We Are Becoming Politicalized.

We are the new boogeyman for the Republicans, the assault of anti-trans legislation on the most vulnerable is beginning and it is worst than ever.

Exclusive: 2022 could be most anti-trans legislative years in history, report says
USA Today
By Phillip M. Bailey
January 20, 2022


Transgender Americans could face a historic year of legislation that will further erode their rights as advocates brace for roughly 280 proposals in statehouses across the country aimed at some of the most vulnerable members of the LGBTQ+ community.

That's according to a comprehensive study released Thursday by the Human Rights Campaign, one of the country's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights groups, which looked at dozens of proposals pushed by lawmakers last year.

In its State Equality Index scorecard, the group says state legislatures last year sought more measures than ever before that specifically targeted the transgender community across a range of issues.

While 2020 saw 79 different anti-trans measures dealing with education to athletics and healthcare to bathroom access, in 2021 that count nearly doubled with 147 proposals aimed at transgender Americans.

Why is this happening?

We are the low fruit on the tree, most people do not understand gender dysphoria and the lack of understanding to attack us.

A USA TODAY investigation last year of roughly three dozen states that proposed similar bans, however, found few examples of transgender athletes seeking to participate in sports and even fewer complaints about them.

"The lack of examples just goes to show that they’re grasping for straws here," Chris Mosier, a U.S. triathlete and transgender advocate, told USA TODAY last summer.

"There is not a problem, and there is not a problem at the scale they’re trying to make it. There’s not a problem that would warrant any types of laws against these young people."

It is every state that the Republicans control that are introducing anti-trans legislation.

Ahead of May primary, transgender rights become latest culture war for Ohio Republicans

The Columbus Dispatch
By Haley Bemiller
January 23, 2022


Former state treasurer Josh Mandel has stated allowing children to change their gender is abuse.

In a speech at the National Conservatism Conference in November, "Hillbilly Elegy" author J.D. Vance blasted research that shows gender confirmation surgery improves mental health outcomes and reduces suicidal ideation. 

Former Ohio Republican Party chair Jane Timken called on supporters at a recent event to "stand up for the women in this country" by opposing the inclusion of transgender athletes in sports.

The GOP U.S. Senate candidates are among Republicans nationwide who have trained their focus on efforts to expand transgender rights, casting themselves as supporters of women and religious values. 

Advocates, meanwhile, say it's the latest culture war that distracts from issues like the COVID-19 pandemic while harming transgender Ohioans. 

"Trans people exist. Trans children exist," said Elliot Kesse, a board member for the Transgender Advocacy Council of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. "That’s not something that’s up for debate. We exist. We're here."

It is dark days ahead for us that I see, especially if the Republicans gain control of Congress, I see this attack continuing on a national level. First they come for the children. Then they will come for us adults.

The Republicans hate our guts. They have been trying to rollback marriage equality, and anything to do with us. Under the Trump administration they tried to take away our health insurance, they kicked us our of the military, and they tried to get between our doctors and us. And don’t think Connecticut is immune, a Republican legislator introduced a bill to block insurance for us and I foresee that there might be a bill introduced about trans athletes here in Connecticut to boost the court case against trans athletes.