When Someone Tells You Who They Are…

Believe them!

And Trump has been telling us who he is and it is scary…

Donald Trump Plans to Gut Queer and Trans Rights in a Second Term

Trump’s policy platform has sown fear among LGBTQ+ advocacy groups and emboldened the former president’s extreme fanbase.
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By Samantha Riedel
July 17, 2024

With Donald Trump and J.D. Vance now confirmed as the official 2024 Republican presidential ticket, LGBTQ+ advocates are sounding the alarm about what a prospective second Trump administration might mean for queer and trans rights. Although Trump has attempted to distance himself from the far-right Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” plan to consolidate conservative rule, the former president is running on a remarkably similar platform of his own, dubbed “Agenda47.”

The Trump campaign has been building out “Agenda47” into a 20-point platform — explained in a series of videos on the campaign site — since late 2022. Most of the component planks deal with perennial Trump scapegoats: Chief among Trump’s priorities, for example, is bringing an end to what he calls the “migrant invasion,” partly via a massive deportation campaign. Two “Agenda47” policies target LGBTQ+ people in particular, specifically transgender people, with Trump promising to wage war on “radical gender ideology” in schools and also “keep men out of women’s sports.”

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But Trump’s anti-trans plans aren’t limited to sports. His February 2023 proclamation stated that he would seek a federal definition of “gender” that is restricted to only “male and female” as assigned at birth. Trump also vowed to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth, falsely labeling such medical care “mutilation” and “mutation” and promising to terminate trans-affirming doctors from Medicare and Medicaid. In his Agenda47 video, Trump falsely claimed that trans people and gender dysphoria did not exist “until the radical left invented it just a few years ago.” He also accused pharmaceutical companies of pushing hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and surgeries for profit, but provided no evidence of such a conspiracy.

“Under my leadership, this madness will end,” Trump concluded in the video.

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."
Maya Angelou

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Back when I was first sticking my head out the door to see what the weather was for coming out, one of the websites that I read was “Dr. Becky” website. She was a cardiologist, she transitioned and survived. Through her website she showed that you could transition and the world didn’t come to and end.

Kelly Winters reports on the International Transgender Health Facebook page that,

I'm heartbroken at the news that Dr. Becky Allison passed this morning. She was a pioneering Trans cardiologist and a trailblazer in advocating affirming and respectful medical policies and practices. Though we had lost touch since the pandemic, she was a role model, inspiration, and friend over many years.  Our communities will always owe a debt of gratitude to Becky for her lifetime of service and leadership. My condolences go out to Margaux and to Becky's wide circle of friends.
A warm memory on a somber evening, from 13 years ago--I was honored to be invited by Becky Allison, Margaux Schaffer, and other community leaders to speak at the Phoenix, Arizona, Day of Remembrance observance.

She was one of our great pioneers and blazed the way for us.