Sometimes a visual is nice just to help hammer home just how bad things have gotten in parts of the United States. We've got a lot of fighting left to do for trans rights.
Odd that a organization aimed at moving people at risk of legal or other physical safety risks would organize or work over unnecrypred discord. You'd think a serious organization would use Element/matrix or signal to communicate securly, very alarming.
You joke but there are trans people in conservative states, and in the south those people are more likely to be people of color and/or people without means to leave.
I understand you likely didn’t mean it that way, but often we get dismissive of the south as a hellhole (which it is) without taking into account the people who actually live there who are disenfranchised and victimized by their own states.
A friend of mine once told me that a lot of the south is large communities of marginalized people being oppressed by a minority of right-wing shitwads. It blew my mind, and I think the demographic data supports that description in a lot of places.
It feels odd to see it laid out graphically, the culture wars really are cutting the US up into bits.
I feel so bad for trans people living there now, and also worried that the far right here in Europe is relentlessly trying the same tactics too (though with less success over all, they've made headway).
I’m really disturbed to see far right parties getting small victories and gaining footholds in parts of Europe. I’m terrified about the increasing possibility that all of the west will be dangerous for queer people again.
I don't blame culture wars. I blame conservatism. Conservatism is a plague of oppression, sickness and death. It always has been.
It should be socially acceptable to call out fascism in public. Smiling politely and turning the other cheek is how we ended up with this infestation of conservative hatred.
Hmm I feel if you replaced conservatism with liberalism you have the same argument but from the right point of view.
Culture war just sounds like the war on drugs or the war on terror to me. Probably be how we waste the next 10 years with nothing to show for it except maybe being closer to extinction.
The first is G O Projection. Accuse your enemy of what you yourself are doing, and then you can "both sides" it.
The second is that the things they point at aren't at are either social and not legislative (cancel culture, wokeness, etc), legislative protections rather than acts of aggression (protected groups), or incidentally involve culture (guns).
But honestly, it's primarily projection and then attempts to justify it.
The state retains the power to investigate an individual’s birth gender to determine if a crime has been committed simply by using the bathroom - investigations that could involve genital exams, chromosome testing, and more.
This does not only affect trans people. Florida is “do not travel” for EVERYONE.
Any mofo that has had a role in pushing this wave of trans and lavender panic has blood on their hands. In a just world, they would feel the pain that their bullshit has been causing.
I’m cis, so it’s our duty to call this shit out wherever we see it. Keep in mind that we’re dealing with fascists, and they don’t respond to reason.
As a non-American, I’m absolutely shocked. I had no idea seemingly more than half the states were anti-trans. I hope Americans will fight against these laws and hopefully eradicate them. My hopes are with y’all.
Moving from FL soon. Fuck this place. Even just as a ally I can’t stand being surrounded by crazy gator fucking bigots. Now I’m born and raised in FL so I like a good gator pussy as much as any FL, but this my point stands.
I had the bright idea to go looking for what pro-hate laws Oklahoma has. Didn't find a list, only found evil and sadness.
If they'd help us leave most or all of us would probably just go. No, that's not good enough, they want to torture and kill us. frustrated sadness noises
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