June Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map

UngodlyAudrey🏳️‍⚧️@beehaw.orgmod to LGBTQ+@beehaw.org – 314 points – June Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map
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Sometimes a visual is nice just to help hammer home just how bad things have gotten in parts of the United States. We've got a lot of fighting left to do for trans rights.

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I've never understood how the "keep the government out of my life" party is also the "I disagree with the way you live your life so I'm going to ban your very existence" party. Do they not see the hypocrisy? What a complete and utter lack of self awareness.

Conservatism has exactly one position, and understanding it will provide consistency to the entire political philosophy:

"The government must protect but not bind my group, and it must bind but not protect those not in my group."

It's actually even simpler imo, "the government should do only and exactly what is convenient for me personally, everything else is irrelevant"

"I don't want to look at those weird trans people, just get them out of my sight", so whatever achieves that is fine with them.

The more conservatism, the more you go towards feudalism. Where staying poor and obedient for the rich elite is your godgiven duty. Monopolies need to be protected, as they act with god's mandate. Social rights are being formulated by a religious figurehead.

If every American exclusively votes for Conservatives for the next 100 years, America will revert to a confederation of Anglican and Catholic kingdoms.

They can’t see the hypocrisy, because to them, it isn’t hypocrisy. They’re simply enforcing gods law, and gods law is beyond question. There’s no “argument” to be had.

Faith is maddening to rational thinkers for that reason.

To them, it’s as fundamental as gravity. If someone won’t accept something as simple and obvious as gravity, then they’re the one with the problem.

It feels odd to see it laid out graphically, the culture wars really are cutting the US up into bits.

I feel so bad for trans people living there now, and also worried that the far right here in Europe is relentlessly trying the same tactics too (though with less success over all, they've made headway).

I don't blame culture wars. I blame conservatism. Conservatism is a plague of oppression, sickness and death. It always has been.

It should be socially acceptable to call out fascism in public. Smiling politely and turning the other cheek is how we ended up with this infestation of conservative hatred.

Culture wars are a direct result of conservatism, so it makes sense to target the tap root, not the leaves.

Hmm I feel if you replaced conservatism with liberalism you have the same argument but from the right point of view.

Culture war just sounds like the war on drugs or the war on terror to me. Probably be how we waste the next 10 years with nothing to show for it except maybe being closer to extinction.

That may be, but unfortunately things like nuance are never considered when conservative ideology is involved... Unless it affects them personally.

Two explanations for that.

The first is G O Projection. Accuse your enemy of what you yourself are doing, and then you can "both sides" it.

The second is that the things they point at aren't at are either social and not legislative (cancel culture, wokeness, etc), legislative protections rather than acts of aggression (protected groups), or incidentally involve culture (guns).

But honestly, it's primarily projection and then attempts to justify it.

I’m really disturbed to see far right parties getting small victories and gaining footholds in parts of Europe. I’m terrified about the increasing possibility that all of the west will be dangerous for queer people again.

Oh, my god. I'm cis-gender but this map looks like some dystopian shithole. It's so surreal, something you should never have to see outside of tv shows like The Handmaid's Tale.

Yeah, that's why I feel it's important to share things like this. The trans community knows how bad things are, but I'm not sure the populace as a whole understands how dire our situation is right now.

In fact, thinking about this inspired me to go on a bit of a rant on Mastodon. https://retro.pizza/@UngodlyAudrey/110606237101536700

Take a look at the 2020 presidential election map and compare it to this one. There’s very little difference.

this is honestly incredibly heartbreaking. I'm glad MA is safe but holy hell.

(sidenote: the transphobes have found this post and are trying to stir up their hate. be sure to do your duty and block, report and move on)

Moving from FL soon. Fuck this place. Even just as a ally I can’t stand being surrounded by crazy gator fucking bigots. Now I’m born and raised in FL so I like a good gator pussy as much as any FL, but this my point stands.

Conservatives should be excluded from one's daily life wherever possible. It is not appropriate to do business with or keep relationships with bigots, racists, misogynists and xenophobes.

Conservatism is a harmful ideology of hate and oppression. It should be openly discouraged and shunned.

Dark times. Trans was barely a blip on the hate radar a decade ago. Obvious manipulation. When you start asking why the answers get scary.

Any mofo that has had a role in pushing this wave of trans and lavender panic has blood on their hands. In a just world, they would feel the pain that their bullshit has been causing.

I’m cis, so it’s our duty to call this shit out wherever we see it. Keep in mind that we’re dealing with fascists, and they don’t respond to reason.

florida's "Do Not Travel" status is grim. Something has to be done

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You joke but there are trans people in conservative states, and in the south those people are more likely to be people of color and/or people without means to leave.

I understand you likely didn’t mean it that way, but often we get dismissive of the south as a hellhole (which it is) without taking into account the people who actually live there who are disenfranchised and victimized by their own states.

we do literally have guns and a second amendment for this very reason. or y'know, we do an ol' classic french move

I wish I could move from Texas.

https://rainbowpassage.org/

Odd that a organization aimed at moving people at risk of legal or other physical safety risks would organize or work over unnecrypred discord. You'd think a serious organization would use Element/matrix or signal to communicate securly, very alarming.

I'm glad to be in a small pocket of relative sanity in the northern midwest, but that map is appalling.

I had the bright idea to go looking for what pro-hate laws Oklahoma has. Didn't find a list, only found evil and sadness.

If they'd help us leave most or all of us would probably just go. No, that's not good enough, they want to torture and kill us. frustrated sadness noises

As a non-American, I’m absolutely shocked. I had no idea seemingly more than half the states were anti-trans. I hope Americans will fight against these laws and hopefully eradicate them. My hopes are with y’all.

Just a note for all the non-Americans: some of the areas marked in red have more cows than people.

The 5-4 podcast has a very insightful episode on the history and actual effects of the anti-trans laws. Highly recommend!

The state retains the power to investigate an individual's birth gender to determine if a crime has been committed simply by using the bathroom - investigations that could involve genital exams, chromosome testing, and more.

This does not only affect trans people. Florida is "do not travel" for EVERYONE.

I had the bright idea to go looking for what pro-hate laws Oklahoma has. Didn't find a list, only found evil and sadness.

If they'd help us leave most or all of us would probably just go. No, that's not good enough, they want to torture and kill us. frustrated sadness noises

This is just colors on a map. Where do they draw the line regarding what constitutes "anti-trans"?

If a law says a child can't legally mutilate their bodies without parental consent, does that qualify as "anti-trans" based on these criteria?

imagine being this ignorant

oh lmao. should've guessed from your other comment that you're just an alt-right asshole. enjoy the block and report <3

I reported that person as well for transphobic comments, of course these assholes would come here to spout their nonsense too. Guess Twitter and Reddit wasn’t good enough for them 🙄

That's how those asshats work. They can't stay in their own shitholes, they have to brigade and attack everywhere else to spread their vitriol. The alt-right is a fucking cancer.

The reason Florida is listed as DO NOT TRAVEL is because if you're child claims to be trans and you travel to Florida for any length of time, even if you aren't a resident, the state is obligated to seize your child and put them in foster care and there is nothing you can do to get them back. In Texas, Tennessee, and several copycat states you can also now be arrested for wearing "gender non-conforming" clothing and the wording is vague enough that it could even be applied to a cis woman wearing men's jeans.