In commemoration of the upcoming Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), President Joe Biden issued a statement praising trans peopleās contributions to society and describing actions his administration has taken to counter transphobic bullying and extremism. Additionally, many members of Bidenās Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) also issued their own statements affirming that community health depends on supporting trans people too.
āTransgender Americans are part of the fabric of our Nation,ā Biden wrote in his statement. āWhether serving their communities or in the military, raising families or running businesses, they help America thrive. They deserve, and are entitled to, the same rights and freedoms as every other American, including the most fundamental freedom to be their true selves.ā
Please just STFU and let us (trnas people) have a brief distraction from all the hatred.
Iām not sure how much solace we should take from inauthentic political posturing, but we should certainly try to use being a political football to our advantage (since we canāt help that weāve been victimized this way, but we can try to make something of the national spotlight being put on us).
To that end I think itās beneficial for us to raise our standards and demand more than just words from politicians claiming to be supportive allies. Biden wants to be seen as supporting trans folks? Well, we demand the VA cover gender affirming surgeries. Thatās a specific transphobic VA policy that needs to be overturned, and Biden can show heās an ally by doing something about it.
Yes, but appreciating a comment like this, especially in a political environment where a large portion of country, including a good chunk of Bidens voter base, are openly transphobic, does not mean we canāt also call for more substantial action.
Especially if we acknowledge that due the to the current makeup of the house and the senate, Biden is pretty much powerless to put though any pro-trans legislation, so really the best we can (realistically) hope for is a change in the narrative towards the positive.
And hell, itās better than what we have in the UK where our āāāleft wingāāā" leader refuses to support trans people.
Sorry, I didnāt mean to imply we shouldnāt still appreciate when the president of the United States calls trans people the āfabric of our nationā, I think the words themselves are undeniably good.
I was only trying to say we shouldnāt shut down criticism of those acts as realpolitik, especially if as a community we can possibly leverage that kind of criticism to help accomplish our own political ends.
It is bizarre to me that the UK has somehow slid even further right than the U.S. in some ways, considering the U.S. is somewhat known for that political brand (where our āleftā is still right of the conservative Christian Democratic party in Germany).
Labour has straight up moved to the right of Democrats at this point which is crazy
Dunno which country youāre from, but there is no āLabourā party in America.