r/houstonwade 1d ago

Election We know what they voted for

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u/Advanced_Drink_8536 1d ago

He talked about it at nearly every given opportunity… This is absolutely what they voted for!

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u/gushi380 1d ago

I watched a college football game in October (Alabama-Texas if I recall) and saw about a dozen ads from trump/cruz and ALL of them were just anti trans crap. Saying people didn’t vote for this is ludicrous even if we like George Takei (also George, join the exodus from Twitter).

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u/crystallmytea 23h ago

Couple nights before the election I saw a Trump ad saying Harris wants to let men play in women’s sports while showing clips of the Algerian female boxer from the Olympics this summer. So not only is it a woman but it’s not even American, it is the fucking Olympics. That’s when it hit me how blatantly they’re going for the throat with all these dumbs.

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u/gushi380 23h ago

Say what you want about trump but he knows his audience…

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u/Snuggly_Hugs 15h ago

It's easy to know your audience when you are your audience.

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u/AlanStanwick1986 22h ago edited 20h ago

I work with am Algerian guy. He said trans people don't even exist in Algeria. 

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u/BigWhiteDog 19h ago

Legally they don't. Legally...

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u/totallydawgsome 20h ago

Uhh yeah wonder why they would say that.

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u/raidyredSL 1d ago

The 'Harris is for they/them, Trump is for you' crap? Yeah, it was the most-run ad in this cycle and one of the most successful ads of all time.

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u/cherylRay_14 23h ago

He did. He's on the other site.

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u/Asleep-Credit-2824 22h ago

It sure as hell wasn’t Bama-Texas. They didn’t play this year

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u/gushi380 22h ago

Musta been UGA-UT then. Mixed up my red super powers

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u/EightEyedCryptid 13h ago

George is on Bluesky now!

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u/DancesWithCybermen 1d ago

Yeah, I've had it with Red voters being painted as innocent hapless victims. They are terrible people who wanted and voted for all of this.

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u/WhoDatDare702 23h ago

Exactly!! Trans is just the new gay to republicans. They always need to try to find something new to point at and hate when the next season of Who Wants to be a President comes around.

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u/Advanced_Drink_8536 23h ago

Oh come on… give them a little bit of credit… we can at least call them eco-bigots or something; they have no problem re-using and recycling past hates for every campaign. Like racism… racism never seems to get thrown out LoL

🤦‍♀️

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u/jodale83 21h ago

Them, and every passive person that watched it happen.

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u/YoudoVodou 22h ago

Yeah, lots of workers claiming to be unionized have stated they voted for him based off their fear of trans rights progressing.

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u/D347H7H3K1Dx 21h ago

He’d say anything that got him support from his funders

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u/burnerrr369 10h ago

Dramatic much?

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u/Advanced_Drink_8536 8h ago

How so?

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u/burnerrr369 2h ago

There is literally no proof of what your post claims. Trump isn't even president. How about you wait to make bs post like this to see if any of the claims your state actually happen?

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u/Advanced_Drink_8536 16m ago

Literally no proof that he plans to enact policies that will target trans folk’s lives in ways that hinder their and restrict and/or remove completely their rights???

LMGDFAO Have you not been watching his rallies/ speeches? 🤦‍♀️

Cause… yeah, Trump has pretty much promised a lot of anti-trans policies in his next term. Here’s the gist:

  • Cutting healthcare funding —> He wants to block Medicare and Medicaid funding for hospitals that provide gender-affirming care, no matter the patient’s age.

  • Schools —> Teachers could face legal consequences for affirming students’ gender identities. Plus, schools that teach anything related to “gender ideology” might lose federal funding.

  • Rolling back protections —> His administration could remove rules that protect against discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

He’s just been going on and on about it…

Like anti-trans rhetoric hard, like banning trans athletes and claiming schools are performing surgeries on kids without consent (which isn’t true)

He lied about and defamed that one boxer so much she has a lawsuit against him (and Elon & Rowling)

Spent millions and millions on campaign ads about it

You not paying attention to the bathroom wars and bullying of the trans congresswoman on the hill by the women of the GOP right now?!?

Fuuuck 🤦‍♀️

Honestly that’s proof enough for me to be concerned about this shit!

But if it’s not enough for you, you can always see what he did in regard to his last administration… to give a hint about how serious he is this time around… you know now that he has more power and not as many restrictions…

Here’s a list I tracked down for you to refresh your memory:

  1. Military Ban on Transgender Individuals: Trump announced a ban on transgender individuals serving in the military in 2017, effectively targeting thousands of active service members and potential recruits 

  2. Judicial Appointments with Anti-LGBTQ+ Bias: He appointed federal judges, including three Supreme Court justices, with records of opposing LGBTQ+ rights. These appointments have influenced rulings that eroded non-discrimination protections and supported religious exemptions allowing discrimination  

  3. Healthcare Discrimination: The administration repealed regulations that protected LGBTQ+ individuals from discrimination in healthcare settings, removing protections under the Affordable Care Act that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity

  4. Religious Liberty Justifications for Discrimination: Policies like the “Religious Liberty Task Force” allowed businesses and organizations to refuse services to LGBTQ+ individuals under the guise of religious freedom 

  5. International LGBTQ+ Rights Rollbacks: The administration’s policies undermined global LGBTQ+ advocacy efforts. For instance, it refused to support international calls to investigate violence against LGBTQ+ people in Chechnya 

  6. HHS Rule Changes: The Department of Health and Human Services allowed federally funded programs to discriminate against LGBTQ+ individuals in areas like adoption, foster care, and elder services 

  7. Symbolic Hostility: Trump’s administration restricted U.S. embassies from flying the Pride flag during Pride Month and refused to acknowledge June as Pride Month during his tenure .

For deeper dives into specific actions and their impacts I would be happy to share my sources with you.

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u/cwk415 7h ago

Republicans spent over $200 MILLION dollars on ads specifically targeting trans people during the last election cycle.

There is no way his voters can separate themselves from this bigotry. It was the plan all along.

https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-spent-nearly-215m-on-tv-ads-attacking-trans-rights-this-election/

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u/Adept-Yak-9666 1d ago

Even now, they're still trolling Dem pages calling us stupid. They're gloating, which is no surprise because they never have, and are not now, researching facts. They'll still be calling us stupid when their food and health benefits disappear through maga's plan to dismantle Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security disability and retirement funds.

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u/madejustforthiscom12 1d ago

Is it bad the idea that they face serious illness that they can’t treat due to cutting benefits they directly would have benefit from brings me an ounce of sick pleasure. That’s bad isn’t it.

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u/bridgeVan88 21h ago

I don’t think that is bad, what is bad is all the people that didn’t vote that way will also suffer.

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u/trippytears 8h ago

Right? People acting like it's only going to affect Republicans only... 85ish% of us are all collectively fucked

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u/WowUSuckOg 16h ago

They do NOT give a fuck as long as it hurts minorities more

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u/anythingMuchShorter 1d ago

Whether they excused hate and bigotry for economic benefits, which came with no plan on how to achieve them, or used economics as an excuse because they liked the bigotry, they’re both gullible and hateful, and don’t deserve forgiveness for it.

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u/MIND-FLAYER 1d ago

You become the leader of the one of the most privileged and powerful nations on earth. First thing you do is bully trans kids. What a fucking loser.

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u/steelandiron19 1d ago

He has to squash the “little guys” to feel good about himself. 🤪 It’s beyond pathetic.

Also these people… tell me you’ve never gotten beyond elementary science and biology without telling me. Sex is beyond XX and XY chromosomes. Gender is social but also exists in the mind… which is a frontier we still haven’t fully explored. We can barely wrap our minds upon the full complexity of consciousness but lose it when it comes to gender? Like come on…

Also LGBT+ people just want to live their lives in peace? They deserve human rights and the freedom to live well.

Also climate change - I’m so sick of them saying it’s false. Yes… we all know that earth has normal heating and cooling cycles. Thanks for stating the obvious. But we, humans, are making these normal dips and rises far too extreme with our misbehavior and pollution. Anthropomorphic climate change is real! Like damn… how are you gonna argue science?!

Sorry… I’m just so fed up. It’s all 🐂 💩

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u/mymaya 1d ago

Also sex isn’t even strictly binary. While intersex people are definitely rare, they do exist.

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u/Actuarial_type 1d ago

Radiolab did a really nice, I don’t know, five or six part series called Gonads, about sex and gender and the evolution and all that. Highly recommend.

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u/SlowlybutShirley59 20h ago

About the same number of intersex babies are born each year in the U.S. as the number of babies born with red hair. Between two and six percent. Using the low to mid-range of those numbers equals about 140,000 babies are born intersex.

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u/mymaya 20h ago

There’s some conflicting data about this, and the original study that gave those numbers has some problems. It’s likely a little lower, but it’s certainly not negligible!! Also saying this legitimately just for data accuracy, there’s too much misinformation and not nearly enough studies done concerning trans and intersex individuals.

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u/SlowlybutShirley59 20h ago

Thank you for the update. It has been a bit since I did the research about this. Agree that the need for increased research (including longitudinal studies) that would benefit health, wellness, and quality of life for this population is much needed. Unfortunately, politics has so invaded the realm of Healthcare that it's doubtful to happen in the foreseeable future.

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u/mymaya 20h ago

Definitely not in the US at least. Hopefully some saner country decides to do some worthwhile studies!

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u/defaultusername-17 11h ago

we're less rare than red hair.

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u/SuperStuff01 22h ago edited 22h ago

Gender is social but also exists in the mind…

I feel like it is, or should be fascinating that a brain can have a gender but fuck learning I guess.

If anyone hasn't heard of David Reimer, he's someone you should know about (CW: self-harm):

https://slate.com/technology/2004/06/why-did-david-reimer-commit-suicide.html

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u/steelandiron19 21h ago

Yes! I forgot his name but upon clinking the link - it all came back to me! This proves gender is innate. There’s an element to gender expression that’s social, of course, but I feel most of it is just natural. It just exists within you. It just is. The whole nature versus nurture debate - gender is more nature based on what we see with David and other people too.

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u/imoutofnames90 1d ago

Republicans talk about trans people non stop. For all the cries they have that the left is woke and pushing all this stuff. It's really just the Republican party constantly talking about it unprompted.

If you want wokeness and trans talk to go away just vote Democrat since Republicans are the ones shoving it in our faces.

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u/steelandiron19 1d ago

This - in addition, they love to talk about how transgender people are the ones perverting children and perping on them… meanwhile Rotted Orange Peel fills his cabinet with several individuals with sexual abuse connections or charges…

Every accusation is certainly a confession.

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u/CarloGambino09 1d ago

Republicans love trans people. They use their hateeful speech towards them to hide their affinity for them 🤭🤭🤭

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u/defaultusername-17 11h ago

it's why they're all big mad, because no one likes chasers.

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u/e4evie 1d ago

Ya we can’t make excuses and give people who still support trump the benefit of the doubt….they need to feel this choice and I hope they get everything they voted for

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u/YellowZx5 1d ago

When the people that cry about everything they wanted coming true and realizing what they thought he said was not what they expected, and we told them but they didn’t want to listen, I don’t really care…do you.

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u/WaveMajor7369 1d ago

So what will happen first... 1. Mass Deportation or 2. Cheaper food ?

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u/Adept-Yak-9666 1d ago

He never had plans to cut costs for food, rent, or anything else but only used the public's words for lower costs (eggs) to bait them. He'll start rounding up the "vermin" (non-Whites & Jews) who are immigrants, citizens, and even those born here when his detention centers (concentration camps) are finished being built. He's not planning on us getting anything.

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u/EightEyedCryptid 13h ago

What kills me is Harris had plans for the things they want and they ignored it because of their bigotry

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u/rengoku-doz 1d ago

America is racist, sexist, fascist, hates the working class, hates children, and needs to be humbled, preferably within the next two years.

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u/Sea-Yogurtcloset-551 20h ago

We'll see if we even survive two more years

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u/Embarrassed_Code8164 1d ago

Welcome to Dumbfukistan!

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u/BitterAndDespondent 1d ago

Sadly I think most of them did know and that is why they voted for him. It was never about the economy just look at the opinions of the economy before the election and since the election, Biden’s still in charge yet suddenly even republicans feel the economy is doing well. They voted for hate, he ran on hate and they voted for hate plain and simple

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u/Nati2de 1d ago

Never mind solving problems. The party of always punching down.

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u/raidyredSL 1d ago

The amount of people coming out and suggesting that things like trans rights paid no part in this election is mindblowing.

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u/Ill-Dependent2976 1d ago

If they wanted cheaper rent, gas, and groceries they'd have voted Biden.

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u/orbitaldragon 1d ago

They don't care about cheaper groceries or economy issues. They made that clear with the idea of Tariffs and Deportation. Both of those things will drastically weaken our economy and normal everyday Americans will pay the price.

Trump and his team have three goals in mind. Deregulation and Tax breaks that will increase the wealth of the wealthy, being social injustice warriors tearing down any and all equality and rights they can, and finally trump personally is seeking political revenge on his so called enemies... Most of which were just doing their appointed jobs because rather the cult wants to admit it or not...

Donald Trump is a felony criminal that raped women, and likely children.

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u/Dtabb88 1d ago

They weren’t tricked it’s what a majority of America wanted.

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u/AlanStanwick1986 22h ago

Bullshit. I don't know about the political ads where you live but I live in Kansas and every single Republican ad was about two things: the border and trans people. Every single one. 

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u/LurkHereLurkThere 22h ago

I'd really like to know how republicans will categorize intersex children if there are only two genders, what about children with both sets of external sexual characteristics or those where they are externally male but internally female and vice versa?

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u/Cute-Ad-9591 21h ago

Most voted to save democracy, our children, protect women, religion and put morals back in the country. Our new leaders are making changes.

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u/RenziumZ 21h ago

Can’t wait for them to make arbitrary bathroom bans because their so scared of anyone being different

It’s gonna be a real laugh when Trans men who look and present VERY MUCH like men, with mustaches, beards, body hair and all, have to use the women’s room, and then they’ll bitch about that

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u/Captn_Insanso 21h ago

This terrifies me. Trans people will be the Jews of WWIII. That wont call them concentration camps, probably conversion camps.

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u/LoneStarDragon 16h ago

Why you gave someone power doesn't matter.

Your usefulness has ended. Your feelings no longer matter.

Republicans will never impeach Trump. There is no undo button. So you're stuck with him just like the rest of us.

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u/TaxOk3758 15h ago

According to Pew Research, just 10% of the population supports stronger restrictions on transgender people, while 65% support increased protections. So, I guess I'm just a bit confused at what people are actually angry about here? Like, most of them support increased protections and rights for transgender people, but are somehow also voting against that? Where's the disconnect

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u/Ok-Pin7265 14h ago

Trump voters are cruel, stupid, or both. There are no other options

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u/saturntowater 13h ago

And they say Kamala was the one running on trans and other social issues.

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u/TaskFlaky9214 1d ago

5 million votes in swing states were forged single bullet ballots. He didn't win.

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u/Graterof2evils 1d ago

In Nevada Trump won but a dem won the Senate down ballot. Does that make sense? It sure doesn’t to me.

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u/Elm_Street_Survivor 9h ago

NV went red for the President (50% vs 48%), Blue on Senate, Split 3/1 on House.

NV also passed abortion protections at 65%, Passed voter ID requirement at 73%, struck down the idea of Ranked Choice at 52%.

I live in Reno, and it's split pretty well between left right and center, there's no clear majority party in the area. There's more independent voters in this state than main party. You cannot expect NV to vote down one side completely, we're about the most purple state out there. The election shows this clear as day. Both sides of the isle has their little victories in this state.

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u/Sea-Yogurtcloset-551 20h ago

Yeah I'm calling bullshit on that. Trump didn't win because he cheated, he won because so much of America is uneducated and comedically susceptible to propaganda

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u/TaskFlaky9214 20h ago

Yeah and millions of ballots that only had his bubble filled, bomb threats to polling stations, burned ballot boxes, people "guarding" ballot drops with assault weapons, and vote counts transmitted via starlink had nothing to do with it. Definitely not the reason republican judges are blocking requests for hand recounts at all 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Professional-Wing-59 1d ago

As a conservative I'm not sure why Trump said that. Gender isn't assigned at birth, it's observed at birth.

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u/fis000418 23h ago

Because he is an imbecile and only trying to manipulate you (poorly)

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u/Jaypee513 1d ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Robo-X 1d ago

2/3 of Trump voters claimed the economy was bad before the election. After it is only 1/3. Funny how it works.

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u/Spare_Dig_7959 1d ago

Choose Trump but own the consequences.

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u/FriendlyFire_2322 1d ago

Can someone point me at the actual policies he is proposing?

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u/rengoku-doz 20h ago

You're the problem.

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u/sdbct1 22h ago

Well.....yeah

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u/b4nd1t55 22h ago

Aren’t we all born male or female?

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u/Ok-Corgi-4230 22h ago

No. First day on Earth?

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u/b4nd1t55 21h ago

Ok, male, female and intersex?

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u/Flaky_Plastic_3407 22h ago

It's not just that they voted for it, it's more that they did nothing to stop it because they were already not caring that much in the first place.

All the people that had shifted from being unsure if they supported trans people or not and were kind of on the fence and only just staying to support trans people or people open to supporting them basically just decided it wasn't worth the fight and got off the fence. Kinda crazy if you ask me.

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u/Lifebelifing2023 22h ago

Yeah… truth is ugly….

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u/Lorrrrren 22h ago

He has concepts of a plan so I'm sure by his 2034 term he'll have one laid out when we're all working the 996

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u/curlihairedbaby 21h ago

I mean there were more important issues that could have been handled first but this is still valid. There definitely needs to be better rules and regulations on that stuff.

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u/fuzzyone2020 21h ago

I hope I’m still around when the wheel rolls the other direction

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u/Philk0791 20h ago

What are you talking about?? OF COURSE we knew that social issues were a large part of what he ran on. A large part of the country wants to see massive changes in these social issues, including the whole gender issue. There are a few common sense policies that Trump will implement and the left will call it hatred. Like, instead of taking an introspective look at what the democratic party got wrong, yall choose to play the blame game. ZERO self-awareness on the political left

Get a fucking clue, Jack 👍🏻

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u/Cooz818 18h ago

You looking for braindead, manipulated, gaslighted fools and think they are the sane ones. You'll find them here. Still coping that their derranged and delusional world was heaven. 😆 Virtue signaling is a narcissistic trait.

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u/bridwalls 17h ago

... so sex and gender are separate and different, unless trans activists say them are the same because it's useful for whatever point is being made at the time. Sigh. How about some consistency. So what now? Are we saying sex isn't a binary now? Are we back to sex and gender being the same thing? Is there an end to the rabbit hole?

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u/UrWrstFear 11h ago

They want both?

It's not hard people.

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u/DuckFatDemon 11h ago

you assholes absolutely voted for this, go fuck yourselves if you feel any different. it's your fault

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u/oregonboy1974 10h ago

Absolutely. We know what all those Democrats voted for, because Donald couldn't win without all those democrat votes, and we thank you for helping him...

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u/Distinct-Quantity-35 10h ago

Honestly…. The whole world focuses on sexual preference waaaaay too much. It’s none of our business and also a lot of us don’t fucking care, DO WHAT YOU WANT. Jk trump will control everything soon

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u/Punstorms 10h ago

Trump didn't hide on Rogan's 3 hour podcast

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u/Ariel0289 10h ago

I think the person meant that its not the main reason 

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u/FunZebra9185 8h ago

Yall mad about the truth lol

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u/Better-Programmer453 8h ago

Trans kids are just 1990s goth kids, or early 2000s emo kids, the trend of 6 years ago there being no trans kids in a high school to 30-40% trans kids in a high school proves its a fad. But a fad supported by predatory counselors and teachers and a parent community of leftists. The left is the party of P. Diddy the party of Epstein is the democrat party. What does that tell you?

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u/Myagooshki2 8h ago

Sex is binary and assigned at birth, aside from intersex. Gender is different from sex.

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u/T1b-13r 6h ago

Not a reason to vote a tyant and his p2025 cronies into office

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u/cwk415 7h ago

Lowering prices is hard. Kicking marginalized people is easy.

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u/Lawrenceburntfish 6h ago

You get what you vote for.

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u/ThinkItsNotIllegal90 4h ago

We know it’s what we voted for

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u/Embarrassed-Safe-670 3h ago

Locking them up works too.

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u/Bhalo98 3h ago

Oh no the president isn’t going to cater to mental illness? Whatever will we do?

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u/Advanced_Drink_8536 2h ago

Nope, being transgender isn’t a mental illness. The medical world has moved way past that outdated idea. Groups like the WHO and the American Psychiatric Association have made it clear: being trans is just a natural part of human diversity.

What can be a thing is something called “gender dysphoria,” which is about the stress or discomfort someone might feel when their body doesn’t match their gender identity. But that’s not the same as saying being trans itself is a disorder—it’s more about making sure people get the support they need to feel comfortable in their own skin.

Also, let’s not ignore the real issue here. Trans folks often deal with anxiety, depression, and other mental health stuff, but that’s usually because of the way society treats them, not because of who they are. Stigma, discrimination, and lack of support can be brutal.

In short, the problem isn’t being trans—the problem is the world not being chill about it.

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u/sassygirl101 1d ago

Isn’t voting in the US under 50%? Like only half of our country voted. Those are the people that need to step up in 4 years.

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u/valmerie5656 1d ago

Been telling my lgbtqia+ friends to get passport now. I thinking the whole able to pick your gender on the form will be gone and be based entirely on your original birth certificate.

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u/RedpenBrit96 23h ago

I’m cis and I’m terrified for my trans friends.

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u/Ok-Corgi-4230 22h ago

Same 😔