Personally and politically, individually and collectively, trans people are under constant attack (Politically by Republicans)

[Bob Blaylock]

I am your children. And we are done with your shit. You left us nothing but endless wars, a destroyed planet, poverty and the bill due for your ignorance. I don't owe the likes of you shit

 

[Bob Blaylock]

 

[Bob Blaylock]

You're kind has been wrong on everything and you're wrong on that too

 

[scruffy]

I am your children. And we are done with your shit. You left us nothing but endless wars, a destroyed planet, poverty and the bill due for your ignorance. I don't owe the likes of you shit

lol

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

I suppose we could pass laws that prohibit people from speaking the plain and obvious truth about you fucked-up mental cases, and your adverse impact on the rest of society.

But then there's that pesky little First Amendment, in the way, isn't there?

Yep, that won't work, because 1st amendment rules. Also, kicking the ever loving shit out of bigots with big mouths is still illegal.

 

[scruffy]

Yep, that won't work, because 1st amendment rules. Also, kicking the ever loving shit out of bigots with big mouths is still illegal.

But effective.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

But effective.

If you say so.

 

[scruffy]

If you say so.

 

[Soupnazi630]

Why?

The most recent Republican presidential debate featured an almost comical rush to deny rights to trans individuals on a national level:

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It would be funny, that is, if people's lives and rights weren't at stake; Pence and Ramaswamy seek to deny adults what most conservatives seek to deny children.

And it isn't just happening at the national level, as if this weren't bad enough.

In Kentucky, GOP candidate for governor Andy Beshear pushes on the issue as well:

MSN

While the vast majority of Americans support LGBTQ+ rights, Republicans just can't stop attacking the trans community.

Randall Balmer, now teaching at Dartmouth, but brought up in an evangelical household, presents his thoughts:

Why is the GOP escalating attacks on trans rights? Experts say the goal is to make sure evangelicals vote

“They [Republicans] have an interest in keeping the base riled up about one thing or another, and when one issue fades, as with same-sex relationships and same-sex marriage, they’ve got to find something else,” Balmer said. “It’s almost frantic.”

Is this just a political game with trans folk as the football?

With trans children being bulled at SIX TIMES the rate of their gender-conforming peers, and 32 trans individuals murdered last year, the stakes couldn't be higher:

Report says at least 32 transgender people were killed in the U.S. in 2022

The Human Rights Campaign notes that the number of fatalities is likely an undercount because the deaths of trans people often go unreported or the victims are misgendered in news or police reports.

The data does not encompass those who died by suicide, which has also been documented at significantly higher rates among LGBTQ people than in the general population.

Again, why?

And what can be done to stop the attacks, personal and political?

Exactly what rights are republicans trying to deny them?