Allison Chapman 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 19, 2023

Y’all I really don’t think you understand how dire this year is for #trans people. We are now at 134 anti-LGBTQ proposed state bills in 18 days. We have had 4 passed to floor votes with one of those already passing a floor vote.

- 51 banning gender affirming care
- 21 banning trans people from sports
- 21 Don't Say Gay/Forced Outing
- 15 Banning Drag
- 7 Eliminating legal recognition of trans people

Show threadMartin Piper (he/him) 💙💛🌻💉Jan 19, 2023
@Alli a while ago I came to realise that the only way to affect real beneficial public policy change is to be an elected lawmaker, or at the very least be active in teams that feed into elected representatives. This was after seeing so much unfairness and lack of transparency in current governments.
Show threadAllison Chapman 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 19, 2023
@martin_piper I think you can make change with your vote. But I also agree you should be active in teams that feed directly into elected officials.
Show threadMartin Piper (he/him) 💙💛🌻💉
@Alli Yes and no. A vote only goes so far when minority issues are concerned, due to the very nature of being a minority. I'm not a SOGI minority, but I very strongly believe in justice and equality and can see accessing that as a minority can be extremely challenging.
Jan 19, 2023 at 4:02amWeb