I Wish It Was Different.

I scan the news each morning with the search word “Transgender” and in the past I got a wide variety of stories but sadly I only get one topic now. It is all about Trump.

 

"If Trump Does Half Of What He's Promised, I Will Lose Everything.": 21 Trans Americans And Their Families Share Their Fears For Trump's Second Term

"I know trans people who didn't survive Trump's last term."

by Ashley Holt

BuzzFeed

January 7, 2025

We recently asked people in the BuzzFeed Community who identify as transgender or who are the parents of someone who identifies as trans to tell us about their concerns heading into a second Trump presidency. The responses we received reflected both fear and helplessness. Here are a few of them:

1. "I fear we will all lose our healthcare."

"Testosterone is poison for me, so I don't expect to live through Trump's second term."

—Anonymous

2. "I'm graduating from high school this year, and I just want to know that I'm going to be safe in college no matter where I go."

"For any of my trans siblings out there, please, please, please stay as safe as you possibly can. Now is the time to have a community that we can rely on. Make friends with other trans people. Talk to someone. Have hope. Please."

—Anonymous

3. "As a transgender person who just recently turned 18 and was forbidden by my parents to transition as a minor, I am terrified my transition will be cut off before it can even begin."

"I live in a deep blue state, and my heart goes out to my trans siblings in red states. However, despite how lucky I am to live where I do, I'm worried it will mean nothing if Trump wields his federal power to keep people from transitioning."

—Anonymous

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9. "I am seen as a woman by everyone, including my parents and even my conservative MAGA-supporting brother..."

"...yet, under some proposed laws, I could be criminalized for using women's facilities. Despite my appearance, complete with my vagina, I could be forced into spaces designated for men (including men's locker rooms and showers), placing me in unnecessary and dangerous situations.

I pose no threat to anyone, but these politicians are actively creating policies that endanger people like me. I can't help but wonder how they'll react when attractive, passing-transgender men, who look indistinguishable from cisgender men, are required to use women's facilities."

—Anonymous

This is one that I am concerned about my grand-nibling just enter the job market.

10. "I'm trans and just joining the job market."

"I'm already worried I won't be able to find a job in my field, never mind having to go back into the closet for it. I'm afraid people will be encouraged to discriminate against me and my trans friends because Trump has made it okay to hate others who don't do anything wrong or impact others' lives in any way. 

Let me use whatever bathroom I want! Do you really care what my genitals look like? Don't you think that's creepy? People who would have no trouble learning they/them pronouns and are just scared of the unknown are going to become full-blown transphobes because they are encouraged to hate instead of love."

—Anonymous

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21. And finally, "How dare some moron who wouldn't know to put Neosporin under his Band-Aid override what a trained medical professional, parents, and a child have decided is in their child's best interest?"

"More and more worse decisions are on the horizon for anyone not on the Bible-thumping Trump train."

—Anonymous

My concerns… I worry about my medicare coverage, will my hormones be cutoff? I worry if I have to go into a Long Term Care facility how will I be treated. I worry about a federal anti-trans law that will override the state laws. I worry about today’s children if they will be denied healthcare and puberty blockers and they will develop secondary male characteristic like their voice deepens.

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This is not new to any of us and there is more on the way…

• Ron Johnson reintroduces bill to ban transgender student athletes in school sports – Wisconsin Public Radio
• House passes ban on transgender students in girls sports – CBS News
• Speaker Mike Johnson maintains House transgender bathroom ban – NBC News

What one thing do all these laws have in common? It is simple that they only affect trans people who do not pass, those who can integrate into society are not effected by these laws. It is only people like me that will be harassed and also cis-women who happen to look masculine. 

Four more days of freedom. My motto for the next four years… "Ne permittas bastardus te deprimere"

“Don’t let the bastards get you down!”

And I have to wonder what the country be like after four years… will we have a fascist government?