“As a trans man, I have the immense privilege of blending in. But these laws force me to choose between safety and obeying the law.”
“As a trans man, I have the immense privilege of blending in. But these laws force me to choose between safety and obeying the law.”
Trying to find and point out logical gotchas to this hatred are a fools errand; the conservatives don’t care. Their base lacks empathy, so good luck appealing to any sense of decency that they [do not] have.
There needs not be any sort of train-of-thought, other than “Fuck the [derogatory words]”. They use words like “science”, “biology”, and “safety” to cloak their hatred in the appearance of law and order. It’s all a game for them, designed to erase us.
They will absolutely come for the rest of the LGBTQ+ community once we are gone. Obergefell will be next. And unless the establishment democrats grow a spine, or are replaced by progressives that will stand up for us, the steamrolling will continue.
That said, protests like these need to happen, and I commend those brave dudes.
I believe the adage is ‘you can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into.’
also,
Upton Sinclair
Nobody’s salary depends on randomly oppressing trans people, though, except to the extent that it’s a distraction tactic from grift elsewhere.
counterpoint: the kansas police
Their salary depends on oppressing people, but there’s no particular reason it has to be trans people. The choice of victim is entirely arbitrary and therefore that choice can’t be motivated by money.
Once you are gone? Is there some indication that your erasure is actually happening? I mean are there fewer trans people now than there were 5 years ago?
Erased. Perhaps a touch of hyperbole. If we are outside of society, do we exist?
Shushed into oblivion, rather