No matter how he wants to spin it, there is no LGB without the T. Hate against trans people is a combination of homophobia, misogyny, and transphobia. There is no separating it from each other. You’re helping this hate happen right now.

Right? We haven’t gotten to a point where we can easily save up this amount as a generation

Let alone buy a house (which 5K$ was what the house they were discussing cost in the movie. Adjusted for inflation, it would be around 85.2K$)

He even showed up to court with an outfit that denied trans youth’s existence.

But the system once again failed trans people as the judge found Linehan to be a “credible witness”.
Had the girl been cis, things most likely would’ve ended up very differently.

Not only is this fundamentally anti-trans, but also anti-Māori given the long history of gender diversity in Māori culture.
It will certainly be challenged in court and I hope to see this government humiliated for this harmful move

There’s nuance in how this should work (intentional vs unintentional, precedent, etc), but we need a baseline to stop the worst from getting into power.

This needs to end. Politicians serve the people, not themselves. They need to be reminded of that.

Truly! I hope this becomes more common to at least mitigate the hate spreading

And we’ll always be there, no matter what.

But for today, we honour and remember those who are no longer with us. And we hold onto hope that we will see better days ahead.
One where our rights aren’t being debated.
One where our humanity isn’t being questioned.

And I know how bleak things can seem at the moment, but we will get through this.
We’ve been through similar times before, but hate will always lose out in the end. Hate is unsustainable. If it was, they wouldn’t need to pass all these laws to criminalize our existence.
We’ve always been here. 🧵

/lost due to the violence inflicted through policies. Something we, as a society, should consider as the same as physical violence.
It means those who’ve left us due to not seeing a way out or forward.

Every one of us in the community matters. You matter.
🧵

But the number of siblings we’ve lost each year are never accurate enough. And while I’ve no doubt it increased this last year, as it has the last few years with 2024 having been one of the deadliest for us in recent years, we also need to take into account those who’ve been/ 🧵

Whether it’s in the US, UK, Canada, or the continued destructive effects of colonization elsewhere in the world, trans and non-binary people have faced violence and hate that has resulted in the deaths of countless siblings.
Each year, we name those we lost. Those we know at least.🧵

Yeah that last part is what she’s most likely banking on. That and her brain rotting away as she isolates herself more and more from reality

Which, the irony of Joanne being so loudly a transphobe, when she herself has gotten more gender affirming care than most trans people ever do in their lifetime

Jesus I’m sorry you even have to deal with this crap. But thank you for standing by trans people and I hope they regret ever trying to come after you!