Trans Politics 2: You Must Vote to Protect Us
October 29, 2024
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October 29, 2024
Trans Politics 2: You Must Vote to Protect Us
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Trans Politics 2: You Must Vote to Protect Us
Summary
Part 2 of our dive into politics, and there's two big asks for cis people who truly want to help. But this might get uncomfortable, because we're going to talk about the way our political system operates in the United States, and that means realizing you can't wait for perfection or moral purity. Trans lives are on the line (as are so many others), and we must protect each other as best we can. And that sometimes means voting for someone you may not like. Pinole City Treasurer candidate Rafael Menis returns to discuss environmental social governance and how the recognition of rights should be automatic! Don't. Abdicate. Your. Responsibility.
RAFAEL MENIS
Website: https://www.menisfortreasurer.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Rafael-Menis-for-Pinole-City-Treasurer-2024/61563512261174/
TEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/10/29/trans-politics-2-you-must-vote-to-protect-us/
FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Trans Politics 1: Stop Tolerating Transphobia, Trans Kids and the Intake Exam, Sexuality is Not Gender, Trans Intersectionality, The Trans Panic Defense
REFERENCE MATERIAL
Legislative Tracker: Anti-Transgender Legislation - https://freedomforallamericans.org/anti-transgender-legislation/
Stop the Sexualization of Children Act - https://mikejohnson.house.gov/uploadedfiles/johnla_083_xml.pdf
State-level anti-transgender laws increase past-year suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary young people in the USA - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01979-5.epdf
Project 2025 Policy Agenda - https://www.project2025.org/policy/
Federal Courts: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3w8-d_fnqE
American Autocracy: Tracking Trump’s Threats to Gender-Affirming Care and the LGBTQ+ Community - https://msmagazine.com/2024/05/10/trump-trans-gay-sports-gender-care-usa-democracy/
A Second Trump Term Would Be Hell for LGBTQ People - https://www.readtpa.com/p/a-second-trump-term-would-be-hell
California Is Officially the First Sanctuary State for Trans Youth - https://www.them.us/story/california-sanctuary-state-trans-youth-gavin-newsom
Transfemicide becomes a crime in a ‘watershed’ moment for Mexico City - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/24/mexico-city-transfemicide-law
Australia will create affordable housing for trans women in first-of-its-kind initiative - https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/05/australia-will-create-affordable-housing-for-trans-women-in-first-of-its-kind-initiative/