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🏳️‍🌈#LGBTVoices Celebrates🏳️‍🌈
TRANS AWARENESS MONTH

Today’s Thread Topic:
How the Trump-Pence administration has rolled back protections for transgender people.

People who are transgender identify or express their gender differently than their assigned sex at birth.

#LGBTVoices
Some Trump admin bans on protections for transgender people:
—Word‘Transgender’ banned at CDC
—Attempts to ban from military
—Guidance protections in schools
—Claim civil rights law doesn't protect transgender workers
—Attempt to define sex as M/F determined by genitalia at birth
In July 2017, Trump tweeted his plan to ban transgender people from the military stating cost as the reason.

Fact: The military spends 10X more on giving active duty & retirees erections than it spends on healthcare services for transgender troops.
👉militarytimes.com/news/2017/07/2…
5 courts have blocked Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military. 1/1/2018 transgender people could enlist but months later, transgender recruits are still waiting to serve bc Trump is still trying to ban transgender people from military.

👉nytimes.com/2018/07/05/us/…
Under @BetsyDeVosED—revoked Obama-era guidance on schools’ obligations to transgender students under Title IX:

—Right to occupy the restroom appropriate for their gender identity
—Sexual harassment & violence protections
—Not investigating civil rights complaints from students
This is just one story the impact the Trump-Pence admin has had on a transgendered teen
👉politico.com/amp/story/2018…

This administration consistently skirts the discrimination laws on transgender rights.

Know your rights
👉transequality.org/know-your-righ…

#TransRightsAreHumanRights
AG Sessions decided the 1964 civil rights law doesn’t protect transgender workers from discrimination stating it doesn’t encompass gender identity.

Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex & national origin.

👉washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/…
One of the Trump/Pence administration's most iniquitous acts of malice to date is their proposal to change the legal definition of gender as just male or female.

This will jeopardize 1.4 million transgender American’s rights.

#LGBTVoices
#EraseTheHate

nytimes.com/2018/10/21/us/…
We’ve all heard their uneducated worldview: there’s only 2 genders.

This is NOT true.

A portion of humans are born with intersex traits, some w/atypical sex development, genitalia or chromosomal ambiguity.

Sex & gender identity goes beyond biology.

amp.timeinc.net/time/5432006/t…
There’s a direct correlation between legislative attacks and discrimination&violence against transgender people. They’re more likely to be unemployed, abused & commit suicide.

2018 is already the deadliest on record for transgender in 🇺🇸
👉hrc.org/resources/viol…

#EraseTheHate
It continues to be an ongoing theme: Trump/Pence & Republicans are seemingly obsessed with other people’s genitals, who they have sex with & which bathroom they use.
transequality.org/the-discrimina…

Absent strong federal protections, transgender rights & lives will continue to be at risk
Addition to how the Trump-Pence admin is stripping Transgender people’s rights via @joncoopertweets

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Illinois ratified the ERA in June, leaving just One state needed to change constitutional hurdles to ratification.

The 14th & 19th aren’t enough.

The ERA ensures equal rights regardless of gender, was passed in 1974 - 44 years ago. Why is this still even a thing?

#RatifyERA
The ERA is also an economic issue. It’s proven that when women earn the same as their male colleagues it stimulates the economy.
Gender equality will boost the economy over $4.3 trillion in a decade.
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It was passed in 1974 but 44 years later it still hasn’t been ratified.

Even guns have a constitutional amendment.

The only guarantee women have in the Constitution is the 19th amendment-The right to vote.

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President Obama left over 100 open fed judicial seats vacant—bc McConnell blocked and refused to hold confirm hearings on federal judges.

In July, Trump signed an EO to end the competitive selection process for judges. This makes them political appointees who he can fire at will
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Only 2 judges from 1989—2016 were rated not qualified compared to Trump’s 6
“We’ve appointed a record number of judges who will defend our constitution…And we’re putting on to the bench a record number of judges. And in a short period of time, we are going to have probably the all-time record for the appointment of judges.”—Trump
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Today’s Thread Topic: TERFS, and why they’re wrong.

TERFS are trans exclusionary radical feminists. They conflate gender with sex, and hold that gender is binary, and biologically assigned at birth.

#LGBTVoices
The debate over trans acceptance dates back the the early seventies of radical feminist thought.

Radical is a loaded term.

In this case, radical feminism holds that male supremacy is maintained by granting privilege to men through the institution of the patriarchy.
Feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of equality of the sexes.

Radical feminism seeks a radical restructuring of society to eliminate the patriarchy, and bring equality to the sexes.
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🏳️‍🌈#LGBTVoices Celebrates🏳️‍🌈
TRANS AWARENESS MONTH

Today’s Thread Topic: Transgender voters

Strict voter ID laws disenfranchise transgender voters, as 68% of trans people do not have identification that match their gender identity and/or name.

#LGBTVoices
#TransAwarenessMonth
2/ There are 1.4 million trans people of voting age. All voters should have an equal opportunity to participate in the political process.
Voter i.d. laws & uniformed workers can cause obstacles for trans voters
@glaad
countable.us/articles/10582…
3/ Once trans voters know their state's I.d. requirements they may still experience problems at the polls.
A few helpful resources are these Check off items on the #VotingWhileTrans guides for voters & poll workers/election officials
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glaad.org/amp/how-prep-f…
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🏳️‍🌈#LGBTVoices Celebrates🏳️‍🌈
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Today’s Thread Topic:

Binary vs. Non-Binary?

#WontBeErased
#TransAwarenessWeek
#TransAwarenessMonth
#BeyondTheBinary

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First, we need to understand the concept of being “gender binary”. Simply, it means viewing gender as two opposite categories of “male” (masculine)🧔🏾& female (feminine)👩🏻‍⚕️.

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#LGBTVoices
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@TransEquality: “Non-binary” is one term people use to describe genders that don’t fall into one of these two categories, male or female.

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🏳️‍🌈#LGBTVoices Celebrates🏳️‍🌈
TRANS AWARENESS MONTH

Today’s Thread Topic: Pronouns.

Pronouns are as profoundly important to a person’s identity as their name. Using a person’s identifying pronouns means treating them with the respect they deserve as a human being.

#LGBTVoices
Many feel confused with society’s evolving attitude towards gender pronouns. Transgender people can identify under traditional binary pronouns, or under a flexible set of gender neutral pronouns.

Referring to a person by their chosen pronouns is essential to respecting them. 2)
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Sex and gender are often used interchangeably, but they aren’t the same thing. 3)
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🏳️‍🌈#LGBTVoices Celebrates🏳️‍🌈
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Today’s Thread Topic: Being Trans in the US Military

Being transgender in the military has always been risky.
The following thread is a brief timeline of the changing US policy with personal stories of trans soldiers’ struggle.
Before June 2018, transgender soldiers were forced to lead double lives. Coming out could have meant being automatically discharged regardless of your aptitude.

Meet Jamie Ewing. She served with distinction until she was discharged for being transgender.
bbc.com/news/av/world-…
On June 30, 2016, the US Military lifted its ban on transgender soldiers, citing that the “Defense Department and the military need to avail ourselves of all talent possible.”
medium.com/@SecDef/dod-tr…
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THREAD ON HOW TO HELP TRANS/NB FOLKS IN THE FACE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ERASURE ATTEMPTS

(cw for transphobia/transmisia and suicide mentions)

this thread is for anyone, but I'm especially directing it at the cisgender folks who strive to be good allies.

RT to signal boost
okay, so if you are engaged with political news online, your feeds are likely flooded with news right now about the Trump administration's attempt to legally define #transgender & nonbinary identities out of existence, which is BAD.

here's the NYT link:

nytimes.com/2018/10/21/us/…
(note: this article is decent overall & does a good job of explaining the issue at hand, but uses some dicey language—like asserting that trans/nb folks "opt" to change their gender identity & that they may not "deserve" civil rights protections. be wary of this language.)
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