we have to fight against them together or die there's no choice at this point.
if you're a cis lgb and think you're safe you're not. they're coming for all of us.
and just so you all know:
they don't mean, like. future gender-affirming care.
they mean that all minors in the state of tennessee receiving gender-affirming care now have a deadline on their detransition.
Also, the "drag ban" is worse than it sounds. It's vague.
The law redefines the illegal-in-public "adult cabaret performance" to include "male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest (...) regardless of whether or not performed for consideration." "Public" is defined as anywhere one "could be viewed by a person who is not an adult."
Who's to say what counts as "prurient," especially if that explicitly doesn't have to be your intention? If a trans girl joins a karaoke club at her college and a cop arrests her for it, can she prove she didn't violate this law? It can be used to imprison any trans person being too visible.
To be clear, this is absolutely intentional in its vagueness. The above is absolutely not a bug, it's an intentional benefit in their mind. They can use and abuse this law to criminalize being trans in public, and that is part of the point.
If cis LGBs are not awake and aware to the fact that this is all just pushing the Overton Window, they need to be. Iowa Republicans filed a bill to make marriage equality illegal if and when Obergefell is struck down.
Is it going to go anywhere right now? No, no it will not. But a few years ago, bills like the above didn't go anywhere, either.
Wake the fuck up. They are coming for all of us, and I'm getting tired of saying it.