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I agree but would go even further--no votes for *any* anti-trans Democrat, and zero support outside of the ballot (volunteering, donations, social media, etc) for any Democrats anywhere who haven't condemned the move to the far-right.

Schrodinger's trans person: so insignificant their votes don't matter, yet so powerful they must abuse us publicly for not co-signing their bigotry.

Obama didn’t support gay marriage the courts ruled in favor of marriage equality, first off. Second, there’s never been a center-right candidate who’s been pushed left after an election. That’s not a thing that happens. We either have the same rights as everyone else or you we don’t vote for you.

Hi. I, a trans woman, am the Executive Producer of this show. I wrote the question. He called trans girls men. He has now said it in three different places in the past week.

The reason “male socialization” and the idea that trans women are new to oppression is so insidious, is that it implies that we chose to give away the convenience of male privilege and that we some how wasted it / maintain some advantage from it, which is not only baseless but deeply transphobic

hot take, but the country would be better off if Turek (and all other dems like him) loses.

Speechless. This Turek ad is such a punch to the gut. Way to stick the landing at the end right in our backs. I hope everyone who capitulated, collaborated, or otherwise used us as electoral chum knows nothing but blistering shame the rest of their days, and I hope we survive long enough to see it.

How it feels right now

There are some people who claim "oh, Dems in blue states will never shift towards enacting anti-trans policy" Meanwhile Colorado is literally enacting a medical detransition protocol for trans youth on medicaid.

I will never vote for an anti-transgender Democrat like Josh Turek and you should not either. I'll probably be writing my case to abstain from a handful of races like his on Monday. Josh Turek is showing the exact slippery slope I've called out, in real time.

bro promised to propose a bill meant to deprive trans people of healthcare and then posts shit like this, lol. Democrats have decided to go to war against trans people, and we are going to fight back.

Pro-HRT funding ban Democrat Josh Turek is endorsed by a ton of big names, and even a local @indivisible.org chapter (Dubuque County). Pete Buttigieg is not surprising at all turek4iowa.com/endorsements/

This is where "it's just trans sports bans" leads you, Democrats supporting overtly genocidal policies that would kill tens of thousands of trans people. But at least we'll be marched into the camps by someone in blue, right?

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

A girl won the role of Seymour in South Grand Prairie High School in Texas. Then, the district freaked out because of Texas' anti-trans and anti-gay law. So they tried to strip her role and give it to a boy. She refused, so now they are cancelling the play. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Rare but significant condemnation of a transphobic Dem coming from a Democratic LGBT group that explicitly calls out the fact there's no difference on trans issues between the two candidates anymore. The silence from the many other similar Democratic LGBT groups, however, is deafening.

man, fuck this guy

Holy shit. Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined. "I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports." This is getting out of control.

this. do you know how embarassing it was to watch a sporting event on tv in a room where you're the only trans person? and that "kamala is for they them ad" comes on and everyone knows it's about you? and they all just kinda laugh nervously or look uncomfortable? because it wears on us.

I don't think people really understand the psychic impact of knowing that multiple times a day every day your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and everyone who could ever have any power over you is being flooded with agitprop designed to make them hate you

“When we were being stolen from our parents and experienced genocide in Indian Residential Schools, we wondered, ‘Who are the people that will help us?’ Today, we are those people. Today we offer our help, support, and jurisdiction to override these dehumanizing laws.”

if you can supposedly push candidates left after they are elected then there's no point in voting, just wait til the election ends then push the winner

solidarity is a beautiful thing to witness. ten years ago if you told a Palestinian that multiple artists would drop out of a career-changing tour in solidarity with their people against genocide, they would not believe you. never give up hope in any struggle for liberation, never stop fighting.

i think it should be more commented on that jacobin put out a 57 page report that basically says candidates need to moderate on social issues, in particular trans rights

"when i was doing HRC comms, trans people were winning. now trans people are losing because they are rude online - but i'm not rude like them! i piss in the bush and everything even! pick me!" sarah mcbride is running for party leadership against trans shitposters, we're just that powerful

Attempting to frame these bigots like they’re brave pragmatists breaking from some kind of stalwart trans-affirming norm is the type of enormous lie where the ground should open up to pneumatic-tube you directly to hell.

if the votes of trans people are so crucial they could sway an election then a politicians job is to win those votes

acting in my own self-interest isn't a purity test

I do not understand the folks furious at trans people for responding in anguish when the party that they've been told would protect them treats their existence as negotiable. I do not understand thinking trans folks have political power and responsibility where candidates have none.

can those of you mad because you think trans whining on microblogs will depress support for dem politicians please imagine for one second how dem politicians spouting transphobia on enormous mainstream platforms depresses support for trans people

1933 Germany version of this headline that cis people will understand as horrific automatically: "Some politicians recalibrating their approach towards the Jewish questions"