Lately, there have been a lot of storm clouds in the sky for us transgender folk. Now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, the lunatic right is well on the way to eliminating same sex marriage, as well as the ability of transgender people to get both appropriate medical treatment and to have their gender recognized by law.
Many of us will always stand out as transgender, and that might not be a bad thing in "normal" times. But in these times, we might be safer if we could live in the closet and quietly work to subvert the power of America's right wing. This is far from an ideal situation, as we should not have to go into hiding to survive.
I am reminded of Central Europe in the early 1930's. Germany quickly went from a democratic nation with religious freedom to an authoritarian nation with no religious freedom. The nation was ruled by a man with a personality cult - something we have been temporarily able to stop for a while. But we are not out of the woods. The party that Trump led still wants power for the sake of power. It has no real governing philosophy.
Right now, I am totally disgusted by the GOP, as they have let political cockroaches take hold of the party. And, like cockroaches, they are hard to keep at bay. I only wish we had the political bug spray needed to rid the GOP of this cancer that could kill democracy in our nation.
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All over the world anti-LGBT ideas are becoming popular among the ruling classes, though not thankfully among ordinary people. I think it may be the last gasp of an older generation of politician that cannot cope with the new freedoms that some people now have. It's also a way of finding a scapegoat to turn attention away from the serious issues that they are failing to tackle. Wishing decent people in the US the best against this menace. Sue x
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