans People Matter

 

Trans people matter because every person deserves to live with dignity, safety, and respect. A person’s gender identity is part of who they are and recognising that truth is a basic expression of human kindness. When trans people are accepted for who they are, they are better able to participate fully in families, schools, workplaces, communities, and public life.

Trans people matter because their lives, experiences, talents, and relationships matter. They are friends, parents, children, colleagues, classmates, artists, workers, leaders, and neighbours. Reducing trans people to a political debate overlooks their humanity. Like anyone else, they deserve to be seen as whole people with hopes, responsibilities, struggles, and contributions.

Supporting trans people is also about fairness. No one should have to hide who they are to be treated with courtesy, to access healthcare, to feel safe in public, or to be included in everyday spaces. Respect does not require everyone to have identical experiences or beliefs; it asks people to recognise each other’s humanity and act with compassion.

When trans people are affirmed, communities become more inclusive, honest, and humane. Standing up for trans people means standing up for the idea that everyone should be able to live without fear, shame, or exclusion. Trans people matter because they are people—and that should be enough.

 

September's first Hodgepodge

 

Hi everyone, here is the latest hodgepodge

http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/2026/08/hodgepodge-questions-volume-669.html

1. What's something you wanted to do this summer that you never got around to doing? 

Well since Summer is still a few months away here is my Winter answer, take a snow holiday

2. Were you the student who sat in the front row or hid in the back of the class? If you could go back and take one high school class again just for fun, which would it be? 

I always sat at the front and try to look like I was paying attention, mostly I wasn’t. It would be a cold day in hell before I would return to school

3. What characteristics do you think are essential in a good teacher (this can be applied to anyone who teaches, not just classroom teachers)?

Patience  

4.  September 2nd is National Grits Day. Have you ever eaten grits? Are you a fan? If so how do you like yours? Would people describe you as 'having grit'? 

Nope heard of the dish through movies and TV shows but no idea of what it is

5. What's something you're never too old or too young to enjoy? 

Something that makes you laugh

6. Insert your own random thought here

When looking in a mirror while brushing your teeth or hair, tell yourself you are who you are and if people have an problem with that, remember it is their problem not yours.

 

Just some fill ins

 

Each week Ellen of 15andmeowing and Lorianne of Four-Legged Furballs, provide Friendly Fill-in questions.

 

───── ⋆⋅Here are this week’s phrases⋅⋆ ─────
1. Everybody loves well it’s not Raymond but it may be a good night sleep
2. If someone new entered my home, they would immediately know that I like my alone time and that I vacuum a lot and dust rarely
3. I think shoes should instead be name foot prisons
4. My dad’s mince stew was so bad I couldn’t finish it.

 

Sharing my world

 

Hi everyone I am taking part in sharing my world again here are this week’s questions and answers, which I found here: https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2026/08/24/sharing-my-world-24th-august-2026/

 

Here are this week’s questions:

1. Which tastes better: black or green olives?
No idea, never tried them

 

2. What’s your favourite room in your home?
The lounge room

 

3. What fictional family would you be a member of?
Either the Walton’s

 

4. What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week?

 

Having my daughter and two sisters turning up within 10 minutes of me reaching out after I fell over and couldn’t get up

Last August Hodgepodge

 

Hi everyone, here is the latest hodgepodge

http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/2026/08/hodgepodge-questions-volume-668.html

 

1. How do you feel about the transition from lazy summer days to a busier fall routine? 

Well, I am going from a coldish winter to a warm spring going from slow and lazy days to quicker and more busy days and I like that

2. Your favorite cookie? 

Macadamian and white choc chips

3. What's something you've learned from a culture different than your own? 

I don’t think I have ever learnt anything from a different culture

4. Food critic, film critic, book critic, art critic...which hat would you most like to wear? Tell us why. 

I think I would choose book critic as I love to read

5. What's a small, random thing from your childhood that you still remember clearly? 

The first thing that came to mind was sitting on dad’s shoulders while walking home from somewhere

6. Insert your own random thought here.  

Many say that mastering self-validation is the key in freedom from people pleasing. When you’ve learned to accept and affirm your own worth, no comments or perception of others can break you. They may say their opinions about you, but you can stand on your truth unbothered and blooming. I think this may be right.

Friendly Fill-Ins

 

Each week Ellen of 15andmeowing and Lorianne of Four-Legged Furballs, provide Friendly Fill-in questions.

───── ⋆⋅Here are this week’s phrases⋅⋆ ─────

1. All sorts of random stuff sparks my creativity.
2. Doing anything can zap my energy.
3. My dream life would have always been the one I have.
4. Chocking on nothing causing me to cough so much I bend over and hit my head is the silliest way I’ve injured myself.

 

Getting too know you

 

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So here I am answering more getting to know you/me, these questions come from Kymber found here: https://booomcha.com/2026/07/get-to-know-you-102/

 

1. What’s a small comfort you rely on more than you admit?

Non-slip socks

2. What’s the most random thing you’ve learned lately?

I don’t know but there would be something

3. What’s a small thing you wish people appreciated more?

The quiet of the start of the day