Virtue SignalingFor the First Time Ever, Human Rights Campaign Officially Declares ‘State of Emergency’ for LGBTQ+ Americans; Issues National Warning and Guidebook to Ensure Safety for LGBTQ+ Residents and Travelers

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[–]JulienMayfair 21 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 0 fun22 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Dear HRC, GLAAD, et al.,

Thanks for your warning, a warning we wouldn't need if you hadn't been so completely tone-deaf and arrogant in pushing radical trans policies.

Remember when Elizabeth Birch was the head of HRC and kept trans demands off the table because she knew they would derail everything the LGB were fighting for? I do.

Thanks for taking 50 years of progress and fucking it all up by pushing trans kids and the new religion that is gender. Thanks for giving us all the bad publicity any minority could ever wish for.

[–]NutterButterFlutterStill waving into the void[S] 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

More continued hand-wringing and conflation of LGB with TQ+.

The 2023 state legislative session was the worst year on record for anti-LGBTQ+ legislation:
* More than 525 bills were introduced in 41 states.
* Over 220 of these bills explicitly targeted transgender people.
* Over 76 bills have been signed into law as of June 5, 2023 — more than any year on record, and more than double over last year.

The backlash is real.

Hmmm, what's this all about:

Transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming youth in particular have been directly impacted

I read their "guidebook for action". Page 3 is especially telling. The mental gymnastics is great:

LGBTQ+ Erasure Law. Laws adopting a discriminatory definition of sex that, in reducing people to their reproductive abilities, eliminates a broad array of protections for LGBTQ+ people and women embedded throughout state law.

I also did a control-F for these words:

  • lesbian: 0
  • gay: 0
  • bisexual: 0
  • sexual (to include homosexual, sexuality, and sexual orientation): 9
  • trans: 38
  • gender: 72

[–]INeedSomeTimeAsexual Ally 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

All that is simply "anti-trans". Honestly they watered-down the meaning of anti-trans and transphobia so much that whenever I see these words mentioned towards someone or something my knee-jerk reaction is just "Good, they're simply are based" at this point.

Transphobia no longer means actual discrimination against a trans person. "Trans genocide" means stopping or looking critically that rapid increase of people identifying as trans even if they mostly do it to be seen as cool or as extension of self-harm. "How dare you stop us from converting more people into trans people?" - these TRAs basically.

[–]xanditAGAB (Assigned Gay at Birth) 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So no state of emergenct declared during aids crisis, passage of Defense of Marriage Act, gays in military, etc, but now we need one because they can't explain non binary to school children.

I guess Uganda has quite reached critical mass yet, we will have to wait until they accidental kill a trans person thinking they were gay.

[–]bucetao6969Ace spectrum | LGB should respect religion practicers 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Remember these are the guys that will break your business if you don't comply with LGBTQ+ agenda. They are probably only posting this because the top corporations haven't made their twitter profiles to pride themed.

[–]GuyWhite 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Per the Log Cabin Republicans:

HRC's 'State of Emergency' for LGBT Community is Detached from Reality, Latest PR Stunt

"The HRC's latest PR stunt is so ignorantly detached from the incredible LGBT progress over the past decade that we'd be shocked if their donors even buy it."

Log Cabin Republicans President Charles Moran released the following statement:

"The HRC's latest PR stunt is so ignorantly detached from the incredible LGBT progress over the past decade that we'd be shocked if their donors even buy it. Bipartisan legislation codifying gay marriage was signed into law just last year, public support for equal rights for LGBT Americans has never been higher, and LGBT Americans are increasingly visible and respected throughout our culture. Instead of recognizing these great facts, the Human Rights Campaign must perpetually fear-monger that the LGBT community is in grave danger in order to gin up donations and justify its existence. To that end, the HRC is destructively redefining support for the LGBT community around trans surgeries for minors, biological men competing in women's sports, and sex and gender identity lessons in kindergarten. While these issues can be emotional and complex, they in no way pose an unprecedented 'state of emergency' to the LGBT community, which has persevered through far worse. We encourage the HRC team to read a history book."

[–]automoderatorHuman-Exclusionary Radical Overlord[M] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh good, a guide to states that don’t support the emasculation of Gay boys.