A short history of where all this anti-trans stuff came from, and why you should be concerned. Worth a read, please take a look. 1/n
2015: The FRC publishes it& #39;s plan trans people: no legal recognition, no legal protections, no transition related health care, and no trans people in the military. It encourages religious based conversion therapy instead. 4/n

https://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF15F45.pdf ">https://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF15F4...
2017: Despite running a campaign that largely avoided LGBT issues, Trump quickly appeases his base and moves to ban trans people from the military and revoke federal protections. The FRC and Ryan Anderson of Heritage are key influencers. 6/n https://rvamag.com/gay-rva/who-was-behind-trumps-transgender-military-ban-the-most.html">https://rvamag.com/gay-rva/w...
2018: Project Blitz, a powerful political movement to eliminate the separation of church and state, develops a playbook to pass state laws treating transness as a communicable public health hazard, to be eradicated by the government like measles. 7/n

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bd8728e7eb88c68a5c8509f/t/5d365d78339e9100019cfa70/1563843966208/Project+Blitz+Playbook+2018-19.pdf">https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b...
2020: The APP, a religious right PAC, bucks the RNC and tries to make the 2020 election about trans people as a wedge, focusing on trans youth sports and medicine. Though unsuccessful at the time, they succeed post-election. 8/n https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/07/wedge-issue-dividing-trumpworld-392323">https://www.politico.com/news/maga...
2021: Tucker Carlson and Fox News ramp up the anti-trans coverage to unheard of levels, (several segments a day) largely echoing the stated aims of the religious right and shaming Republicans who aren& #39;t draconian enough. 10/n https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-has-aired-86-segments-about-trans-people-president-biden-took-office">https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/...
2021: The GOP shifts focus to "wokeness" and "cancel culture" which they blame in great part on transgender people. They make it clear that trans people are one of their top issues going forward, and a intention of fear mongering with falsehoods. 11/n https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-womens-sports-will-die-if-trans-athletes-are-allowed-2021-2">https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-wom...
2021: A record number of anti-trans bills are passing state legislatures. Most use model language provided by ADF, and target target trans youth in sports and medicine. Some bathroom bills as well. Many pass. It& #39;s the worst ever. 12/n https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-bills-transgender-youth_n_60654605c5b6adf599ccde94">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rep...
March 26, 2021: Tucker Carlson, Fox& #39;s most popular host, openly embraces white nationalism. Her also endorses the notion that if the left doesn& #39;t surrender (presumable giving up trans people as a sacrifice), fascism is the only option left. 13/n https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/03/tucker-carlson-justifies-fascist-takeover">https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021...
April 7, 2021: Carlson declares that transgender people are a threat to the survival of the human species, implying that minimizing them is more than just a moral imperative, and that they represent an existential threat to eliminated. 13/n https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-perpetuation-of-the-species_n_606ed95dc5b6034a7085a474">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tuc...
April 8, 2021: Andrew Sullivan proposes a "compromise" to the "transgender question" that includes a national bathroom ban, "separate but equal" facilities and sports, national bans on health care for trans youth, and banning any discussion of trans issues in schools 14/n
If "separate but equal" being floated as a "solution" to the "trans question" doesn& #39;t make you nervous, I& #39;ll also point out that Germany took it& #39;s cues from the American Jim Crow South. 15/n https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/11/what-america-taught-the-nazis/540630/">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...
It also signals this is likely to be a wedge issue in 2022, and in the general election in 2024, making it the first time in 20 years that LGBT issues have been centered in a presidential election, and that the GOP thinks they can win on this openly. 17/n
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