Don't get it twisted this attack on trans people in Kansas (how did they identify the people they sent those letters to? They have a list, the monsters.) is a trial, a test. Let them get away with it they will move on to the next smallest group they feel they could target without public backlash.

That is how this works.

Are you an "LGB" person ?
Are you enjoying an upstanding gay marriage with a white picket fence?
Are you a black American (oh wow) but not (oh no no) an immigrant ?

Are you reading the room ?

We're next! We are next.

It's kind of obvious that what the Republican Kansas legislator would like to do is make being LGBT illegal. I find it somewhat promising that they have done something technical, creepy, and obnoxious instead. But they are pushing that boundary in the most obvious ways.

They are still too scared to do what they really want. The public ought to be disgusted.

I am.

I'm also very curious if any cis people got the letter by mistake. It seems likely.

Nearly all of the people who have been harassed in public over restrooms rules tend to be cis women who look a little butch or like a bowtie or something.

This isn't a flaw it's a feature. Because part of the purpose is to make a gender dress and behavior code for adults.

No men shall wear pink or nail polish. No women shall have whiskers on their chin or leave the house without a layer of foundation.

The GOVERNMENT will tell you (yes you) how to be your gender correctly.

That's all this is. It's bullshit.

@Anke @RogerBW

The general public is mad at the ruling class, mad at the powerful and wealthy -- I think some of these people lean into this kind of thing in hopes that it will quell the cries for retribution.

There are other forces at work, but very cynically it is clear that the right is desperately looking for anyone who can take the blame for the gross decadence and inequality.

If they weren't doing this their only political activity would be defending rich MFers from higher taxes.