Posted January 31, 2020
, "but now that these people have fought for their rights - and won (at least in most countries in the West) - they seem to be taking things too far.".
Trans folks have rights in 13 states. The Christian Right wants to eliminate them anywhere and a Trump 2 will happily strip all rights from trans folks. The idea of "too far" is mere antipathy towards minorities plain and simple.
Further the idea that there are only two genders when a) binaries in nature don't exist and b) anyone paying attention to history sees a wide array of gender expressions dating back thousands of years it is creating a planet that not only doesn't exist - much like the fictional 50s the right loves to believe existed - it never existed.
Trans folks have rights in 13 states. The Christian Right wants to eliminate them anywhere and a Trump 2 will happily strip all rights from trans folks. The idea of "too far" is mere antipathy towards minorities plain and simple.
Further the idea that there are only two genders when a) binaries in nature don't exist and b) anyone paying attention to history sees a wide array of gender expressions dating back thousands of years it is creating a planet that not only doesn't exist - much like the fictional 50s the right loves to believe existed - it never existed.