Transgender

123 readers

233 users here now

The Lemmy place to discuss the news and experiences of transgender people.

Rules:

Keep discussions civil.
Arguments against transgender rights will be removed.
No bigotry is allowed - including transphobia, homophobia, speciesism, racism, sexism, classism, ableism, castism, or xenophobia.

founded 3 months ago

MODERATORS

Ralimba@lemmy.blahaj.zone

marcie@lemmy.ml

Beaver@lemmy.ca

Kamala Harris is weak on trans issues but this activist would crawl through glass to vote for her (www.lgbtqnation.com)

submitted 6 days ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/transgender@lemmy.blahaj.zone

7 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 31 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Being real though, Harris doesn't need to focus on trans support. It's one of the few issues where she's got such a strong track record that even far lefties like me can manage to trust that she won't back down when it comes time to exercise president powers.

By not using trans rights as a stump point, she lets the far right idiots and bigots out there do the work of shooting themselves in the foot with the hate. If Harris started preaching hard on the issue it sets her up to be a single rallying point for the bigots. It turns the election into that issue, which buries all the other insanity that the far right wants.

Yeah, it will be nice when politicians actually speak out clearly on trans rights. It's always a good thing. It just isn't necessary to still achieve a victory for rights, which is the important part.

Fwiw, the article essentially says all of that with different emphasis, I'm just expressing my take on the matter.

Also fwiw, there's a shit ton of us out here that are sick of the bigotry and bullshit being pushed about trans folks. We'll be voting accordingly, but I sometimes think it useful to say it as well. We know every trans person out there is deserving of respect, love, and equality under the law, and we won't give up on that.

[+] Sop@lemmy.blahaj.zone -11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The dem’s have been moving right in a really fast pace the last few years. Harris is now promoting fascist ideas about immigrants, similar to Trump in 2016. There is no reason to expect the democrats to not turn on trans people and the fact that Harris won’t even say out right she supports them or wants to improve how trans people get treated (transmedicalism is a big problem in the US), is a sign that trans rights are next in line.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm not exactly a fan of democrats. But that's hyperbole. Her history points to someone that will stand up even when political winds blow against trans rights. She's taken principled stands before.

Mind you, her history also shows a strong proclivity for toeing the line of "law first" as a prosecutor, and she's far from ideal on a dozen other issues for me. I just don't see this issue changing for her based on past actions. I don't like her. Didn't before she was VP.

I think you may be underestimating the polling power of the LGBTQ+ segment. The advantage of working as a bloc has been successful so far in carving out influence in democratic circles. That isn't going to go away easy. Those of us that will vote as allies of that bloc but would also not vote as allies aren't a minor number either, even though we aren't democrats and never will be.

Democrats can't abandon the black vote or the gay vote. They do, and they're fucked because they're gerrymandered too much already. Not that you can trust any politician to be honorable or consistent on the basis of supporting their constituents. But collective lobbying works. Not perfectly, but still.