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This is bureaucratic persecution: losers in the legislature wrote SB244 to out and criminalize trans people, and the state is now enforcing mass ID revocations that could mean fines or jail for driving while trans. This isn’t policy, it’s intimidation.

#ProtectTransLives #NoSB244 #Kansas

Malcolm Connecting🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👬👭🌊💙LGBTQ+ Democrat Resistance Jan 20

🕯️ On This Day in LGBTQ+ History: January 20 ⚠️ January 20, 2017: Federal civil rights priorities shift away from LGBTQ+ protections... See Full Post: www.linkedin.com/posts/therai... #LGBTQHistory #CivilRightsAtRisk #ProtectTransLives

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#lgbtqhistory #civilrightsatrisk #protecttranslives | Malcolm Montgomery🏳️‍🌈

🕯️ On This Day in LGBTQ+ History: January 20 ⚠️ January 20, 2017: Federal civil rights priorities shift away from LGBTQ+ protections On January 20, 2017, the inauguration of a new presidential administration marked an immediate turning point for LGBTQ+ civil rights in the United States. While no single executive order targeted LGBTQ+ people that day, civil rights organizations widely noted that enforcement priorities across federal agencies began to change. As this shift unfolded: 🕯️LGBTQ+ protections under Title IX and Title VII faced increased uncertainty 🕯️Transgender Americans saw early signs that health care, education, and employment safeguards were at risk 🕯️Federal leadership signaled deference to states seeking to limit LGBTQ+ protections 🕯️Advocacy groups prepared for anticipated rollbacks rather than expansion of rights The ACLU, Lambda Legal, and Human Rights Campaign all identified January 20 as the beginning of a period in which LGBTQ+ rights would increasingly be challenged at the federal level. In the months that followed, multiple protections were rescinded or narrowed, confirming early concerns raised at the moment of transition. January 20 stands as a context date when the trajectory of federal LGBTQ+ protections shifted from progress to defense, reminding the community that rights secured through policy can be vulnerable to political change. #LGBTQHistory #CivilRightsAtRisk #ProtectTransLives

Malcolm Connecting🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👬👭🌊💙LGBTQ+ Democrat Resistance Jan 15

🕯️ On This Day in LGBTQ+ History: January 15 ⚠️ January 15, 2018: Federal signals of transgender military exclusion deepen fear and uncertainty... See Full Post: www.linkedin.com/posts/therai... #LGBTQVets #TransMilitary #ProtectTransLives #DoD

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#lgbtqvets #transmilitary #protecttranslives | Malcolm Montgomery🏳️‍🌈

🕯️ On This Day in LGBTQ+ History: January 15 ⚠️ January 15, 2018: Federal signals of transgender military exclusion deepen fear and uncertainty By January 15, 2018, LGBTQ+ service members and advocacy organizations were responding to clear signals from the Trump administration that the proposed ban on transgender military service would move forward. Although the formal policy would be announced later in the year, this period marked a critical context moment when exclusion was becoming operational through legal filings, Pentagon guidance delays, and public statements. Civil rights groups and military advocates reported that during this time: 🕯️Transgender service members faced renewed pressure to conceal their identities 🕯️Military medical care related to gender transition was placed in limbo 🕯️Recruitment and reenlistment decisions were stalled or denied 🕯️Anxiety and attrition increased among active duty personnel The ACLU, Human Rights Campaign, and United States Department of War court filings later documented that this uncertainty caused measurable harm to service members’ careers, health, and unit cohesion. January 15 stands as a reminder that policy reversals do not require immediate enforcement to inflict damage. The erosion of trust and stability itself became a form of harm for LGBTQ+ Americans serving their country. #LGBTQVets #TransMilitary #ProtectTransLives

Shilah Morgana Dec 22

Being seen, documented, and celebrated as a Black transgender woman human rights defender means more than words can say.

Pan Africa ILGA 2025 reminded me that despite hostility and democratic backsliding, our movements are alive, connected, and powerful. I carry this energy back into my community work with renewed commitment.

Thankful for spaces that honour trans dignity and resilience.

📸 @africantransnetwork @genderdynamix

#PanAfricaILGA2025 #TransPreCon #ProtectTransLives

Shilah Morgana Dec 22

Being seen, documented, and celebrated as a Black transgender woman human rights defender means more than words can say.

Thankful for spaces that honour trans dignity and resilience.

📸 @africantransnetwork @genderdynamix

#PanAfricaILGA2025 #TransPreCon #ProtectTransLives #HumanRights

Andrea, Woman of Letters Dec 11

My current Work In Progress (WIP) starts off with an American transwoman living in exile in Canada because getting caught existing while trans had become a felony in the U.S.. Several beta readers laughed at this, refusing to believe that this would ever be a possibility here in the good ol' U.S. of A.

In New Hampshire, not only have lawmakers proposed that any transwoman using the "wrong" bathroom is guilty of "willful trespass", but House Bill 1442 makes this applicable to private businesses, not just state-owned properties.

Oddly, the law would only apply to transwomen, not transmen. I invite you to speculate wildly on that point.

https://legiscan.com/NH/text/HB1442/id/3288592

#TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransRights #ProtectTransLives #WontBeErased #TransMisogyny

Democrats Abroad Nov 20

Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we pause to honor the lives of transgender people lost to anti-trans violence this past year.

This is not just a statistic; each number is a human being, loved and missed. We remember them. 🕯️

#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance #TDOR #SayTheirNames #ProtectTransLives #DemocratsAbroad

stgiga (they/them)

Sep 20, 2025

Had I waited any longer I could have potentially been SOL. #nonbinary #protest #uspol #ternary #transrights #tech #uspolitics #gender #lgbt #lgbtq #axab #passport #intersex #protecttranslives

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stgiga (they/them)

Sep 20, 2025

Update: the book came a few days ago, the card came today. I may very well have the last X marker passport set in the United States for quite some time. #nonbinary #protest #uspol #ternary #transrights #tech #uspolitics #gender #lgbt #lgbtq #axab #passport #intersex #protecttranslives

stgiga (they/them)

Sep 19, 2025

Oh and there's a chance I am likely one of the last Americans to get an X gender marker passport considering mine very recently arrived, like, the, middle of this week, and today... let's just say that had I taken my mom's instructions and waited two days, I may not even have an X marker passport. So all I can say is bullet fucking dodged. By the thinnest of margins. Also I went for the book AND card. Just to cover all bases. Having an X marker on my passport in addition to my ID will make my ID renewal next year smoother, especially when I go change my birth certificate marker to X in California where it's retroactive
Basically I can engineer a situation in which my birth certificate, ID, AND passport ALL have an X on them. So thus there is literally no other choice but an X marker. Meaning that I'm legally nonbinary by virtue of there literally being no other choice. Even despite everything. Essentially I can force ternary where the government says there shouldn't be. And note I'm an intersex enby whose intersex condition showed up on the ultrasound exactly how it is now, on the gender ultrasound in fact. So like at this point I've given binary the finger.

So yes, I've engineered a very wild situation in which I'm nonbinary on my documents, even the Federal ones, in a way that is extremely resilient. So I am basically nonbinary whether orange likes it or not, on my Federal papers too. And unlike many people with these I have no previous marker. So this is a situation in which I'm forcing a binary system to accept ternary even though it doesn't want to. Now that is fucking metal right there! Forcing a system to accept a larger base just like how BWTC32Key does. #nonbinary #protest #uspol #ternary #transrights #tech #uspolitics #gender #lgbt #lgbtq #axab #passport #intersex #protecttranslives