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Trans Americans brace for Trump’s ‘sinister’ return: ‘It’s almost intolerable’
(www.theguardian.com)
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It's absolutely terrifying. I'm in a red state and every single trans person I know has been devastated and wanting to at least leave the state. My partner and I are intending on moving to a blue state as soon as possible. Can't really leave the country since no place will likely take us since we are both disabled.
It's incredibly hard and depressing to realize that the vast majority of people might care about us as trans folk and believe we deserve our rights to exist and be ourselves and even support trans kids, but that enough of those people either were willing to sacrifice our rights for the price of eggs, or stayed home or voted third party for some bs reason that they wanted to "punish the democrats" for. Enough people caring about us doesn't matter anymore if they don't vote to protect our rights.
It's really fucking hard to exist right now.
I've been disgusted seeing headlines the past week about how "Democrats went too far left w.r.t. trans issues, and that's why Harris lost" and, "Democrats didn't listen to the public on this issue."
Absolutely disgusted. First of all, allowing a person to exist based on an immutable aspect of them, should never be considered an extreme position.
Second, "listen to the public?" Should we also be listening to the public more about whether or not Jews should exist? Or is that an absurd suggestion, because of fucking course they should. And religion is a choice, unlike gender and sexuality.
I'm sorry you have to go through this. It's been so goddamn stressful for me, and I'm a straight, white, cis, male. I can't even imagine what it must be like for you and others like you.
I will not dox myself, but I live in a state that will most likely fight any federal action against LGBTQ+ people tooth and nail, and if/when it comes down to literally running for your life, I would straight up let you live in my basement. It's a rental, so we may have to be chill, but fuck it.
They care at an abstract human level but give them the flimsiest excuse, and they're more than happy to throw us under the bus and side with/engage in the most virulent transphobia.