We stand on a precipice. With resurgent conservative movements and democratic backsliding, 2SLGBTQIA+ ("Queer") communities face harsh funding cuts and renewed debates about what it means for us to live, love, and access health care.
Beyond these threats, anti-2SLGBTQIA+ extremist and populist movements have become more vocal and organized in lobbying disinformation and scare tactics, creating the misperception that the progress 2SLGBTQIA+ people seek in public policies - such as health care and education - are inherently harmful to the general public.
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Transphobia: fear/persecution of transgender persons.
Transgenocide: erasure of the existence of trans persons.
Fundamentally, Christian right ideology
Erasure of gender (social construct)
Enforcement of rigid, sex at birth-based M/F binary structure
Subjugation of women, subservient to men (misogyny; sexism; paternalism)
Control of women's reproductive rights
Wedge strategy/tactics: split the T from the LGB
Polarizing rhetoric
Social media: echo/reflection chambers; mis/disinformation (noise); memes
Parental rights movement:
Weaponization of language: coded transphobia
"gender ideology;" "transgenderism;" "surgical mutilation;" ...
Legislative/judicial attacks
Passage of transphobic legislation
Follow-on attacks:
Women's reproductive rights
Same-sex marriage
Christian billionaires
Conservative billionaires
501(c)(3|4) nonprofit organizations
Transgenocidal organizations
Heritage Foundation (Project 2025)
Promise to America's Children:
American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds)
Family Research Council
Focus on the Family
State Policy Council
...
Election of conservative governments
Democratic backsliding
Censorship: book,Drag bans
Attacks on free speech: news media
Voter suppression
Restrictions of freedom of assembly; right to protest
Authoritarianism (fascism)
Extremism
Subservience, sycophancy (Meta; Google; news media)
Vigilantism
Christofascism
Transgenocide
Dominion theocracy
Global conservative movements
Libertarianism
Wealth inequality
Wealth inequality
Wealth inequality
Oligarchy
Plutocracy
Meritocracy
Trump1 evisceration of trans rights
Trump2 transgenocide
Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (2025-Jan-20)
Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation (2024-Jan-28)
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling (2025-Jan-29)
Conservative politicians:
John Rustad
Danielle Smith
Pierre Poilievre: pushes transphobia; M/F binary sexism; ...
...
Social democracy | Ecosocialism
Advocacy; activism
Direct democracy
Education
Independent media
Organizing: unions
Truth networks
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