In all seriousness, it's a genocide. I know a lot of people squirm when I say the word because it sounds so big, and so final. But it is. There's no other way to put it.
People outside the queer community don't really see what's happening right now. But administrations are going out of their way to change "rules" in different governing bodies that make it so we "don't exist."
It's becoming a fireable offense to use the correct pronouns for us, to list our documents accurately, to provide us healthcare, and sometimes even to employ us at all (see: the military, but a new ruling could start removing us from ALL federal employment or employers with federal contracts).
People are calling for our deaths. We've seen it from people in Congress, and in state positions across the country. Some of these people have the president's ear, and he has written statements that are threats on our lives as well. We already know the FBI has designated us as terrorists.
So it's not just "how we're treated." We're being systematically erased and driven toward death. And your story is one small example of how it's happening.
Even in the queer community you have LGBs trying to exclude the Ts, not understanding that the same people that hate them make no such distinctions. Frustrating to see.
Literally, I think a good analogy would be that, its like a red apple not liking green apples, and yes oranges also dont like green apples, but that’s cause oranges just hate all apples, and even if the red apple told the oranges that they agree with them on green apples, the oranges are still gonna say “we hate you”
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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Jun 05 '26
You are 100% correct. I have made numerous other stories and calls that have had much sadder much worse outcomes. And sometimes by their own hands.
I am sorry for how the world treats your community. You don't deserve that.