2026-09-26 12:29 UTC
Replies (11)
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@Cornpop@lemmy.world 2026-09-26 14:43
I support all trans rights, but at this point there is SO much fucked up shit that needs fixed and repealed first, it’s def not high on my priorities as a major concern for our future.
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@CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 2026-09-27 06:12
I’ve started getting involved with my local Democratic Party. I no longer consider myself a Democrat, but they don’t need to know that, and I figure if I’m able to get more up close and personal, influence people in real time that would be a much better option than just not voting for these anti trans democrats or doing nothing.
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@sqauffle@slrpnk.net 2026-09-26 14:53
So anyway I’m withholding my vote from anti-trans dems. Downvote all you want it’s not happening.
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@grue@lemmy.world 2026-09-26 13:25
Vote for the pro-trans Republican instead, obviously! /S The time to oppose anti-trans Democrats is the primary. In the general election, it’s too late: at that point your choice is an anti-trans Democrat or an anti-trans and otherwise fascist Republican.
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@CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 2026-09-26 12:44
Might vote against their interests vs will pursue legislation that will legitimately harm them. Seems like an obvious lesser of two evils situation. Fixing the 2 party system is not the war of today. The war of today is preventing the takeover of fascism.
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@rekabis@lemmy.ca 2026-09-27 16:35
Choosing between the party where every elected official wants to unalive you, vs the party where only a handful want to do the same… Yeah, that is a tough one. Really difficult decision, there.
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@Octavio@piefed.social 2026-09-27 14:11
Vote for them and then get them to have pro-trans rights views. Like we did with Obama and gay marriage.
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@tpotatomasher99@lemmy.zip 2026-09-28 00:56
Short Answer: Baby/Bath water idiom Long Answer: Dems lose elections because sub groups hate someone they have 98% in common with than someone who likes to bomb children.
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@Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2026-09-26 13:53
Vote for lesser evil + organize, get loud and make being trans normal in red states. The American system is so screwed up with no ability to dissolve your legislatures before the 4 year cycle. If you live in a state of those races, it would be better to be ignored than your rights taken away. If you need anything go seek the support of a Democrat that is pro-trans from out of your state, with control of Congress they would be able to help you more if your state’s legislators are useless but of the same caucus rather than of a caucus that is actively blocking efforts. Sorry if I sound flippant about it, but I would tell moderate voters the same about a progressive candidate. If you’re worried about the ratchet affect, the solution I don’t think is to turn the screws further in the direction of the ratchet. The UK example is weird, the Labour Party’s somewhat to blame but I don’t fully lay it at their feet, because their justice system is biased in very old ways, negatively affecting people’s rights to gender expresssion. The USA has already tried in 2016 the “haha, let Republicans vote for Donald Trump, they’ll see how bad it is when they vote for racism rather than a milquetoast candidate and they will disavow it forever after” method, that didn’t work, only made things a lot worse, he got elected again. Even if you have the long game in mind, not voting appears to send, even if a Republican wins 49% to 47%, a signal that the people mandate that trans people should be hurt, rather than a more neutral signal. States that had been trending red turning blue signals nationally a change in the direction of trans acceptance, regardless of the willingness of the candidate to associate during the campaign with pro-trans advocates or not.
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@Sunflier@lemmy.world 2026-09-26 15:34
I just don’t get the obsession with transgender people. What did they ever do other than just wanting to be left alone? Did a bunch of them bomb a bunch orphanages with burning puppies running out of the flaming building?
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@pirate2377@lemmy.zip 2026-09-27 01:19
MLK supported getting less bad segregationists elected during the early stages of the civil rights movement because they were easier to work with, do we still have segregation today? If trans people in sports is the only contention and they agree on everything else, then that’s progress. We can fight on the trans people in sports point next primary. Let’s also not forget that Donald Trump is trying to end Democracy entirely and will oppress more than just trans people.