I dunno. All my life, my kind have never been catered to by politicians. Minor concessions granted in our favor yes, but LGBTQ+ people have had to fight tooth and nail for everything we’ve ever gotten, and what did we really achieve if all of it can be taken away by one shitty administration in the span of two years? My government has been harmful to me all my life.
That said, I still went out and voted against Trump in the last election because I believed not doing so would be tantamount to approving fascism. So you’re right that some states are more harmful than others, even if some people have been given good reason to see them all as intrinsically harmful.
I get it and that sucks. But minor concessions are a lot better than being executed. In the west at least we can openly organize and agitate for better conditions. There is some repression but it could be a lot worse.
I don’t think Trump has completely succeeded in rolling back lgbtq rights nor will he any time soon. A few decades ago being trans meant being a virtual social outcast. Today lots of trans and other queer people are well integrated into society, even if prejudice still exists. It’s a bad time right now because things are backsliding but this will pass and people are still organizing and pushing things forward, and I believe that momentum will eventually overcome the current repression. Keep fighting the good fight. I think voting against fascism is wise but the anarchists are right that we need to do a lot more than that too.
I dunno. All my life, my kind have never been catered to by politicians. Minor concessions granted in our favor yes, but LGBTQ+ people have had to fight tooth and nail for everything we’ve ever gotten, and what did we really achieve if all of it can be taken away by one shitty administration in the span of two years? My government has been harmful to me all my life.
That said, I still went out and voted against Trump in the last election because I believed not doing so would be tantamount to approving fascism. So you’re right that some states are more harmful than others, even if some people have been given good reason to see them all as intrinsically harmful.
I get it and that sucks. But minor concessions are a lot better than being executed. In the west at least we can openly organize and agitate for better conditions. There is some repression but it could be a lot worse.
I don’t think Trump has completely succeeded in rolling back lgbtq rights nor will he any time soon. A few decades ago being trans meant being a virtual social outcast. Today lots of trans and other queer people are well integrated into society, even if prejudice still exists. It’s a bad time right now because things are backsliding but this will pass and people are still organizing and pushing things forward, and I believe that momentum will eventually overcome the current repression. Keep fighting the good fight. I think voting against fascism is wise but the anarchists are right that we need to do a lot more than that too.