𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢  Aug 4, 2023

- 7.2% of American adults are LGBTQ. That's 18.9 million adults, or larger than the entire veteran population.
- 11 million Americans are bisexual. That's more people than the entire state of Georgia.
- 3.6 million Americans are gay. That's more than the entire state of Utah.
- 2.6 million Americans are lesbian. That's more people than every single farmer in the country.
- and 1.6 million of us are transgender. That's TWICE as many as there are cops in the entire United States.

When people say "we shouldn't change our entire society just to pander to such a small percentage of it", that's obviously a really dumb argument from just an ethical stance. But it's also a really dishonest one. Because they would never say the same thing about veterans, farmers, cops, or the populations of entire States.

Show threadKevin Karhan 
@LadyDragonfly well, they do but only if those are marginalized minorities and not billionaires and corporations.
Aug 4, 2023 at 4:27pmWeb
Show thread𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢  Aug 4, 2023
@kkarhan I have literally never heard anyone say "we shouldn't waste taxpayer money on cops or veterans because they're such a small percentage of our society"
Show threadKevin Karhan Aug 4, 2023

@LadyDragonfly maybe it's because they are an election-swinging block and pissing them off is political suicide in the USA?

OFC they don't oppose them directly but GOPers do try to curb VA budget...