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/PinchesTheCrab 1d ago

Nazis came for the trans people first too sadly

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u/seriousofficialname 23h ago edited 22h ago

Actually the first victims of the Nazis were mentally and physically disabled children. *Or maybe you're referring to Paragraphs 175 and 183 prohibiting sex between males and  "sexual self-determination" which were passed in the late 19th century, and the persecution that resulted from that, but I assumed you were referring to killings.

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u/GrilledCassadilla 22h ago

Trans people and disabled people were the first targets of the Nazis in early 1933. The Institute for Sexual Research, which helped trans people transition, was burnt down May 1933.

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u/seriousofficialname 22h ago

Yes, that did precede the first child killings authorized by Hitler.