Something that really struck me during the run up to the election was the silence on trans rights from our left-wing candidates.
The chair of the Democratic Party of Texas Gilberto Hinojosa and candidate Colin Allred both threw transfolk under the bus to try and promote the party and get votes. And now we're starting to hear the behind-the-scene blaming from folks like Representative Seth Moulton saying "“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.”
This was (and is) something I find worrying. Our allies are seeing that we're a liability and this is very very very terrifying. I hope the others in the party make sure they know that we are humans in need of protection like everyone else.
@dolari Seth Moulton is my representative, and he might as well be a republican based on a lot of his positions. He ran unopposed for reelection this year. That is not going to happen again in 2 years.
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... because being run over is fine when cis women do it ...
(Must admit I’m not quite sure what the term means in context. We only speak of running over as in by moving vehicles. As in, under the bus. Coincidentally.)