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West Virginia Republicans want to ban transgender people from public spaces, call them ‘obscene’
We warned you this is where this is going.
I cannot stress enough that this is NOT exaggeration they are calling for the complete abolition of trans people. And you may go “haha well. Thats just West Virginia” which first of all, fuck you for downplaying the struggle of trans people in a place just because you dont live there, and second of all its not just west virginia. This is the goal of all republican regimes across the country.
If you are not fighting against republicans with every fiber of your being at this point you are not a trans ally. If you tolerate the republicans in your family without challenging their ideas about trans people you are not a trans ally. Fight for us goddamnit or we will be culled and our blood will be on your fucking hands.
Yeah, so, fun fact:
If this goes through, even if it has a lot of resistance it’ll be used as both the precedent and blueprint in every state they have power.
And if the “just give up and don’t vote left/at all” people get their way, it’ll become national law.
In a First Past The Post system, you have to vote for the lesser evil candidate or you get the most evil candidate. It’s that simple.
Don’t fall prey to the right-wing propaganda / leftist infighting that tells you not to vote for Biden/Democrats. Dems are the lesser evil and the greater evil must be stopped at all costs.
“Additionally, it broadens the definition of minors to include individuals up to age 21.”
Guess what, everyone should be worried about this part. Even if you’ve never met a single trans person (statistically unlikely), this threatens the rights and freedom of every young adult.
If 20-year-olds are “minors,” these lawmakers can threaten their right to consent to other medical care like cancer treatment, void contracts they’ve signed, cancel their access to disability and poverty assistance (you’re a minor, that’s your parents’ job), and lock this in permanently by taking away their right to vote.
Good luck out there
Taking away their right to vote is part of the point. More than one Republican has brought up raising the voting age to 25.
They’re real scared of y’all.
This is why we cannot afford to continue to infantilize 18 year old adults– whether in online spaces, irl, or in fiction.
we cannot allow discourse and flexibility as to whether an 18 year old adult has the right to determine what they do with their body!
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