(07-04-2024, 04:13 AM)Ninurta Wrote: Therefore and admittedly, I don't listen to much of what Trump says - or anyone else for that matter - so with a great deal of chagrin, I have to admit to missing it when he said he was coming after you on day one. When did he say that?
Lest we not forget I am of transsexual provenance which unfortunately falls under the nebulous transgender and LGBT umbrella and furthermore, as a former trans child who received what is now called gender affirming care as a minor way back in the dark ages of the early 1970s, when receiving medical care for those in my situation wasn’t a made up political football/wedge issue and was between parents and doctors, I understand and will advocate for the needs of those like me today in the voting booth because I know all too well the consequences of doing nothing or outlawing and delaying such care. Perhaps it is foolhardy to be a single issue voter but when you know the next step after coming for trans kids is coming after me, it is hard to care about much else.
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Trump Promises to Go After Trans People if Re-Elected
2024 had more anti-trans bills in legislation than any year before
Republicans poison military funding bill with anti-LGBTQ+ amendments
Ohio Republicans force through anti-trans bathroom ban at last minute
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Republicans introduced 604+ anti-trans bills in 2023. In 2024 there have been over 620 anti-LGBT bills with the majority targeting trans youth. 135 have been passed into law. 25 states have banned gender affirming care for trans youth
Almost 240,000 trans youth live in the 40 states that have considered bans on gender-affirming care, 24 25 of which have enacted such bans, impacting 113,900 + children. Gender-affirming care bans are currently pending in 16 states, where 123,600 trans youth live. Forty-one states have also proposed or passed laws restricting participation in school sports, with 30 states vying to restrict transgender students' bathroom use.
With the Supreme Court slated to address the issue of medical care bans for trans youth in the fall, I have little hope they will do anything but decide along partisan and ideological lines rather than long established science and research. (and the experiences of people like me)
Yeah boy howdy, I’m voting Republican! Project 2025 – bring it on. FML
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