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White House Teases Fake Anti-Trans "Report," Announces Investigations Have Begun
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It’s kind of hard to not worry about something that directly affects how I get to live. It’s a lot easier for people who are not having their access to HRT taken away to say “just don’t let them live rent free in your head”. Like I’m sorry but I need to be informed if I’m going to lose the thing that saved my life.
I don’t live in a blue state, I don’t have the money to move to one. I have to read the news daily because I’d rather not miss the news that I might be forced to flee the country. It’s not really as comforting as it sounds to say that there are people who care about trans rights when an even larger group wants us dead and gone.
Thanks for trying but it didn’t really help at all
You need to stop yourself for a second and realize that it's not a larger group. It's a louder group. Absolutely no one who mattered gave a fuck about trans people until we were turned into culture war fodder to distract people from the Right's shitty policies. The vast majority of people do not care about trans people whatsoever, and that's not a bad thing, because at that point we're just like everyone else.
Sure, there are a lot of people who have been convinced they think trans people are bad, but the reality is that it's a totally manufactured POV. They had nothing else meaningful to complain about, so they pick up on the easiest punching bags they can. But the moment they're faced with a real issue, they will forget about you in a heartbeat.
I have family members who posted some absolutely vile anti-trans rhetoric during the election, and when they were shamed for their vote, they went on and on about how Trump was "protecting their daughters from trans people in bathrooms". Now that their jobs are in jeopardy due to the tariffs and they've lost a significant number of benefits from all the DOGE cuts? Absolute silence on the anti-trans front.
I don't mean to justify their actions or behaviors in any way, but I solely mean it as a way to protect yourself mentally from the shittiness going on in the world. It makes things just a tiny bit easier when you realize that it's not that they hate trans people, it's just that they are weak people looking for an easy punching bag, and unfortunately we're the minority du jour they've chosen to latch onto for the time being.
That being said, it's still a very real threat to us for the time being, and ensuring we're all supporting each other and pushing back however we can is extremely important.
Sorry - totally understand and didn’t mean to be dismissive of your situation.