Today, on #TransDayOfVisibility , I'd like to say something that doesn't really need to be said to this group, probably:
Why should you support #trans lives, identities, and rights?
- Because you care about equality
- Because you support freedom and autonomy
- Because trans identities and lives are under attack.
Fascism always attacks some scapegoat groups. They are always less powerful than the status quo dominant groups. They are always seen by many people in the dominant groups as "lesser" or "undesirable" or "immoral", etc. The scapegoating is critical for building fascist power and momentum. It's critical as a rationalization for removing civil rights and humanitarian protections.
It doesn't matter who the scapegoats are.
If #1 and #2 above aren't reason enough to protect trans lives, then focus on #3. You support and protect whoever is being attacked by fascists. If it's trans people, you protect them. If it's gay people, you protect them. If it's Black, Native, Latino/Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, poor, homeless, or undocumented people, you protect them. If it's pedophiles or people with felony criminal records, you protect them.
You support the scapegoats because they are scapegoats, even if you can't find any empathy for them. You do this to fight #fascism
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