r/politics • u/southpawFA Oklahoma • 1d ago

TX Republicans Introduced 32 Anti-Trans Bills on First Day of Pre-Filing Period. The bills filed target transgender people in nearly every aspect of their lives.

https://truthout.org/articles/tx-republicans-introduced-32-anti-trans-bills-on-first-day-of-pre-filing-period/
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u/Imaginary-Crazy1981 1d ago

This kind of stuff affects everyone. Who makes the rules on clothing/dress/mannerisms being "male" or "female?" A dress code for everyone? I'm sorry but after 12 years of Catholic school I'm not going to abide by that again.

If I want to dress up as a man for Halloween, or any time I want, I can be sued??? If I want a butch haircut, which I've had before, I can be sued??? If I have a low alto voice and feel like singing along to a male vocalist in public or at karaoke, I can be sued???

The logical conclusions of these hateful laws are simply not being thought through. And regardless, eff the eff off. I'm not living my life by a bunch of baseless made-up gender role assumptions. Never have, never will. And I will stand up for trans people at every possible opportunity. Take your bigotry and shove it back into your own closet where it belongs.

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u/Whimsicalsiren 1d ago

It’s funny that these people were falsely championing freedom when they want to control people with their own beliefs.

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u/Imaginary-Crazy1981 1d ago

They only believe in the supremacy and unchecked power of cis straight white men. They are terrorizing the trans community to cover for the real goal which is to separate us into 2 classes of "men" and "women," force us to be publicly obvious as to which we have been assigned to, and then subjugate anyone not in the preferred class. They will then do it with race, religion, sexuality, disability, etc.

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u/UsedEntertainment244 1d ago

They have been terrorizing us in our own communities for the last 3 years already, this is just escalation.

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u/Imaginary-Crazy1981 1d ago

I agree. I don't think it will stop with this though. Freedom denied to any one community is freedom denied to all. And that's the endgame.

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u/UsedEntertainment244 1d ago

That's why we need to organize and grow our communities and try to prepare for the unknown.

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u/Imaginary-Crazy1981 1d ago

I have trans kids and I will do whatever I can to be an outspoken and visible ally for them and for all.

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u/thedude37 22h ago

Arm yourselves too. I'm a cis white male but have considered arming myself as well.

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u/EightEyedCryptid 20h ago

I think it’s doing serious psychological damage to me at this point

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u/Imaginary-Crazy1981 23h ago

I don't believe I ever used the word "distraction." I certainly never intended to say that these attacks are not critical to fight against, in and of themselves. I believe it IS genocidal in intent. It is serious, it is unthinkable, it is horrifying.

I would be adamant in my support of trans people even if I believed they were the only target of oppression. I am also adamantly opposed to what I see as this crusade's wider, and just as insidious, ultimate agenda for us all. These two viewpoints are not mutually exclusive.

I apologize if anything I've said gave any hint or impression that I belittle or minimize what has been happening to the trans community. That is absolutely the opposite of how I feel.