Why, the gunshots will be plenty audible.
There is also the Pink Pistols: The Pink PistolsThere are several self-defense businesses and organizations that focus specifically on the LGBTQ+ community. Here are a few examples:
1. The Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE): CAE is a national organization that provides self-defense training and education to LGBTQ+ individuals, as well as other marginalized communities.
2. The National LGBTQ Task Force: The National LGBTQ Task Force offers self-defense training and resources specifically for LGBTQ+ individuals, with a focus on addressing the unique challenges and risks faced by the community.
3. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): GLAAD offers self-defense training and resources for LGBTQ+ individuals, as well as advocacy and support for LGBTQ+ victims of violence.
4. The Trevor Project: The Trevor Project is a national organization that provides crisis intervention and self-defense training for LGBTQ+ youth.
5. Queer Self-Defense: Queer Self-Defense is a organization that provides self-defense training and resources specifically for LGBTQ+ individuals, with a focus on addressing the unique challenges and risks faced by the community.
6. LGBTQ+ Self-Defense Project: The LGBTQ+ Self-Defense Project is a organization that provides self-defense training and resources specifically for LGBTQ+ individuals, with a focus on addressing the unique challenges and risks faced by the community.
7. Rainbow Guard: Rainbow Guard is a self-defense organization that provides training and resources specifically for LGBTQ+ individuals, with a focus on addressing the unique challenges and risks faced by the community.
These organizations and businesses offer a range of self-defense training and resources, including:
- Physical self-defense techniques
- Verbal de-escalation techniques
- Boundary setting and assertiveness training
- Safety planning and risk assessment
- Support and advocacy for LGBTQ+ victims of violence
Many self-defense businesses and organizations offer training and resources that are inclusive of LGBTQ+ individuals, even if they are not specifically focused on the LGBTQ+ community. It's always a good idea to research and reach out to organizations to ensure that they are a good fit for your needs and identity.
I myself am like doctors or nurses, who are supposed to help all kinds of individuals, regardless of their background or identity (good or bad, LGBTQ+ or non-LGBTQ+, etc.).
Posting Guardian is like posting the National Enquirer.‘The misogyny and anti-trans rhetoric that were hallmarks of the 2024 election campaign have seemingly ramped up since Donald Trump’s win, prompting some women, queer and trans people to respond by buying guns – and learning how to defend themselves from potential attackers.
The Guardian spoke to various Americans from marginalized groups taking firearms classes, arming themselves with stun guns and pepper spray and taking their friends shooting in an effort to protect themselves from bigots they fear will be emboldened by the president-elect’s return to power. A few left-leaning gun clubs say their numbers are increasing dramatically. “I am thinking about carrying every day,” said Ashley Parten, 38, a Douglasville, Georgia, resident who purchased stun guns for herself, her daughter and three nieces after the election.
Parten, who is Black and bisexual, is also eyeing a maroon handgun that she plans on buying after taking a firearms class. “We all feel the need to make sure that we’re aware of our surroundings and protect ourselves in general, but even more so now,” she said. Earlier this week, the Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, in effect targeted Sarah McBride, the first openly trans person elected to Congress, by stating single-sex bathrooms in the Capitol “are reserved for individuals of that biological sex”.
Trump, whose campaign released a firehose of anti-trans attack ads, has promised to ban gender-affirming care for minors and “keep men out of women’s sports”. The president-elect and several of his cabinet picks are also facing sexual misconduct allegations; he and his allies have bragged about the overturning of Roe v Wade and denigrated childfree women. “Our identities are politicized every single day,” said Parten.’
Women and LGBTQ+ people take up guns after Trump’s win: ‘We need to protect ourselves’
National gun clubs field an influx of newcomers interested in learning how to shoot firearms for self-defensewww.theguardian.com
In Trump’s fascist America of racism, bigotry, misogyny, and hate, women and LGBTQ+ citizens need to defend themselves from the violent, lawless right.
