I just want to be left alone. We dont even want anything. We've barely ever even asked for anything other than to be let to live in peace. These people are evil.
Not surprised, this is the consequences of people who voted for Trump/didn't vote (even when they had the opportunity to do so) and I am so pissed off daily since November 2024 that innocent people such as the LGBTQIA+ Communities and other Minorities within the USA is suffering because of Project 2025 by this so called US Presidential Administration that we are stuck with until 2029 (if the US can recover)
Just sick of being attacked just for my identities and just wish Trump and his people can leave us alone or better yet we live in society with heavy fines and jail time for massive misinformation spread to the public frequently that is effecting millions who believes all the Anti LGBTQIA+ Hate which I'm so tired of correcting/giving grace for just for them to ignore us in the process.
This information is badly needed and only few platforms I used to understand wtf is going on for all of these US Executive Orders (EOs) that keeps being announced on a pretty much weekly basis unfortunately so thank you Erin for doing an amazing job like you always do for the US LGBTQIA+ Community
Joke's on them because my birth certificate has my correct name and gender (California is cool like that), as do my driver's license and passport. However I very much realize that a lot of that is because I'm lucky enough to live in a blue state.
The problem is that the SS office and the passport office supposedly have a record of any past gender marker changes that can be quickly called up on a computer screen. So even if your birth certificate is fully amended, they can still “out” you if they go into federal gov’t databases far enough - and it isn’t that far.
Republicans can’t win without suppressing the vote. I spent weeks in voting data before the elections and Republicans are Max’d out on voter potential. It’s only the Democrat vote with wide swings up and down right now. If people vote, if they don’t, if they CAN’T,that affects Democrats not Republicans. The Republicans cannot increase their voting base. They can only impact stopping votes for Democrats and Independents. THEY KNOW THIS. Dem’s win when people can or do vote, Dem’s lose when they don’t. Republicans are static.
This is nothing more that regression to segregationist policies from before the Voting Rights Act. In many cases people did not have birth certificates in any form. The question which will arrive before the Supreme Court is whether the federal government, specifically the Executive Branch can impose these rules since the Constitution only grants the government one responsibility, set the dates of elections. Everything else is up to the states.
Yes, MAGA is a neo-confederate, segregationist, apartheid movement.
But as for what the Constitution "grants" to the government and to the public — what needs to be clearly seen is that there is no such thing as "unconstitutional" anymore. The constitution says and "grants" whatever the supreme court says it does. But even SCOTUS decisions carry little real weight, given the presidential immunity decision.
Andrew Jackson is quoted (incorrectly) once, he's made his decision now let's see him enforce it. With the Attorney General swearing fealty to Trump, I doubt the U.S. Marshall Service, normally the courts enforcement arm, or the FBI will enforce the decisions. Frankly I'm surprised he has complied with court orders to date.
Yet another thing the Republicans have been trying to do legislatively for a while now that Trump is trying to jam through with an executive order. It's important to know that this order in its current form would also disenfranchise tens of millions of married women who have not updated their vital documents.
This is largely toothless and I expect it to be overturned, and it's probably not even legally enforceable. Still, with the overcompliance we have seen with his previous executive orders, it's spooky.
It's only a matter of days or weeks until they announce similar identity-based methods of denying us our social security benefits, health insurance, and all other government "entitlements" we have previously been legally eligible for. If you try to inquire or complain about it, the effort will be taken as an attempt to defraud.
Yes — it is going to get as bad as we haven't yet dared to imagine.
I don't think this is specifically targeted at us- not this time, at least. I'm certain that disenfranchising trans voters is something they consider a wonderful bonus feature, but I think this is something they'd have happily done even if it didn't affect us at all. Voter suppression is something the Republican party has always taken in any measure they could clench their fist around.
It may be relevant to note that the incidents in NH are due to an anti-voter state law that came into force last November. That law is along the same lines as the EO. Lots of people will be unpleasantly surprised to find they’ll need a passport or birth certificate to do anything such as change the address on their voter registration.
Hopefully this EO like the others will be successfully challenged in court. It would then remain to be seen if they comply with the court or not. As a side note, I do expect this administration to use EOs eventually to start coming after state level IDs (say by withholding funding for states that don’t comply); they just wanted to start with passports first, as it is lower-hanging fruit. It would then remain to be seen if any blue states would resist or not. Red states would likely fold immediately.
They won't just fold... despite the GQP's vociferous opposition to any attempt at imposing national standards for things like drivers' licenses and carry permits, they'll trip all over themselves trying to overcomply in advance with 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.
"The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations" -Article I, section 4 of the United States Constitution.
The president (including his Executive Orders) is neither a State Legislature nor Congress.
I just want to be left alone. We dont even want anything. We've barely ever even asked for anything other than to be let to live in peace. These people are evil.
Because, cruelty is the object.
My first thought too; cruelty is the point. But perhaps it’s much much worse than that.
It may be these republican politicians have no problem being cruel while they gleefully make trans people disappear from public life.
Cruelty is a byproduct, of something so horribly, and unspeakably worse.
Every person who’s not in the “special club” making these government rules/laws, should consider themselves potentially next on that “disappear list”
Not surprised, this is the consequences of people who voted for Trump/didn't vote (even when they had the opportunity to do so) and I am so pissed off daily since November 2024 that innocent people such as the LGBTQIA+ Communities and other Minorities within the USA is suffering because of Project 2025 by this so called US Presidential Administration that we are stuck with until 2029 (if the US can recover)
Just sick of being attacked just for my identities and just wish Trump and his people can leave us alone or better yet we live in society with heavy fines and jail time for massive misinformation spread to the public frequently that is effecting millions who believes all the Anti LGBTQIA+ Hate which I'm so tired of correcting/giving grace for just for them to ignore us in the process.
This information is badly needed and only few platforms I used to understand wtf is going on for all of these US Executive Orders (EOs) that keeps being announced on a pretty much weekly basis unfortunately so thank you Erin for doing an amazing job like you always do for the US LGBTQIA+ Community
I can’t wait for people to fixate on how this impacts married straight women without mentioning trans people at all.
Joke's on them because my birth certificate has my correct name and gender (California is cool like that), as do my driver's license and passport. However I very much realize that a lot of that is because I'm lucky enough to live in a blue state.
The problem is that the SS office and the passport office supposedly have a record of any past gender marker changes that can be quickly called up on a computer screen. So even if your birth certificate is fully amended, they can still “out” you if they go into federal gov’t databases far enough - and it isn’t that far.
I never had a passport under my deadname. But the SS office could be a problem.
Republicans can’t win without suppressing the vote. I spent weeks in voting data before the elections and Republicans are Max’d out on voter potential. It’s only the Democrat vote with wide swings up and down right now. If people vote, if they don’t, if they CAN’T,that affects Democrats not Republicans. The Republicans cannot increase their voting base. They can only impact stopping votes for Democrats and Independents. THEY KNOW THIS. Dem’s win when people can or do vote, Dem’s lose when they don’t. Republicans are static.
so true that Republicans cannot win honestly, they have to cheat and suppress.
This is nothing more that regression to segregationist policies from before the Voting Rights Act. In many cases people did not have birth certificates in any form. The question which will arrive before the Supreme Court is whether the federal government, specifically the Executive Branch can impose these rules since the Constitution only grants the government one responsibility, set the dates of elections. Everything else is up to the states.
Yes, MAGA is a neo-confederate, segregationist, apartheid movement.
But as for what the Constitution "grants" to the government and to the public — what needs to be clearly seen is that there is no such thing as "unconstitutional" anymore. The constitution says and "grants" whatever the supreme court says it does. But even SCOTUS decisions carry little real weight, given the presidential immunity decision.
Andrew Jackson is quoted (incorrectly) once, he's made his decision now let's see him enforce it. With the Attorney General swearing fealty to Trump, I doubt the U.S. Marshall Service, normally the courts enforcement arm, or the FBI will enforce the decisions. Frankly I'm surprised he has complied with court orders to date.
Yet another thing the Republicans have been trying to do legislatively for a while now that Trump is trying to jam through with an executive order. It's important to know that this order in its current form would also disenfranchise tens of millions of married women who have not updated their vital documents.
This is largely toothless and I expect it to be overturned, and it's probably not even legally enforceable. Still, with the overcompliance we have seen with his previous executive orders, it's spooky.
It's only a matter of days or weeks until they announce similar identity-based methods of denying us our social security benefits, health insurance, and all other government "entitlements" we have previously been legally eligible for. If you try to inquire or complain about it, the effort will be taken as an attempt to defraud.
Yes — it is going to get as bad as we haven't yet dared to imagine.
Because they can.
Federal law in US is effectively non-existent.
As dRumpf said to Janet Mills, “We are the law.”
I don't think this is specifically targeted at us- not this time, at least. I'm certain that disenfranchising trans voters is something they consider a wonderful bonus feature, but I think this is something they'd have happily done even if it didn't affect us at all. Voter suppression is something the Republican party has always taken in any measure they could clench their fist around.
At the last election, approximately 87% of LGBTQ+ voters cast their ballots for Harris. Among trans people, that figure was probably even higher.
The administration won't be happy until the only people who can vote are white Christian men.
It may be relevant to note that the incidents in NH are due to an anti-voter state law that came into force last November. That law is along the same lines as the EO. Lots of people will be unpleasantly surprised to find they’ll need a passport or birth certificate to do anything such as change the address on their voter registration.
He said it in his rallies: "Vote for me and you'll never have to vote again."
And what he meant: "Vote for me and you'll never be allowed to vote again."
We need a general strike! We need to take the streets ~ every single one of us!
Hopefully this EO like the others will be successfully challenged in court. It would then remain to be seen if they comply with the court or not. As a side note, I do expect this administration to use EOs eventually to start coming after state level IDs (say by withholding funding for states that don’t comply); they just wanted to start with passports first, as it is lower-hanging fruit. It would then remain to be seen if any blue states would resist or not. Red states would likely fold immediately.
They won't just fold... despite the GQP's vociferous opposition to any attempt at imposing national standards for things like drivers' licenses and carry permits, they'll trip all over themselves trying to overcomply in advance with 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.
"The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations" -Article I, section 4 of the United States Constitution.
The president (including his Executive Orders) is neither a State Legislature nor Congress.
This sounds just like the bill they tried to pass through Congress and it failed. Now he's trying to do it with an eo?