Ninety percent of LGBTQ+ youth said their well-being has been negatively impacted by recent politics, according to a new survey from The Trevor Project.
I’m so glad this isn’t taking much of a toll on my daughter, who is queer, but her trans friend is getting worse and worse. It doesn’t help that the school insists on deadnaming him and forcing him to use the girl’s bathroom and locker room even after his parents intervened.
My husband is FTM trans and we’re starting to get worried, living in Ohio. We’ve made the decision to move to Vermont this August because I just can’t guarantee his safety anymore. His family is wholly unsupportive and mine, while not malicious, just doesn’t get why we’re making such a big deal out something so small. It’s always “well [town name] is [town name], it’s always been rednecky, you just need to hunker down and wait for it all the blow over”. Not like this, and I don’t want to move into one of the 3-Cs just to have the whole state go tits up. It sucks, but at least in VT he’ll have access to a doctor. That and Ben & Jerry’s.
I’m really sorry to hear that. It’s disgusting that this country is actively working on persecuting some of its citizens whose only “crime” is knowing who they are. I hope your husband (and you, of course) stay safe!
I’m so glad this isn’t taking much of a toll on my daughter, who is queer, but her trans friend is getting worse and worse. It doesn’t help that the school insists on deadnaming him and forcing him to use the girl’s bathroom and locker room even after his parents intervened.
My husband is FTM trans and we’re starting to get worried, living in Ohio. We’ve made the decision to move to Vermont this August because I just can’t guarantee his safety anymore. His family is wholly unsupportive and mine, while not malicious, just doesn’t get why we’re making such a big deal out something so small. It’s always “well [town name] is [town name], it’s always been rednecky, you just need to hunker down and wait for it all the blow over”. Not like this, and I don’t want to move into one of the 3-Cs just to have the whole state go tits up. It sucks, but at least in VT he’ll have access to a doctor. That and Ben & Jerry’s.
I’m really sorry to hear that. It’s disgusting that this country is actively working on persecuting some of its citizens whose only “crime” is knowing who they are. I hope your husband (and you, of course) stay safe!
I’m sorry that you are experiencing such things. I hope we can heal and grow as a nation but I am constantly disheartened by the reality.
I blame these damn fascist Trumpsters refusing to accept reality. Will this ever end?