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    Transgender-Menschen bereiten sich auf den „Wach-Albtraum“ von Trumps zweiter Amtszeit vor


    Transgender-Menschen bereiten sich auf den „Wach-Albtraum“ von Trumps zweiter Amtszeit vor

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trans-people-are-scrambling-to-prepare-for-the-waking-nightmare-of-trumps-second-term_n_6740cdace4b0b03333166896

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    1. UWCG on

      >The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention organization, saw a 700% increase in people reaching out the day after the election compared to the weeks prior.

      >During his campaign, Trump vowed to sign an executive order barring federal agencies from “the promotion of sex or gender transition at any age,” and has promised to restrict federal funding for hospitals or health care providers that perform gender-affirming care for minors. Republicans spent at least $215 million this campaign cycle on ads portraying trans people as a scourge to society, and the official party platform lists keeping “men out of women’s sports” as a priority.

      The fear and concern is, sadly, well-justified especially with shit like this:

      >[Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced a bill this week to legally erase transgender people, entitled the “Defining Male and Female Act of 2024.”](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/11/gop-senator-introduces-bill-to-legally-erase-transgender-people/)

      The path we’re heading down is terrifying to consider. We gotta be kinder to the trans community, and to the downtrodden and mistreated in general

    2. Vicky_Roses on

      Many thanks to every American who let Donald Trump win, because I’m suddenly rushing to try and get my name legally changed and all my documents updated, as well as trying to figure out how to sell my house so I can get the fuck out of Florida before Jan 20th

      I *really* appreciate it.

    4. Bethorz on

      Who cares about these actual people affected? focusing on identity politics lost the election /s

    5. Gogs85 on

      Any person who voted for Trump heard all the nonsense claims, like Trump saying in every speech that trans operations are being done in schools. They decided that voting for him was worth the damage it would cause to trans people. They should be held responsible for that.

    6. matango613 on

      To everyone saying we’re “dooming”… In the past few days the GOP has banned the only incoming trans congresswoman from going into the women’s restroom at the capitol, and they’ve introduced a bill defining trans people out of legal existence.

      And they haven’t even taken over yet.

      Forgive us if we’re kind of fucking freaking over the fact that they have prioritized going after trans people since the election. This is taking precedence over everything else, apparently.

    7. thegoodnamesrgone123 on

      Imagine burning the whole world down to keep like 10 kids from playing high school sports.

    8. jayfeather31 on

      Everyone should be preparing, really, but considering what many transgender people are likely to face, this goes double for them.

      It wouldn’t shock me to see blue states having to escape what would effectively be refugees, and that’s assuming people could afford to flee, and many might not be able to.

    9. sharp11flat13 on

      I’m Canadian. I’ve emailed my MP (Member of Parliament – similar to a House rep) to suggest that we institute a special refugee visa for trans people needing to flee the US. Hopefully my fellow Canucks will do the same.

    10. Logical_Review3386 on

      Just remember as history repeats itself.   This ends with his suicide as the world closes in on him. 

    11. Penguin_Sushi on

      Reality is that a lot of trans people won’t survive four years under a Trump administration. Republicans will restrict or eliminate gender affirming care for most trans people, adults included. Trans people who are denied gender affirming care are MUCH more likely to commit suicide and Republicans are more than a little aware of this.

      All of this doesn’t even consider that Project 2025 spells out very clearly that they intend to legally define anything trans related (including simply being trans) as pornographic, which means being trans around children would get you a felony charge and registered as a sex offenders. Interestingly enough, Project 2025 also wants to give the death penalty to anyone who is guilty of sex crimes involving children. Yep, you read that right: they want to create a legal avenue to execute trans people for existing as trans people. It isn’t about bathrooms, sports or even hormones. It never was.

    13. Trumpsabaldcuck on

      Guess what, we are all Trans and we are all documented.  It is not going to stop with this bathroom nonsense and EVERYBODY is next.

    14. lickem369 on

      Unless they live on the West Coast where Trans people are shielded from anything he does. The last bastion of freedom left in this idiocracy of a country!

    15. lickem369 on

      I am a parent of a trans son and trust me when I tell you anyone who F’s with my son will get lead poisoning in return!

    16. itWasALuckyWind on

      When they have finally chased us from
      our homes, made seeing our children and grandchildren a crime, insured that we cannot use the bathroom or be gainfully employed and have made damn sure we can’t get healthcare … They think they can do these things with impunity?

      Of course they don’t.

      There will be bloodshed, and that is exactly what they want to provoke. This will simply be their excuse to begin rounding us up en masse.

      They will push us too far then blame us for the inevitable consequence. As if we were the dangerous ones.

      Or I mean why even wait? They’ll just do us like they did the Haitians. Make up some horrible bullshit about us and pound it so relentlessly people believe it so there’s no pushback at all.

    17. failSafePotato on

      Genocide. They are scrambling to prepare for genocide.

      Can we compare them to the Nazis again yet? Asking since there’s more evidence literally every day.

    18. tosser1579 on

      My dad’s favorite grandkid is trans. That’s the grandkid that has taken him to doctors visits, bought him food, taken care of him countless times. He voted for Trump, and can’t quite come to grips with the fact that his favorite grandkid is upset with him and moving out of state ASAP.

      He was saying it wasn’t going to be so bad while we were watching the news any my state just advanced 33 anti trans bills after the Trump win.

      I had to ask “At which point to you realize that the people you wanted elected hate your grandkid and want him gone?”

      He had no response.

      The big thing I’ve seen with Trump supporters is they voted for change, but not that kind of change.

    20. MoonlitShrooms on

      Yeah. Big government bad, unless it is used to prosecute innocent people just trying to live their lives. Then somehow it is okay and states rights don’t matter.

    21. jtreeforest on

      Honest question, why are people so focused on trans issues when they make up roughly 0.5% of the US population. Meanwhile Natives make up nearly 3% of the population and Reservations are impoverished and riddled with crime. Why is there so little discussion on Native rights and the waking nightmare they live in.

    22. ubersebek on

      Fyi, trans people were one of the first targets of the nazis. They even burned down a German research institute on sexuality and gender.

    23. TonightIll4637 on

      It hit home today. Went to my primary care physician, asked for a letter to send to plastic surgeon for FFS so that my insurance would hopefully cover some and was told due to the politically climate they have to double check if they will be able to since there are threats of providers getting fined or license revoked for gender transition health care. One of my trans friends told me the place that prescribes their HRT said something similar. Was in a very depressing mood after leaving the office only to have to drive on the road with people proudly displaying Trump stickers and flags everywhere.

    26. KBVan21 on

      At this juncture, if you’re trans or an undocumented immigrant, you probably should be making plans for leaving in January 2025 just in case.

      If you’re part of the remaining LGBTQ+ community, black or Latino communities, you should be watching how the trans and immigrant process goes and start to consider plans to leave.

      If trump and the GOP get their way in these early months, they likely aren’t going to stop just here.

      it would be prudent to have a backup plan at this point for many minority communities.

      The fact that it’s 2024 and we have to even discuss this level of persecution is utterly absurd though.

      Hopefully the collective will and voice of the remaining just Americans will put a halt to all of this.

    27. verifiedboomer on

      A trans acquaintance of mine has informed me they are planning to leave the country. My first reaction was, “You live in a super blue state. You are overreacting.” But then I thought about how people in Nazi Germany convinced themselves that Hitler would never really do the things he said he would. They delayed taking action until it was too late. If there is any lesson to learn from history, it is this: If it can happen to a country like Germany then it can definitely happen here. This is no longer the country I grew up in. It has become a monstrosity capable of great evil. Don’t underestimate what ordinary people will do when they are inspired by the 21st century version of Hitler.

    28. iveseensomethings82 on

      This is the lavender scare of the McCarthy era all over again. During the Red Scare, there was a second movement to find and remove homosexuals. In fact more homosexuals were reported than people suspected of being communists. History doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme.

    29. BaloothaBear85 on

      I have a dozen files and documents folders outlining how to get my tran daughter out of this country when things go south, I just hope they csn finish their degree before shit goes sideways.

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