cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/13118934
Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet.
Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well.
The “all or nothing” approach to voting is not realistic. If Turek checks all but a few of your boxes and Hinson checks none, then vote Turek into office. THEN you can work on him to change his mind about whatever issue you have. You’d have zero chance to do that with Hinson.
I’d argue you should even stump for him. Go out to your trans friends and say “what he said is gross and awful, but his stance on expanding healthcare, lowering the minimum wage and refunding SNAP will help all marginalized people, including trans folk.”
Complete bullshit, this is a lie you tell yourself and others to make you feel better about it. The best time to pressure a candidate to change a stance is before they have your vote, because once they’ve got it, why on God’s green earth would they ever give a single shit what you think?
Fuck that completely. An attack on one is an attack on all. Cutting trans people off their health care will not “help” trans folk, and this divide and conquer shit is exactly how the ruling class keeps us weak and divided.
All marginalized people should pay attention to the fact that the liberals will throw groups straight under the bus the very moment they see it as electorally convenient. They did it to Palestinians, now they’re doing it to trans folks, there’s no limit to it. These people would ban interracial marriages if they thought they could appeal to the right with it and get away with it. These politicians do not believe in anything and do not care for anyone but themselves and their own political status, their own power.
As a trans woman who’s an army veteran using VA healthcare, this sentiment would deny me my right to medicine and treatment.
I served my country. I shouldn’t be penalized just because I also happen to be transgender.
Regardless, it shouldn’t matter that I’m a veteran. Anyone with access to government funded health care who happens to have gender dysphoria should be allowed to get treatment for it.
Grow a spine.