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Tyler's avatar

A good chunk of the same people who think that we are being used as a distraction still will not vote for equality. Ergo, many of them don’t care..

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Sandra's avatar

Thanks Erin - very timely and important article. It has long seemed that politicians use trans issues as a distraction - but they do it because it’s throwing red meat to their base and getting them votes. It’s really a form of social contagion - once the first states (generally southern ones) started passing anti-trans laws, nearby GOP-controlled states said, sure let’s do the same thing, and so on. And of course the role of right wing think tanks in such legislation cannot be ignored. That is why anti-GAC legislation tends to read the same across the different states. As everyone knows, there is HUGE amount at stake in the national elections in November - and unfortunately, a lot of voters vote mainly on economic issues even if they also express support for LGBT rights. So sadly, we cannot count on people’s support if inflation remains high and people cannot afford their groceries, and they want to vote against whoever the incumbents are.

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