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This just isn't a pressing issue. More affordable housing, groceries, and healthcare, maybe?
Less than 1% of the population.
Wait, are you saying trans people are less than 1% of the population, or that less than 1% of the population get housing, groceries, & healthcare?
I think you know the answer to that
What percent of the population do you think trans people make up?
apparently the average polled american thinks it's 20%
Not pressing to you maybe, but state sanctioned descrimination like this is dehumanizing and dangerous. Shit like this rips apart families and gets kids killed.
It would be nice to live in a world where I don’t have to worry so much about bills, but that doesn’t mean shit to me if it comes at the cost of the erasure of anyone. Trans, queer, black, Latino, I don’t give a fuck.
What good is healthcare if it’s a felony to tell your doctor what's wrong with you? What good is affordable housing if no one will rent to you?
Liberation for all or none.
I agree with you. My point being that it's a shame politicians waste their time with the flavor of this week's culture war and dunking on the libs instead of fixing real issues and leaving these people alone.
The US is in the middle of a trans genocide, but sure go on and tell me about how that isn't pressing because it doesn't affect you specifically
Yeah you definitely misinterpreted his comment
The way I read jimothy's comment is that Republican politicians are using trans people as a distraction from issues they don't want to address. Conservatives are making problems by claiming trans people are bad in order to deflect attention away from problems their constiuents actually care about.
Conservative voters, if presented with the choice of healthcare or trans athletes, would absolutely prefer their politicians to focus on healthcare. A farmer in Iowa does not actually give a fuck what bathroom a trans person uses, their attention has just been redirected in that direction by grifters.
The confusion is understandable, as it's worded poorly.
So you don't think things would be better if the GOP just ignored trans people and let them be and instead focused on fixing the economy? Because I think it would be great if right-wing politicians stopped focusing on people's sex, gender, and sexuality.
Relax. Keep reading for context.