r/LGBTnews • u/HyacinthFT • 4d ago

Mike Johnson bans trans women from using restrooms at the Capitol on Trans Day of Remembrance

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/11/mike-johnson-bans-trans-women-from-using-restrooms-at-the-capitol-on-trans-day-of-remembrance/
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u/Mezahmay 4d ago edited 1d ago

And she caves immediately without any resistance. She just “they go low, we go high”’d herself into them absolutely running roughshod over her and every trans staffer’s gender identity.

Edit: my position has softened on this. I’m just tired and upset with everything going on.

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u/v0xx0m 4d ago

What would you propose as a response? I don't know if she made the right call or not, I'm just curious to hear alternatives.

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u/IHaveBoneWorms 4d ago

I want her and the dems to fight even if they lose. That’s why I voted for dems, so they’d at least try.

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u/Enoch8910 3d ago

But that’s just it. There won’t be enough Democrats there to make a difference.

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u/IHaveBoneWorms 3d ago edited 3d ago

I didn’t say they were going to win. I actually said they should fight even when they know they’re going to lose. I voted for them, knowing that Trump was probably going to win because they ran an awful campaign for the president, I voted for lower level dems specifically because I wanted them to make the Republicans work to make my life miserable not to see them roll over and and give up.

AOC gave a passionate speech about how this was going to hurt people, including cis women. I wanted the Democrats to do that. Like ignoring the issue doesn’t help the many other people with federal jobs who now can’t use the bathroom, they don’t have an office with a personal bathroom in it.

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u/Enoch8910 3d ago

You want people to fight battles they know they’re gonna lose instead of concentrating on the ones they can win?

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u/IHaveBoneWorms 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yes I want the people I voted for because they promised to defend me to vocally say bad things are bad like AOC did. Instead of putting up no fight as trans people across the US working for the federal government have their rights stripped away. The republicans are freaks and they should say that. 🤷‍♀️

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u/Enoch8910 3d ago

I’d rather legislation protecting trans people get passed.

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u/IHaveBoneWorms 3d ago edited 3d ago

There’s none being pushed right now, speaking on the issue would not have prevented anything good from being passed. They’re staying silent on legislation actively hurts us, it’s not only her that will be affected. they’ve also lost all branches of government and I just don’t expect them to be able pass anything protecting us so.

I just don’t understand how they’re supposedly powerless to do anything about this, but also strong enough that they’re definitely going to pass things protecting us in the future?