Trans people are the canary in the coalmine.
If you think that sacrificing our most vulnerable members of society is worth it for this movement to be successful, then we have already lost.
That line of thinking is the very reason why we are in this mess in the first place.
You may as well be in favor of allowing immigrants to be deported to El Salvador if you're already buckling over the possibility of including trans people's rights in this movement.
If you're considering ceding this ground to fascists, your morality is fickle and needs to be strengthened.
Trans rights are the first of a line of dominoes: once one falls, the rest follow suit.
First, they'll take away the rights of trans people.
Then it will be gay people.
Then it will be anyone not white.
Then it will be women.
Then it will be anyone not Christian (enough).
This is not the first time it's happened. Trans people were among the first to be sent to the concentration camps; because most of society didn't care if they died. They were firmly placed in the 'undesirable' category by the majority of Germans. They didn't even blink.
But the Nazis didn't stop with trans people, and they won't stop with them this time.
Project 2025 was written by the Heritage Foundation and advocates (on page 4) for making pornography illegal, and that those who create it should be punished with imprisonment.
They also specify that anything related to the LGBTQ+ community will be legally considered as 'pornography'. Teachers who teach about LGBTQ+ subjects will be handed prison sentences, as will authors or creators of any media that includes LGBTQ+ topics.
Teachers who teach subjects related to LGBTQ+ issues will be considered 'child sex abusers'. They also don't define what counts as child sex abuse, meaning that the law could be loosely interpreted to the point where a trans person simply being AROUND a child could be considered sex abuse (some conservatives already act like a gay couple holding hands is 'indecent' around children, so this isn't hard to fathom).
Project 2025 also aims to remove the Louisiana v. Kennedy ruling, which makes it illegal to use the death penalty for a crime in which the victim didn't die. They plan on overturning it specifically for these cases.
This creates a pipeline that allows them to legally execute queer people, and anyone supportive of queer people.
Are you okay with your child's teacher possibly facing the death penalty for teaching LGBTQ+ topics?
Are you okay with your gay relative facing the death penalty for being around their own child?
If the answer is no, then you need to start standing up for trans people, because they are the first domino to fall.
This is a call to stay firm in our values and not water them down for fascists.
Originally Posted By u/Mr_Gallows_ At 2025-04-03 06:28:52 PM | Source
