Thank you Tengrain for posting this informative piece. The fact is the disinformation is fierce and the anti-trans haters got a head start on the defenders of trans rights because no one seemed to realize the extent the haters wanted to go to. So much of this anti-trans stuff is paid for by dark money donors, religious fundamentalist organizations, and pushed by paid groups. It recently came out that several of the most vocal groups going into schools to demand books be removed were formed by people associated with the DeathSantis campaign. Birds of a feather, I guess. But the good news is decent people are fighting back against the misinformation, created controversies, and out right lies. What stuns me is the amount of effort to deny equality and to meddle in other people’s lives. I don’t get it, what is their reward / gain for denying rights and making others miserable? I can hardly find the time and energy to manage all I have to do in my own life, no way I want to control everyone else’s lives. Hugs
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It’s not much of a surprise that the professional bigots in the GOP are expanding their scope on who they hate and what they plan to do:
It’s trans adults, too: GOP candidates now back trans medical restrictions for all ages
Donald Trump had recently finished a familiar riff about banning gender transition surgery for children when the former president, speaking to an audience of Evangelical voters, moved on to something new: a policy that would affect transgender adults.
`“I will ban all taxpayer funding for sex or gender transitions at any age,” said Trump, receiving thunderous applause at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in Washington last month. The Republican leader, who moments earlier had also pledged to reinstate a ban on transgender men and women serving in the military, paused for several seconds to soak in the crowd’s adulation.
`It’s the kind of moment…
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