[thread 2/x] transphobia
parent: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113126756218775408

COMMENT. Somewhat dated, I document the state of transphobia in the U.S.
~2022-2022 (esp. waves of anti-trans state legislature model acts) &
Ron DeSantis' horrifically transphobic campaigns ...

https://persagen.org/html/intro_01.html
https://persagen.org/html/intro_01.html#/23
https://persagen.org/html/intro_01.html#/32

#antiLGBT #transphobia #discrimination
#conservatism #GOP #Christofascism #ParentalRightsMovement
#FamilyResearchCouncil #FRC #LibsOfTikTok #MomsForLiberty #M4L #AcPEDs

Republicans Spent $215M on TV Ads Attacking Trans Rights This Election
https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-spent-nearly-215m-on-tv-ads-attacking-trans-rights-this-election

* $134 / trans person in anti-trans ad spending: civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo

#transphobia #homophobia #antiLGBT #conservatism #MAGA #Trumpism #FarRight #ChristianRight #Catholicism #fascism #discrimination #ParentalRightsMovement #FamilyResearchCouncil #FRC #LibsOfTikTok #MomsForLiberty #M4L #DeSantis #GOP #RepublicanParty #WomensRights #SelfDetermination #ElonMusk #HeritageFoundation

Transgender Americans brace for Trump presidency after anti-trans rhetoric
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trans-americans-trump-1.7376153

* continual false claims about trans people
* campaign spent millions on anti-trans attack ads
* despite trans people <1% U.S. popul'n

* ACLU: 531 anti-LGBTQ bills across U.S. in 2024
https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights-2024

https://persagen.org/html/intro_01.html#/23

2024-Sep Gallup poll: trans rights rank last among 22 key issues influencing voters
https://news.gallup.com/poll/651719/economy-important-issue-2024-presidential-vote.aspx

"Trans people, we know how to fight. ..."

#transphobia

How wildly successful anti-trans ads fired up Texas' Republican voters
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/08/transgender-ads-motivate-texas-republicans

* barrage of attack ads, focus on trans kids playing youth sports
* Democrats struggled to respond
* fact that Texas’ senate candidates argued about youth sports rather than economy, immigration, future of democracy was a Republican victory

Comment - that's the plan:
* social media attacks go viral amplifying hate
* "trump" weak, reactionary responses

#transphobia #AttackAds #GOP #TX #hatred #Trump2

Florida education officials: 100s books pulled f. school libraries
https://apnews.com/article/book-bans-education-florida-desantis-censorship-schools-b4647f7709d06ae7780dd03003dfcd90

* FL state law empowers parents/residents to challenge school library books
* requires districts to submit annual report to state detailing restricted schoolbooks
* FL leads U.S. in pulling books f. school libraries

#AmericanLibraryAssociation #ALA #PENamerica
#Florida #DeSantis #censorship #education #antiLGBT #transphobia #homophobia #ParentalRightsMovement #M4L #LibsOfTikTok #fascism #Christofascism

Trump2 an existential threat to trans health
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/15/experts-say-is-a-to-trans-health-his-next-term-is-already-alarming-the-queer-community

"You are not safe anywhere”

* trans p. devastated/terrified re: limited access to medications/trans health care
* Trump1 notoriously enacted anti-LGBTQ policies
facilitating discrimination based on gender identity
ban on trans troops
housing trans/ intersex inmates based on birth assignment

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#Christofascism #Gilead #misogyny
#antiLGBT #transphobia #ParentalRightsMovement

What comes next for trans people?
https://19thnews.org/2024/11/lgbtq-trans-issues-trump-second-term

* 2SLGBTQIA+ prepping for this moment for years
* unlike 2016, strategies re: Trump2 administration

* We’re ready: civil rights organization Transgender Law Center
* “We did extensive scenario planning, int/ext. We did safety planning internally. We did scenario planning ...”

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#Christofascism #Gilead #misogyny
#antiLGBT #transphobia #ParentalRightsMovement
#TLC #TransgenderLawCenter

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace Attacks Trans Colleague
https://newrepublic.com/post/188582/nancy-mace-fight-anti-trans-bathroom-bill-sarah-mcbride
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/19/nx-s1-5196116/capitol-transgender-bathroom-ban-nancy-mace-sarah-mcbride

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Mace
* Nov 2024 auth. anti-trans bathroom bill
* preemptive attack on Sarah McBride, 1st trans member of Congress
* descr. McBride as "biological man trying to force himself into women's spaces" & "guy in a skirt"

Anti-trans bathroom meme
https://persagen.org/docs/transgender_bathroom_meme.html

#USpol #SarahMcBride https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_McBride
#NancyMace #antiLGBT #transphobia
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism
#Christofascism