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How wildly successful anti-trans ads fired up Texas' Republican voters
texastribune.org/2024/11/08/tr

* barrage of attack ads, focus on trans kids playing youth sports
* Democrats struggled to respond
* fact that Texas’ senate candidates argued about youth sports rather than economy, immigration, future of democracy was a Republican victory

Comment - that's the plan:
* social media attacks go viral amplifying hate
* "trump" weak, reactionary responses

The Texas Tribune · How “wildly successful” anti-trans ads fired up Texas voters for RepublicansThe barrage of ads focused on trans kids playing youth sports motivated the Republican base as Democrats struggled to respond.

Trump2 an existential threat to trans health
salon.com/2024/11/15/experts-s

"You are not safe anywhere”

* trans p. devastated/terrified re: limited access to medications/trans health care
* Trump1 notoriously enacted anti-LGBTQ policies
facilitating discrimination based on gender identity
ban on trans troops
housing trans/ intersex inmates based on birth assignment



What comes next for trans people?
19thnews.org/2024/11/lgbtq-tra

* 2SLGBTQIA+ prepping for this moment for years
* unlike 2016, strategies re: Trump2 administration

* We’re ready: civil rights organization Transgender Law Center
* “We did extensive scenario planning, int/ext. We did safety planning internally. We did scenario planning ...”




House Republicans support bathroom ban access for 1st transgender member
apnews.com/article/sarah-mcbri

* U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson supports effort
* ban: trans Democrat Sarah McBride

Comment: GOP party in full force at last UFC/MSG event

VIDEO: transphobe Nancy Mace (R-SC) in her own words

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson supports barring trans congressional Rep f. women's bathrooms in U.S. Capitol
cbc.ca/news/world/johnson-mcbr

* anti-transgender bathroom ban/resolution by Nancy Mace (R-SC)

COMMENT: Mike Johnson was a former attorney at the viciously transphobic Alliance Defending Freedom

persagen.org >>
"mike johnson" AND transphob*
"alliance defending freedom" AND transphob*

Trans community resolved to persevere through another Trump presidency
truthout.org/articles/trans-co
reposted: truthout.org/articles/trans-co

* leaders of the movement remind trans people of their long history of resilience and resistance

“We come from a lineage of resilience,” said Erin Reed, an independent reporter on transgender political issues in Washington, D.C.
Dora Richter
Sylvia Rivera
Marsha P. Johnson
Christine Jorgensen

#Trump2#GOP#fascism

House Speaker Mike Johnson Announces Transgender Bathroom Ban - On Trans Day of Remembrance
motherjones.com/politics/2024/

* he & Nancy Mace tag team their transphobia ahead of arrival of 1st openly trans member of Congress Sarah McBride

Mike Johnson responds to election of trans lawmaker by banning her f. Capitol bathrooms
salon.com/2024/11/20/mike-john

* Sarah McBride: trans woman representing Delaware in House of Rep.

Mother JonesHouse Speaker Johnson announces transgender bathroom ban—on Trans Day of RemembranceHe and Nancy Mace team up on their transphobia ahead of the arrival of the first openly trans member of Congress, Sarah McBride.
#Trump2#GOP#fascism
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs transgender bathroom ban bill into law
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/11

* bans transgender students f. using school bathrooms/locker rooms matching their gender identity
* gender assigned at birth
* American Medical Association opposes policies preventing trans persons f. accessing basic human services/public facilities consistent w. gender identity



[Scotland] UK Supreme Court legal challenge over how ‘woman’ defined in law
apnews.com/article/uk-supreme-

* dispute betw. women’s rights campaign group, Scottish gov
* transphobic For Women Scotland: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Wome
* whether trans person w. gender certificate as female regarded as woman under equality laws

* Amnesty International: written intervention
* concerned about deterioration of trans rights in U.K./abroad

AP News · UK Supreme Court hears landmark legal challenge over how a 'woman' is defined in lawBy SYLVIA HUI

What it means to prepare for the future of trans health care under Trump
19thnews.org/2024/12/wpath-pre

* Dr. Asa Radix, president, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
* importance of protecting gender-affirming care in Trump2 administration
* MDs will decide that they will follow the law & not provide trans healthcare
* driving trans HC underground
* fund. excluding trans people f. all health care
* trans folx need evidence-based, high-quality care

Trans activists stage bathroom sit-in at Capitol Hill
19thnews.org/2024/12/capitol-h

* shift in 2SLGBTQIA+ activism pre-Trump2 admin.
* exp. to enact harsh anti-2SLGBTQIA+ policies

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace Attacks Trans Colleague
mastodon.social/@persagen/1135

House GOP support bathroom ban access for 1st transgender member
mastodon.social/@persagen/1135

House Speaker Mike Johnson Announces Transgender Bathroom Ban On Trans Day of Remembrance
mastodon.social/@persagen/1135

Nancy Mace doubles down on anti-trans hate after alleged assault [she lied: make it up]
lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/nancy-

* Mace accused of orchestrating self-serving publicity stunt
* 3 eyewitnesses accuse Mace of manufacturing the assault
* Mace & McIntyre shared nothing more than standard handshake while he asked the Congresswoman to protect trans rights



Pastor sneaks anti-trans speech into school board mtg; iinstantly shot down
lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/pastor

* notorious book ban advocate disrupted Murfreesboro TN school board mtg
* N.C. pastor John Amanchukwu campaigns against transgender rights, abortion, critical race theory
* supported by Board Educ. member Caleb Tidwell, who led book ban efforts
* escorted out by police as audience applauded



TX voters oust viciously anti-trans city council trio; elect gay council member
lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/voters

* voters in Odessa, Texas overwhelmingly rebuked city’s anti-trans policies
* replaced 3 city council members who supported infamous bathroom ban
* elected Odessa’s first-ever gay council member
* want council members who fix their problems, not fearmonger

🙏

Squid Game creator: ‘impossible’ to cast trans actor as trans character 🤨
lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/squid-
tvguide.com/news/squid-game-di

* criticism over casting of cisgender man to play trans woman 😡
* “near impossible” to find out trans performer in South Korea

Transgender people in South Korea
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgen

Disney cuts trans storyline over fears of parental backlash
mastodon.social/@persagen/1136

Dr. Rachel Levine focused on job at HHS. Anti-trans politics followed her
npr.org/sections/shots-health-

* 2021 only Arkansas banned gender-affirming care for youth
* 2021+ anti-trans legislation exploded

Rachel Levine: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_L
* Am. pediatrician
* U.S. Assist. Sec. Health 2021+
* admiral, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
* USA Today's women of the year 2022




@persagen
Hope Ohio is putting together a fund to pay students beaten up in bathrooms.

@persagen hurting minorities while hurting majorities: The Republican party

@persagen

Nancy Mace
once again makes
allegations and accusations
to upgrade her situation
with those who peddle grievance
as she turns sour grapes into whine
under the guise of crime
and political victim expedience