Published in the April 2025 Edition
By Karen Kendra Holmes
Hello dear followers and welcome to “Sounding Off with Karen, a place that you can sound off about anything you are pissed off about. So, to start things off is I am very pissed off about how President Trump is still going after the Transgender people of the United States. #47 and all the Republicans out there that you have voted for them please get a life. You have no right to complain for your agency being shut down or you being laid off. You knew #47 was going to do the things he ran his campaign on, you just did not know it was going to happen to you, your family or friends.
For 47 going after MS-13 and sending them back to their country or prison I totally agree when they are one of the worst gang members in the country. Three cheers to ICE and other local federal agencies on the east coast getting the number one MS-13 gang member. I was very surprised to know that this leader was so young, but I am so glad it happened. This is what 47 needs to worry about going after gangs and terrorist “NOT” the Transgender people. Trans people are not killing or assaulting people, so why does he keep harassing the community. All I can say right now is 47 “Get A Life” and leave us alone! Again, the issue with Transgender people playing in women’s sports let’s get it right when you talk about it. It is Transwomen (Biological Men – so he and anyone else want to say), give me a cookie break! If you feel you want things to be fair to women, just make sure that the transwomen are on hormones for a good year, because being on them you do lose your strength. For any Transwoman who has Sex or Gender Reassignment Surgery, will lose a lot of their strength as well and will not need to take hormones. Now there are a lot of Cis-gender women whose strength is better than some Cis-gender men. Now get this, no Cis-gender men, 47, congress complain about a Transman playing in the men’s sports. What about co-ed team sports where men and women play together, and the women are just as good as the men they play with. Now let’s talk about women going into the men’s bathroom at sport stadiums, no men are saying anything. So, let’s be fair all the way around this problem that many people are making it bigger than it is. I understand how people feel about young boys playing in girls’ sports but some of them are on puberty blockers with their parents’ approval. These parents allow them to be on blockers because they rather have a happy and living child than a dead one who decided to commit suicide. So again, there are more important things to worry about than women playing in sports. If you do test them and give it a year on the med’s things will work out.
Now to the issue sounding Transgender people in the military, “Give Me A Cookie Break”! If a Transgender person can meet the standards of a active soldier than leave them alone. We put the training into these people to do a job in protecting us and the country, why kick them out or not let them serve. Transgender people join or want to stay in because they believe that is what they are called to do. They do not or did not join just to have Sex or Gender Reassignment Surgery. They join to serve our country. Their family members might have or are serving right now and they want to carry on the family tradition. The most stupid thing for 47 to ever say about Transgender people in the military is that: “Saying that Transgender people are simply incapable of leading an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle”. That is the farthest thing to say. I say at least we want to serve than dodging to go into the military.
This part of the article is from a reader who is sounding off at her agency: “I am scared, frustrated & anxious. I don't feel safe or protected. I work hard & take great pride in my work I do for my team, members & my nation. I feel like I'm in a hostile work environment. Every week explaining what i did to an open inbox. I have no idea if someone is actually tracking that. I have done everything "by the book" and I feel like I've been lied to, hoodwinked and play for a fool.
The lack of communication, the unclear inbox process, the sudden change in trajectory without explanation — it's dehumanizing, and I deserve better.
Working for the federal government gave me great pride and joy knowing I had the security of a stable job. Now being forced/phased out for no reason except to fulfill a very divisive administration. Seems very unfair & unwarranted.
I did my job, kept my head down and reached more professional goals than any other position. I took an oath (promise) when I on-boarded this job. And I took it seriously. It's sad that I'm being asked to leave early before I can fulfill my full contract”.
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