just to clarify for the zillionth time: the reason that "the democrats" are not standing up in any significant way for trans people while the republicans try to kill us is because they also hate us and want us to die!
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Eoin Higgins
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I think we stuck because, to a certain kind of person, we represent a direct refutation of a foundational belief - we insist that the Divine Hierarchy is made up.
They might disagree about where people fit, and how the hierarchy should be organized, but they all agree that the hierarchy is real and important.
Trans people represent an existential threat to the philosophy of immutable hierarchies.
That's why they're not convinced by anyone talking about genetics, or intersex people, or how hormones work or whatever - the physical reality of sex doesn't matter.
What matters is that you ~CAN'T move in the hierarchy!~
so they don't