LGBTQ+ Americans can be discriminated against because of who they are and who they love. Unacceptable. I’m proud to join in reintroducing the Equality Act. LGBTQ+ Americans must be protected under federal civil rights laws. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ - ThreadSky

durbin.senate.gov • 6 hours ago

LGBTQ+ Americans can be discriminated against because of who they are and who they love.

Unacceptable.

I’m proud to join in reintroducing the Equality Act. LGBTQ+ Americans must be protected under federal civil rights laws. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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h4rml3ss-actual.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Can you please, PLEASE, work on getting the others to fucking stand up for the transgender people being attacked daily? PLEASE?

evadeathdollie.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Thank you, Senator Durbin! 🥲🏳️‍⚧️💕

jazzrat2000.bsky.social•1 hour ago

we can reintroduce all we want. the nazis control the congress, WH and SCOTUS

bulbasaurmd.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Actions speak louder than words. We all saw you vote to strip healthcare from trans kids of military servicemembers. And we've seen these kinds of policies result in suicide rates in children increasing by 73%. Do better.

ghostymost.bsky.social•3 hours ago

reintroducing the equality act is an action tho.

splumpi.bsky.social•57 minutes ago

An action that occurred after:

-several attacks on Obergefell v. Hodges

-literal hundreds of anti trans legislation proposals nationwide

-conservatives ramping up attacks against trans people in 2021

-losing the dem majority AND supermajority

-Durbin getting yelled at to do the bare minimum

ghostymost.bsky.social•49 minutes ago

would you be happier if it wasn’t being reintroduced? the last time the equality act was introduced, democrats in the house of representatives passed it. are you mad they did that too?

splumpi.bsky.social•46 minutes ago

Telling a marginalized person (in essence) to be grateful that an enabler of this fascist regime is doing something that could have been done far more easily just 4 years ago is not the winning argument you think it is.

I have every right to be mad when I could be hate crime'd any day now.

ghostymost.bsky.social•39 minutes ago

marginalized people can be wrong

-a trans woman

splumpi.bsky.social•44 minutes ago

I could be killed for being a 🚬 or sent to a "wellness farm" because I'm autistic any time but I'M the bad guy got being upset that it took this long to POSSIBLY have basic protections?

Do you not remember how bills become laws? Trump has to approve, and he's not gonna without an ulterior motive.

punkmothmisha.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Get our names out of YOUR FUCKING MOUTH YOU PANDERING FUCK. We all kNOW you’re a transphobic piece of SHIT.

ohcrapnowwhat.bsky.social•2 hours ago

hey quick question, do you want the people who are against you to change

punkmothmisha.bsky.social•1 hour ago

I want them to stop using me and people like me as a political tool for brownie points! He’s literally a transphobe and has just THIS YEAR acted against us. If he actually changed, COOL, but lip-service isn’t enough. He actually has to back it up with action to undo the damage he’s already done!

ohcrapnowwhat.bsky.social•1 hour ago

I think you should still put up laws you want for a vote when you're not in the majority. do you?

punkmothmisha.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Sure! But can i not call out a blatant pandering attempt when I see one? Like, he has actively helped us get to this point. This is the literal bare minimum he should be doing, and he should have done it long ago when there was an actual chance of passing it.

punkmothmisha.bsky.social•1 hour ago

He’a just doing this to avoid getting targeted by one of Hog’s incumbents.

splumpi.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Yeah but actions speak louder than posts, and Durbin's done a whole lotta fuck all and does this when it would be nigh impossible to pass. Forget a lack of majority, the dictator ain't gonna sign that into law! Not without ulterior motives anyways.

ohcrapnowwhat.bsky.social•1 hour ago

I think you should still put up laws you want for a vote when you're not in the majority. do you?

splumpi.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Yeah, but we could've used this 4 years ago when conservatives were calling all of us groomers and pedophiles. Hell, we could have used this after gay marriage became legal almost decade ago.

I'm scared for my life and these people wait until it's too damn late to help because votes.

ohcrapnowwhat.bsky.social•1 hour ago

I don't like political judgements that require time machines

every time someone does better than yesterday is a step forward and there's no purity to find anywhere in politics

donellgmab.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Borrowed from another post-
But mr trump, you cannot take away DEI - it's my faith. 💖

ayetsg.com•5 hours ago

> Transphobia

do you ACTUALLY care or are you just doing this for sympathy points?

mustard.cx•5 hours ago

Lmao...didn't you JUST take a public victory lap a few days ago at the Salvation Army?

Clown show.

tantalumhypercube.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I hope amerikkka doesnt get more fascist. I have family in amerikkka i have friends in amerikkka and i worry for their safety under the dangerous regime of trump.

jess-fish.bsky.social•5 hours ago

It’s probably going to get worse before it gets anywhere near better. A lot people seem to think it’ll go away once he’s gone but the system has been fundamentally changed. The worst people have learned the game plan for taking things over and that there won’t be opposition from the other party.

jess-fish.bsky.social•5 hours ago

To be clear I mean opposition from opposing politicians. The people are screaming for them to do something. Most congress members seem unwilling or incapable of doing anything to help stop this.

heymickie42.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I hope you will forgive us who are represented by that acronym, especially the T, if we assume you're full of performative bullshit

jessbheart.bsky.social•2 hours ago

voters in 2021: help us ?
Dick face Durbin: Best i can do is like 3/5ths compromise?

Voters in 2025: Resign we hate you.
Dick face Durbin: How about i do that law from 4 years ago now?

pamelajbus.bsky.social•4 hours ago

While i agree with you, & applaud your efforts, in this current situation, how? can we get this passed?

Gay barber immigrants disappear Sir

philthy69.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Don't forget to obstruct any and every attempt to degrade their rights!

"Strong letters" and statements don't fucking count, either.

Do something.

splumpi.bsky.social•1 hour ago

This ALSO includes condemning people within the party blaming LGBTQ rights for the election loss

philthy69.bsky.social•37 minutes ago

Damn fucking straight

builderzreal.bsky.social•1 hour ago

I'll believe it when I see it. Stop singing about caring about us and make an actual effort, loser.

freyameanslady.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Yeah, I'm sure you really care. I'm sure you're gonna sponsor the equal rights amendment so women can have equal rights too, right?
RIGHT????

igodzilla203.bsky.social•4 hours ago

The mentally ill need psychiatric care.

wagewar4.bsky.social•2 hours ago

I know you are a fascist troll but still just want to say this. It's only a small part of the whole when it comes to gender issues, this is relevant to your dumb ass statement:

Gender Dysphoria is a medical condition, and gender reassignment surgery is a highly succesful prescribed treatment

splumpi.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Aaaaand said surgeries are NOT permitted for minors.

And cis people ubdergo HRT as well. Just ask a cis woman with PCOS or other endocrine disorders.

splumpi.bsky.social•1 hour ago

I'll believe this means anything when you and your colleagues stop capitulating. And don't let this dictator take credit if he doesn't veto it, if it even makes it that far.

hendersonclark.bsky.social•2 hours ago

We were promised this & federal protections for reproductive rights with a bypass of the filibuster in 2021. I'm trans & saw this climate coming. The Dems didn't protect us or those needing choice when it was clear where things were going.

querdcast.bsky.social•59 minutes ago

And trans vets?

chiburbs.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Please help two of your constituents start a family!

https://gofund.me/e1bf3890

pamelajbus.bsky.social•4 hours ago

If you are using GoFundMe Now, imagine the hundreds if not Thousands of cases of diapers &the medical care!
Avg cost raising a kid is $400k? Maybe not exact but damn near close. GoFund that amount? I’m at early adulthood with mine. $300/mo car insurance, car & maint, post secondary ed, child care!

chiburbs.bsky.social•3 hours ago

There’s a big difference between spending $200K at once just to have a kid and buying diapers. We are very capable of affording the costs of a child. If we were straight, this wouldn’t be an issue whatsoever.

pamelajbus.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Oh yes. Huge. Difference between diapers & uni. surrogacy?

….But you’re Not straight….

Hit Elton up? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Again. Best wishes most of all to your child 😊

pamelajbus.bsky.social•1 hour ago

I’m adopted.
Raised by an angel

$200k for what? Selfish propagation? For what? Someone to care for your aging selves?

I absolutely do not have chip on my shoulder today. In the past oh yes. We need licenses to drive but not to propagate species.

Good luck. To your child the most.

zelemont.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Dear Do Nothing Democrat Dick Durbin:

Your departure can not wait. Resign.

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