taedryn 🏳️‍⚧️Apr 26, 2023

This picture is going to be printed in history books as a turning-point for transgender people in the US. The open question is, which direction will the turn be in?

I don't know, and I don't have ideas for what I can do, but we are on the cusp of big, scary changes that will affect everyone, not just trans people, not just minorities.

If you were waiting for a call to action, here it is. They just banned her from the MT House using the rules of decorum. What better metaphor for where we are?

Show threadSally Paul
@taedryn honest question from a random, nobody Gen Xer in Michigan: How do we help? What is our call to action?
Apr 26, 2023 at 10:34pmIvory for iOS
Show threadSaltPhoenixApr 26, 2023
@SallyPaul @taedryn open your home and wallet to everyday transgender people and their families when they begin to flee from these fascist, genocidal states, if you live in a safe one. I say get them out, asap. Be loud, but know that Biden/Dems won't save transgender people fast enough, if at all. We have to be proactive like last decade, but better now than never. I'm grateful my trans teen and I are in a safe place, for now. So many of our friends and family live in places that are not. #WeKeepUsSafe
Show threadSaltPhoenixApr 27, 2023
@SallyPaul @taedryn remember that lots of people might not have the resources or privilege or family in another state to just flee, those folks are the ones that will need the most assistance getting out.
Show threadOApr 26, 2023
@SallyPaul Action is needed everywhere. Idk how much you do already or how much is available to you, but I recommend searching for and reaching out to local lgbtqia2s organizations, self-educating, raising awareness, and checking in on ppl who are close to this. Politicians are enacting anti trans laws all over the country and hate is happening everywhere.
SPLC has a guide on fighting hate:
https://www.splcenter.org/20170814/ten-ways-fight-hate-community-response-guide
Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide

Hate in America has become commonplace. What can we do to stop the hate?

Southern Poverty Law Center
Show threadMxhradApr 27, 2023

@SallyPaul @taedryn

Also, stop traveling to or doing business with any fascist state gutting human rights (I've avoided multiple Florida meetings already). Pressure companies headquartered or doing business in the state (so many films are shot in MT; email them, send regular mail, call).

See them lose money and jobs and they'll realize the country is made up of more than just the unhinged bigots they're trying to appease.