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"From the moment President Donald Trump was elected, it was clear that the
transgender community was going to be under attack. In the months since he
began his second term, trans people have had their existence challenged by the
state, their health care threatened and their ability to exist in society
called into question. But in recent weeks, things seem to have gotten even
worse than anyone could have imagined.
In the days following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, false claims that the
shooter was trans spread across the internet. The
Wall Street Journal
initially claimed that bullets found at the scene of the attack were engraved
with "transgender and anti-fascist ideology." Vice President JD Vance went on
“Jesse Watters Primetime” the following week and implied that trans people were
part of a “terrorist movement.” Donald Trump Jr. likened the trans community to
al-Qaida. When the government shut down Oct. 1, the president found a way to
blame trans people for that, too, saying the Democrats want “transgender for
everybody.”
Chase Strangio, an attorney and the codirector of the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV
project, saw the backlash and took to social media. His message was simple:
It’s time for cisgender people to stand up for trans rights."
Via Janet Logan.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
