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I have questions, but Chait says I’m not allowed to ask any
Per Jonathan Chait’s NY Intelligencer column, trans people who ask questions are risking the 2024 election. When will we be allowed to speak? Can we speak up after the election? No, as then we’ll be told to start worrying about the next election.
The ‘man’–‘woman’ porridge has gotta stay in the Goldilocks Zone
Transphobes don’t want to be any more, nor any less, specific. They don’t want more specificity about ‘man’ & ‘woman.’ ‘Cis’ is a slur, they say. They don’t want less specificity either. ‘Person’ is erasure, they say.
Sorry, I’m out-of-body right now
I’ll answer your hate mail in another lifetime. Asking fake questions about etymologies and intra-community debates they don’t care about. They’ll follow up with fake theories about floating out-of-body.
What will the Log Cabin Republicans say about the second Trump presidency?
I can hardly wait to find out. Maybe it will even find a way to benefit a gay person somewhere. Today is February 6, 2025. A few things happened since Trump was inaugurated on January 20. Log Cabin is telling us that he loves and respects LGBT people.
We’re up to 35 now: Trump’s anti-trans orders in the year 2025
Counting the anti-trans executive orders from the White House. I’ve flagged executive orders to give a comprehensive sense of what may happen. I want to help trans people predict what’s coming and prepare for it.
Can trans people still vote in the US?
Trump’s March 25, 2025 executive order will require U.S. voters to show ID that displays our citizenship and gender. If we try to register to vote but the state official decides our gender is ‘false,’ we could be reported to the U.S. Attorney General.
Trump exec order repeats: Schools forfeit funds for accepting trans people
Trump’s anti-trans executive order #8. They want to shut down individual trans people & they don’t want to leave room for any trans person to claim they’re discriminated against for being trans.
Rescinded: ‘Advancing the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ People Around the World’
Trump’s anti-trans executive order #7. I’m surprised anyone would still be asking ‘Does Trump support LGBTQI+ rights?’ 10 years after he escalatored onto the campaign trail.
Helen Joyce celebrates the 2025 trans U.S. military ban (TalkTV)
She doesn’t have stats on who it may affect, but she doesn’t want us to be trans anywhere. The anti-trans movement is excited by Trump’s 2025 Inauguration Day order defining male and female as unchangeable and acknowledging no other genders.