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The big thing for people to remember is not to get hung up on the terminology because what matters at the end of the day is that they have the court order that secures their family,
No matter a person’s political beliefs, we know, from our research and from what LGBTQ+ young people tell us, that policies like these take a damaging toll on LGBTQ+ young people’s mental health,
said Janson Wu, senior director of state advocacy and government affairs at The Trevor Project, a nonprofit focused on suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ youth (T)he incoming administration seeks to limit protections against sex discrimination and abuse, denying science while also making life immeasurably harder for intersex, nonbinary, and of course transgender people,
said Kevin Jennings, CEO of Lambda Legal, in a statement shared via email I just got off the phone with a mom who was in tears because she’s afraid for the mental health of her transgender child,
Apparently, I don’t deserve their time, energy, or empathy, so I wasn’t going to give them any of mine,
But even in the face of policies meant to erase us, our resilience and community will endure,
I was anticipating an attack,
Democrats spend way too much time trying not to offend anyone rather than being brutally honest about the challenges many Americans face. I have two little girls, I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat I’m supposed to be afraid to say that.”
Seth Moulton, a US representative from Massachusetts, told the New York Times We made a social media post about a person who had their legal name changed successfully, and overnight I woke up to over 100 people sending horrible replies. I imagine that is going to continue for a while,
I often talk about how trans people are like sharks: if we don’t keep swimming, we die, so we have to move forward,
I’ve had the opportunity to live through many big milestones,
As I kept reading each additional point in that executive order, I started feeling more and more sick to my stomach,
Well, it appears that he just declared everyone a woman from conception based on the language of the of the executive order,
He just declared everyone a woman
Sarah McBride laughs off Trump’s anti-trans executive order I am very proud that the Department of State will be the first federal government agency to offer the "X" gender marker on an identity document."
At the time, Rena Bitter, the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, said These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality,
Being the 'world superpower,' the US’s stance that it recognises only two genders is depressing,
said Siddi, a 33-year-old transgender woman Trump recognising only two sexes doesn’t change the fact that people exist beyond male and female. He can set the US back by a decade, but he can’t erase people who exist outside the binary. I feel disheartened for the LGBTQ+ community in the US; they’ve fought so much to get this far. I just hope these changes are limited to government policies and don’t affect how people treat each other."
A 29-year-old journalist shared a similar sentiment The Biden Administration forced illegal and immoral discrimination programs, going by the name 'diversity, equity, and inclusion' (DEI), into virtually all aspects of the Federal Government, in areas ranging from airline safety to the military,
said one new order ending such programs As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female,
the president said during his inaugural address
