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LET’S WRITE VERY QUEER LETTERS TO POLITICIANS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS!
Why Are Republicans Trying to Eradicate Transgender and LGBTQ Americans?
(AND why it’s in EVERYONE’S best interest to push back!)
(Content warning: homophobia, transphobia)
A recent writing prompt asked LGBTQ voices to consider writing letters to our asking them nicely to consider NOT persecuting trans and LGBTQ children and to consider WHY the majority party in a majority of US statehouses insists on the necessity of such persecution. This, as we witness a literally unprecedented wave of and discriminatory targeting trans, LGBTQ, and female Americans politically for marginalization and erasure.
It’s a damned good question…after all, WHY is it such a political necessity for the US Right?
Why also is it necessary at this level of intensity and frequency?
What makes it so different from previous waves of transphobia, homophobia, and institutionalized misogyny?
Why we’re quick to sound the alarm
Let me first share with you my perspective as a woman who is trans, lesbian, queer, a trans and LGBTQ…
