Just a friendly reminder to Queer Americans that regardless of your politics, it's time to arm ourselves. Fight back on all fronts, including the court of public opinion obviously, but there's a very real reason why violence against our community, and specifically Trans people, has been on the rise and sadly I don't think it's going to get much better anytime soon. And the last thing we need to do is make ourselves sitting ducks.
I know that's not what a lot of liberals on this site want to hear, but it's what's necessary at the present moment.
The libs of tik tok woman called Trans people cockroaches on Tucker Carlson so you can check that out for yourself. These people are f-cking monsters.
I agree with the "arm ourselves" part but I don't think one should do it just because of attacks on trans people. The right is also attacking other LGB+ Americans as well.
Of course it's not only trans people; they're just the most visible and easily targeted minority being vilified right now but ultimately the anti-trans agenda these stochastic terrorists are pushing is meant to rollback societal acceptance and rights for all queer folks. When a gay bar is shot up or a pride event is assaulted cause some right-wing nut job hears this rhetoric and takes action it's unlikely to be only trans people who are killed, obviously.
This article is a great inside look into the rising number of lgbt+ folks who are choosing to arm themselves for community self defense and by all accounts its a take and a feeling that's spreading quickly in the circles I frequent.
