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Alex's avatar

I dont know how not to feel a sense of despair and unbridled rage over everything going on. Love you all 💜

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Some Random Trans Woman's avatar

Oh, I definitely feel that, especially since I've been getting some of my gender-affirming care from the UCLA Health system.

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Talia Perkins's avatar

Right there with you on the rage.

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Summer Dylan's avatar

Sending you lots of love and support. HUGS.

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Serenity Center's avatar

The Board of Regents should be held fully accountable to the faculty, students and the public for their actions. Should they bend a knee to Trump, then the governor and others should call for their resignations immediately.

What Trumps administration is doing is patently illegal, and unenforceable under the law. The line needs to be drawn and firmly held.

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Summer Dylan's avatar

Let's definitely do it. For all those that have strength to fight, we need to stand up and say no.

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Kassandra F.'s avatar

If UCLA capitulates to orange hitler and his fascists it will be catastrophic for trans rights, not just for the trans folks that rely on them for medical care - but for all of us, nation wide.

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Tommy Lamont's avatar

Excellent report, S. Baum. Scary and sad, but important.

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Jaimie Hileman's avatar

And this happens, showcasing for the thousandth time that the Trumpist GOPMAGA regime intends to eradicate every single one of us, by death, detransition, incarceration and forced detransition, emigrating, re-closeting, or suicide. They have told us that is their goal, and I believe them. I watch my friends move to other countries, legally and or medically detransition, or kill themselves, and YET a majority of Americans and a majority of Democrats are STILL pretending GENOCIDE ISN'T HAPPENING.

What are they waiting for?

What will it take?

The MAGAts have worked very hard, very publicly, very brutally to bring America to this point where open discussion of ending we transgender, intersex, and gender expansive people is a normalized and acceptable topic of public policy. Why don't Democrats believe the GOPMAGAs are serious about this?

Why are so very few willing to even acknowledge what's happening?

I don't expect cisgender people to save us, that would be foolish and pollyanna levels of stupid; we're going to either have to save ourselves or die. But I DO want everyone who isn't a card carrying neo-Nazi GOPMAGA to at least admit to themselves:

1. This is happening.

2. They aren't even going to try to stop it or pretend to care, like Newsom or Schumer or Moulton or all the other performative fake AINOs.

3. And best hope no one's conscience aches a wee bit later.

That's all.

I just want them to admit they know it's happening, so that no one later will even be tempted to try to say "hey, what happened to all the transgender women? Nonbinary people? Two spirit folk? Where did they go?"

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Talia Perkins's avatar

I have no idea how to correct the matter in any of the mass media, but the lust among Social Conservatives to abuse transgender children with the child's own sex is monstrous and must be clearly objected to, by us, by our allies, in the media.

Why have I never hear it clearly said the Social Conservatives are forcing boys to have breasts and periods and forcing girls to have beards and deep voices?! Directly and clearly state the SoCons are the monsters they claim they are fighting!? Why have I never seen where McBride or any other transgender politician have been clear in such a way?

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Evelyn Belle Scott's avatar

Unfortunately, our enemies simply think that trans people do not exist. In their mind, a boy cannot be forced to have breasts - if you have breasts, in their calculation, you're a girl, end of story.

That said, our response should not be to accept the conservatives' hateful premise, but as you say instead, to "directly and clearly state the SoCons are the monsters they claim they are fighting." The absence of a strong Democratic response to their propaganda campaign signals to less-informed Americans, perhaps unsure of which side to take, that the Republicans cannot be challenged on the issue, and are therefore correct.

Where is McBride? Using the men's room in the capitol building - like a coward.

Fortunately, I know of at least one trans politician who speaks forcefully in our defense - Erin's wife, Zooey Zephyr.

But trans politicians, alone, won't be enough. Our demographics are too small, too diffuse, and too marginalized. Our only hope - as long as this political system prevails - is for major liberal organizations and the Democratic Party to have our back. Cis people need to stand up for what's right.

Perhaps cowardice feels like safety to the privileged. For the rest of us, it is an unconscionable betrayal.

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Talia Perkins's avatar

"Unfortunately, our enemies simply think that trans people do not exist."

I know that, I've observed that many times, including here in EITM chats and threads.

"But trans politicians ... for what's right."

I can believe that, but, how can it be that even in extremis we have no spokespeople at all saying on our behalf what is real, who can get in front of a national camera? . . .

. . . can we even generate consensus amongst ourselves on what should be said?

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Resistance Bug's avatar

Was supposed to get my top surgery at UCLA 👍🏻💀 fuck this world bro

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Mike Gelt's avatar

I'm so disgusted with the universities, colleges, and corporations that have no balls to stand up to this sick, racist, homophobic republican administration. It is however encouraging to see so many students and faculty standing up for what is right

THIS IS NOT THE COUNTRY I GREW UP IN - THIS IS NOT THE COUNTRY WE ARE - WE MUST TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY AND VOTE THESE PEOPLE OUT

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Jendi's avatar

Let's hope Gavin Newsom's desire to win a pissing contest with Trump will outweigh his transphobia!

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Joan the Dork's avatar

Too many people still seem to think they can negotiate their way down the menu, and that the leopards will be sated before getting 'round to them and theirs. Hopefully UCLA's Board of Regents recognizes that their faces are, indeed, also made of meat.

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Summer Dylan's avatar

My healthcare is in the UCLA health system. I'm an adult - any idea if the Trump admin is putting pressure to end all gender affirming care through the UCLA system? I hope we can all fight against ending gender affirming care for youth as well as that is the "lowest hanging fruit" for the admin.

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Jean Hodge's avatar

Please stay strong UCLA! DO NOT CAVE!!! California can NOT lose this for trans ppl.

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Dian Allison's avatar

Trump needs to get the H*** OUT OF CALIFORNIA!!! 🤬

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Liz  Wilcox's avatar

I think it’s time to put a stop to all of tRump’s bullshit. I’ve thought this since his first administration but he’s taken this crap way too far.

He has zero medical/scientific education. Clearly has not one iota of compassion or empathy for his fellow human beings, and he’s just a fat, old, orange fool. He is destroying our country right before our eyes.

I think the above is very well-known, and I wish I had some idea of how to put a stop to his BS but I don’t.

The idea that UCLA would let this bully win is sickening. My heart breaks for all who are impacted his crap.

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