Posted on 05/25/2017 12:43:38 PM PDT by Zakeet
There are greeting cards to celebrate and support people through all stages of life, from graduations to career changes to birthdays. But until recently, these sentimental notes haven't always included words of encouragement for transgender people or offered congratulations for a major event in their lives: transitioning. That, however, is now changing: Hallmark has started selling cards geared specifically toward the transgender community.
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One in every 137 teens is transgender, according to a UCLA School of Law study published earlier this year. Due to societal stigma, trans people - and trans youth in particular - have a higher risk of depression and anxiety. But as other research suggests, this risk can be reduced if trans youth are given support and affirmation starting at an early age-and encouraging words like these are one way to provide that.
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You lopped off your penis, oh joy!
And you say you’re no longer a boy,
But a chick you are not,
Because chicks, dude, are hot,
And you’re ugly as sin, but enjoy!
[ It’s amazing that a company will try to cater to 0.01% of the population, and piss off most everyone else. ]
Well, it worked so well for Target......
Think of the logic behind “becoming the person you’ve always been”. Obviously written by someone who is able to change mental points of view in mid-sentence, and someone who should not be writing verses for cards.
Have you seen “greeting” cards recently? So bad I’ve switched to sending “blank” cards (cards with a picture but no printed message. Not blank.). A dog pooping. A cat in a litter box. A dog’s poophole. As the the ones with a sex theme, I can’t bring myself to mention what is on them. Then there’s the “making fun of” cards, that trash old people.
If I can find a Snoopy card fine, but I mostly can’t. Mostly trash. Does this say something about a culture in which “2 1/2 men” is a popular show?
“Roses are red
Violets are blue
Ensler wrote about her vagina
And now, you can, too!
Happy Penectomy!”
FR needs a LIKE button.
I’ll just not buy those cards, as I don’t know anyone transitioning. Otherwise I might.
It’s not nice to try to fool with God given things. Like your sex.
XX is XX and XY is XY. Forever. Always has been, is today and always will be.
XX who feel like XY and XY who feel like XX are mentally ill and should seek professional help.
Gender dysphoria is a mental illness and should be treated as such.
Personally, I think folks with this illness have a outsized, ‘Look at me! I’m transitioning!!” attitude.
I’ve stopped buying Hallmark cards for a different reason.
They want $5, 6, 7 for a card Made in China.
No Way.
Just bought 2 greeting cards, American Greetings. About $4 and Made in USA.
Thanks for this info. You can bet I’ll never let another Hallmark card in this house and I’ll tell my friends, kids and grandkids. If my kids ever darken the door of a Hallmark store or buy one in any store, they’re out of the will........;)
As far as I am concerned, they no longer exist.
As far as I am concerned, they no longer exist.
As far as I am concerned, they no longer exist.
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Hallmark would happily market a card to commemorate your mother’s murder if someone would buy it.
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Lol! But how is that a supportive sentiment?!
Keepsake Ornaments will never be the same...
Nothing wrong with making money on the mentally ill people if they accept they are.
1 out of 137 are transgender. I don’t believe it.
Stole it and posted on Facebook but I didn’t claim it. Hysterical.
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