If this was happening in Germany I'd seriously consider leaving. It sounds like a point has been reached where it can go downhill pretty fast.
This is a level of vilification that has totally left any realm of logical reasoning - even if you give people the benefit of the doubt and acknowledge it's a hard to understand topic. It's a level of dehumanisation that can only be preparation for more atrocities.
And it's state sanctioned, not just some media hype. In a country that has lost checks and balances.
In Germany, most victims realised when it was already too late. (Or just had no chance of leaving)
"El Dorado" on Netflix paints a picture on how it was for gay people. I watched it a year ago and already found striking similarities.
Partner and I both transgender, got our passports sorted immediately after the elect, sold everything we could and left the US in March. We had no idea it would go this way so fast, but with consequences being near non existent we knew it would get here at some point. Don't know if we'll ever be able to return, but I'm terrified for all those without the means to leave.
As a Black, disabled, transgender man, I don't have the means to leave, and even if I did, I don't know where I could go. So I've chosen to stay and fight against this regime.
This is MY country, and despite its problems, I love it! I just hate Orange Hitler and this current government.
It still blows my mind that so many people actually voted for this 💩 racist, sexist, transphobic, homophobic, pedophiliac, felonious POS. 🤯
Feels to me like the whole LGBTQ community needs to rally around the trans brothers and sisters we have. While I know that some folks in the overall queer community have less than sympathetic feelings towards trans individuals, we need to put away the hate and anti-trans rhetoric in order to have safety for the LGBTQ community as a whole. Demonizing and hating on one segment of our group isn’t going to serve us well when we too will be demonized next. Following us, we will see the rest of the country that doesn’t fall in line with the current administration stripped of their rights as well, in many ways this is already happening.
Currently there are 700+ bills nationwide against our community. I'm from the Midwest where we often receive the most vile forms of language in legislation. Trust that, as an activist and advocate, I am aware of erasure. I feel it as part of my overall experience.
If this was happening in Germany I'd seriously consider leaving. It sounds like a point has been reached where it can go downhill pretty fast.
This is a level of vilification that has totally left any realm of logical reasoning - even if you give people the benefit of the doubt and acknowledge it's a hard to understand topic. It's a level of dehumanisation that can only be preparation for more atrocities.
And it's state sanctioned, not just some media hype. In a country that has lost checks and balances.
In Germany, most victims realised when it was already too late. (Or just had no chance of leaving)
"El Dorado" on Netflix paints a picture on how it was for gay people. I watched it a year ago and already found striking similarities.
Partner and I both transgender, got our passports sorted immediately after the elect, sold everything we could and left the US in March. We had no idea it would go this way so fast, but with consequences being near non existent we knew it would get here at some point. Don't know if we'll ever be able to return, but I'm terrified for all those without the means to leave.
As a Black, disabled, transgender man, I don't have the means to leave, and even if I did, I don't know where I could go. So I've chosen to stay and fight against this regime.
This is MY country, and despite its problems, I love it! I just hate Orange Hitler and this current government.
It still blows my mind that so many people actually voted for this 💩 racist, sexist, transphobic, homophobic, pedophiliac, felonious POS. 🤯
Feels to me like the whole LGBTQ community needs to rally around the trans brothers and sisters we have. While I know that some folks in the overall queer community have less than sympathetic feelings towards trans individuals, we need to put away the hate and anti-trans rhetoric in order to have safety for the LGBTQ community as a whole. Demonizing and hating on one segment of our group isn’t going to serve us well when we too will be demonized next. Following us, we will see the rest of the country that doesn’t fall in line with the current administration stripped of their rights as well, in many ways this is already happening.
I saw your comment pop-up, reread my own, and your post that made me realize I might have misread when I reacted. My apologies.
Honestly, I may have read the original post rather than your comment. I reposted something more relevant. 😂
That sounds wonderful. Unfortunately, that is not what is happening on the ground.
Absolutely it’s not. With all the laws being written and ratified, trans individuals are quite obviously being erased.
Currently there are 700+ bills nationwide against our community. I'm from the Midwest where we often receive the most vile forms of language in legislation. Trust that, as an activist and advocate, I am aware of erasure. I feel it as part of my overall experience.
I’m not trans and I feel it. I do have a trans partner though. I get to see it drinker point of view.
I’m not trans and I feel it. I do have a trans partner though. I get to see it from her point of view.