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Teachers fired, inmates detransitioned, adult care banned, allies killed. A new phase of anti-trans politics- eradication is the goal

By Erin Reed | WASHINGTON – On Monday morning, we learned of a tragic incident: a woman was fatally attacked outside her store by an individual who had torn down the pride flag displayed there.

The following day, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals delivered another blow, determining that transgender youth and adults aren’t entitled to their medication, arguing such treatment is not “deeply rooted in this nation’s history and traditions,” a rationale echoing the Dobbs anti-abortion decision.

Concurrently, new laws are coming into effect, mandating the forced detransition of any incarcerated transgender individual. The once muted alarm signaling potential dangers for the transgender community has escalated into a raging firestorm. Reactionary figures from the right are fueling this blaze, advocating for eradication.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Transgender individuals are acutely aware of this. Many in our community have been cautioning for years about the direction we’re headed. Consequently, recent surveys reveal that approximately 260,000 transgender individuals have already relocated to different states — a significant 8% of the entire trans population (estimated to number between 1.5-3 million, or 0.5-1% of the US population). Moreover, an additional 40% are contemplating such a move. When factoring in that these individuals often relocate with their families, this shift becomes comparable to some of the most significant migrations in American history.

This is the actual goal. Republicans don't necessarily care about forcing us to detransition or commit suicide; don't get me wrong, they love it when that happens, but the real goal is to force us to relocate so we can't vote against them. This is a shot across the bow in the disintegration of the United States, along with abortion rights and other "culture war" bullshit. Soon, enough of us will move that they can push for even more extreme psycho shit, and then those who couldn't afford to move before will be forced to become refugees.

[–] RaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly, they don’t even give a shit about transgenders. Notice the timing of this recent uptick in anti trans rhetoric. It seemed to naturally flow in the immediate aftermath of roe vs wade being gutted. They needed a new dog whistle topic and transgenders are an easy target to shift that focus to.

Transgenders are the Jews of Nazi germany. The scape goat for fascists to unite their base and ensure the population has someone to target that isn’t them.

[–] plzExplainNdetail@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Technically transgenders are the transgenders of Nazi Germany according to the Museum of Jewish Heritage . He targeted all the LGBT+ community. That said you're completely right about flow of events and need for scape goats.

[–] RaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

You’re not wrong.

Could you lot not call us "transgenders?" That's gross.

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