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@ -3143,7 +3143,7 @@ Most of these bills aren't even getting much news coverage, and [[https://www.te
often aren't in our favor]], framing the issues as [[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43255878][divisive]] or [[https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-speaks-scrutiny-controversy-rcna18503][controversial]]. Even
Florida's so-called [[https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1557]["Don't Say Gay" bill]] is framed first and foremost as an
attack on gay rights (which it certainly is), but leaving the very deliberate
targetting of trans kids out of the discussion. Florida governor Ron DeSantis
targeting of trans kids out of the discussion. Florida governor Ron DeSantis
certainly didn't hide it, [[https://www.axios.com/dont-say-gay-bill-desantis-578593fc-5d6e-4098-b69a-c838b017ce24.html][claiming its intent is to squash so-called "woke
gender ideology"]] and
[[https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2022/03/29/grooming-the-buzzword-in-lgbtq-school-debate-including-in-florida/][pointing
@ -3152,15 +3152,15 @@ signing the bill.
It's hard, as a trans person watching all of this, seeing these kids, their
parents, and ourselves under such constant and cruel attack. It's hard hearing
only the faintest murmors of "we've got your back" from the White House as the
only the faintest murmurs of "we've got your back" from the White House as the
Equality Act continues to languish, stalled in Congress. It is hard seeing so
few people outside of the transgender community, traumatized so much by it as it
is, raising any awareness of what's going on. Each year we endure so much. We
watch public figures tell people we're perverts and predators. We watch where we
go and what we do in public, lest we inadverently draw anyone's ire. We watch as
some trans folks do succeed, and celebrate them, but also see all the nastiness
directed at them in the media and in strangers' comments on social media. All of
this is so, so traumatizing.
go and what we do in public, lest we inadvertently draw anyone's ire. We watch
as some trans folks do succeed, and celebrate them, but also see all the
nastiness directed at them in the media and in strangers' comments on social
media. All of this is so, so traumatizing.
Ours is a community molded by trauma and loss. Our history, vibrant as it is,
has been largely [[https://historycollection.com/16-remarkable-historical-figures-who-were-transgender/][hidden from us]] or [[https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lgbtq-institute-in-germany-was-burned-down-by-nazis][outright destroyed]]. Nearly an entire