The DOJ reversal is a punch in the gut for trans people, so if you know any, please be nice to them today / this week & make sure they’re managing.
Whether this action is legal or not, the message just sent from the White House is that trans people don’t matter.
& they do, they do, YOU DO.
NCTE & TLDEF are already preparing to take the DOJ to court over this, but in the meantime, NCTE’s Mara Keisling adds:
We’ll take more punches like this before this is through, but it will end and we will prevail. And remember, this disgraceful administration cannot change the law. They can only refuse to do their jobs and enforce the law. The law still protects us. And we will win this guidance and regulations and memos all back in a few years. It hurts, and we’ll need to fight together, but we will win.
And she’s right, we will. Stay strong, folks, as I’m sure there is more bad news coming and it seems the RP has decided that trans people are a soft target, which is both despicable and mean.
If you voted for these monsters, shame on you.
How are people here dealing with relatives that voted for these people? I want to be civil but it is so hard to continue to do so. The only thing that keeps me from confronting them is assuming they just were naive and ignorant. So many were taken in by these snake oil salesmen. This better than thinking they don’t care or worse agree.