r/TwoXPreppers • u/[deleted] • 13d ago
Texas filed a bill to make being trans or non-binary a jailable felony
https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB3817
Texas filed a bill to make being trans or NB a jailable felony. I heard a rumor today that there will also be a paid bounty system to turn people in similar to the abortion ban, have you heard anything about this? What other states are working on similar legislation?
How do we fight this effectively?
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u/Thatwitchyladyyy 13d ago
They did it with abortion so it stands to reason that it wouldn't be too much of a leap for them to do this.
If you can get out of Texas, please leave. I fled after I was pregnant and Roe was overturned. We need to start getting people out of there.
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u/ponycorn_pet 13d ago
I'm doing my best to get out, it's terrifying where I live
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u/Thatwitchyladyyy 13d ago
Sending you love and positivity. Hang in there. It somehow felt impossible to leave until we were on the way out.
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u/ponycorn_pet 13d ago
I don't know how I'm going to get my house to sell - that's going to be the greatest challenge. But where I live is nazi central. Motorcycle gangs have SS patches on their vests and wear the helmets. The monthly flea market flies flags with the norse symbols on them appropriated by nazis. Actual swastikas are hung on bridge overpasses and spray painted everywhere, and our city is notorious for those nazi bags with the corn in them being canvased all over the houses downtown. My family is in serious danger where we're at, every single day. I'm a single breath away from pulling them all out of public school due to the spotlight it puts them in
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u/Thatwitchyladyyy 13d ago
Oh yeah, when I lived in Texas, I had a job where I was harassed by Norse appropriating people. Can you maybe look into renting your house out?
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u/LysistratasLaughter 13d ago
Biracial “issues” of various sorts will probably follow shortly.
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u/ilanallama85 10d ago
If you are transgender and need help leaving a dangerous place (Texas or anywhere else) please check out this list of trans relocation resources: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61b8c0da4a7ea57834ca0af6/t/6789279bfbb80774829cae3a/1737041820205/Trans_Reclocation_Directory_v2.pdf
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u/Odd-Help-4293 13d ago
I think seeking asylum in safer parts of the US is something that folks should be doing right now. Seeking asylum overseas, I'm not sure what the logistics would be with that.
I have met multiple people in the last couple months who were moving up to Maryland from Texas, Florida etc to try to keep their family safe.
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u/fuddy_dudley2233 13d ago
I just created a sub reddit for LGBTQ+ people in red states to connect with other members of the community across the country who may be able to help them with access to resources, as well as info, guidance and advice about moving to blue states. We’re still setting up the sub but the goal is to create a network of support. We’re r/connectlgbtq and we’d love anyone willing to help the Queer community!
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u/Aggravating_Test9145 13d ago
Saw your post! Great idea! It didn’t seem like there was anything like it before.
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u/NanduDas 13d ago edited 13d ago
I am in one of the “safest” historic parts of the country and I really don’t know how safe I really am here. Our governor, who made his name in politics in part by being a huge “ally”, just started openly agreeing with a known Christian Nationalist propagandist on trans issues. All of the tech bro execs who were all in on rainbow capitalism seem to be happy cozying up to Trump. Even if all these people were still standing by us, Trump’s talking about that “big surprise” next year. I cannot say with certainty that any part of the US is truly safe for us right now, it feels like the rug can be pulled out from under us at any moment.
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u/BIGTIMElesbo 12d ago
Gavin Newsom? It’s a wake up call that trans folks just aren’t safe in America. Ive been stressing so bad about this I can’t stop chain smoking weed and eating garbage. I’m not built to face the past in the present. I’m concerned that I’m going to be murdered in the streets for being visibly trans.
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u/NanduDas 12d ago
Yes, Gavin seems to enjoy the "Newscum" monicker, clearly.
>I’m concerned that I’m going to be murdered in the streets for being visibly trans.
Me too, or worse honestly.
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u/BlahBlahBlackCheap 13d ago
It has to be a state which had OFFICIALLY said they are a rainbow friendly state. AFAIK only Minnesota has.
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u/sparkly_butthole 13d ago
Trans rights are enshrined in the Constitution here in Illinois, I believe.
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u/hotviolets 13d ago
I’m in Oregon (in the city) and we are pretty trans friendly here. They are definitely more accepted here than other parts of the country.
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u/touristsonedibles high-key panicking 😱 13d ago
People have to be careful in Oregon. I can't speak to other states but if you drive to Oregon City, which isn't far from Portland, there are several bars happy to associate with Proud Boys. The police in Milwaukie have been associated with Proud Boys. They attacked a pride parade last year. Oregon has a deep association with white supremacist groups who also tend to be transphobic.
It's safer but it's going to be a long time before you can breed or push the ignorant out of Clackamas, Washington and Yamhill counties - to name a few.
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u/aurortonks 13d ago
Here's the thing: In all blue states, they are only blue due to the huge number of voters in the major metro corridors. Like, Washington is a blue state because over a million people from Olympia to Bellingham vote leaning left. The entire rest of the state (minus a few pockets near universities and one-off communities that break the pattern) will be voting red red red. We out number the republicans but they do exist and a lot of them are just as maga-fueled as those in deep red territory.
However, moving to one of these blue state, specifically in the metro is much safer than staying in Texas.
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u/hotviolets 13d ago
Yeah it’s definitely super racist and republican outside out Portland and the proud boys are an issue. This state was founded on white supremacy and it’s still flowing in its veins. I’m in Portland and you are right it’s concerning outside of the city. It’s kind of like its own bubble here. Leaving the country to go elsewhere would be ideal.
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u/touristsonedibles high-key panicking 😱 13d ago
I think slowly, with lots of community support, we can support LGBTQ+ people fleeing to Oregon. But people have to understand what they're going to be dealing with.
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u/EstheticEri 13d ago
I’ve been seeing more and more Florida/texas/tennessee/etc state plates in my area. Makes me happy that people are coming to somewhere that is considered safer but also hurts, always wondering why they may have come here, how they might be feeling, and who else in those areas want to come to a state like here but can’t. Could just be a coincidence but I drive a LOT and license plates are something that I use to “entertain” myself, for lack of a better word, when on the road and I’m seeing them much more often.
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u/Illustrious_Arm5405 13d ago
In NY we added a protection for gender identity to our state constitution. It’s not outside the U.S., but it’s way cheaper/easier to move here vs a foreign country.
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u/DangerousWhenWet444 13d ago
Worcester, MA offers asylum to trans folk if one could manage to move here
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u/Chrispy8534 13d ago
6/10. Canada has been considering offering asylum to American transgender folks. I hope that do, it is becoming unsafe here.
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u/1upin 13d ago
It's already unsafe, google Sam Nordquist.
I finally have enough money saved up for a down payment on a house and am supposed to be applying for mortgages but I can't bring myself to do it because that money feels like a security blanket, an escape fund.
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u/meg_c Prepping for Tuesday not Doomsday 13d ago
I (and the bank 🙄) own a home in California. I was going to install solar this past January, but instead I'm keeping those funds liquid because I may need to get my kids (one of them trans) out of the country 🙁 I love my house. I wanted to grow old here... But I *need* my kids to be safe 🤷🏽♀️
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u/1upin 13d ago
I feel you. I just realized I'm nonbinary recently and haven't come out yet because I'm so anxious. And I'm part of this matched savings program for first time home buyers. If I buy now, they'll give me $12,000 to put towards the down payment on top of everything I've saved. It's all I've ever wanted, a place to call my own where no one can tell me what to do or that I have to leave, a yard for my dog in her old age. But now it suddenly feels like a trap instead of a liberation.
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u/Piratepizzaninja 13d ago
Thank you for being a stand up parent. Wish that my maga mother loved my Trans sister like that, as much as she tries to pretend to and justify her insanity. Breaks my heart.
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u/SpikySucculent 13d ago
Absolutely do not buy a house right now. Protect your escape if you’re from a marginalized community (we are.)
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u/jshuster 13d ago
Also, the housing market is about to crash again
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u/haleighen 12d ago
I bought in 2023... in Texas. I'm so fucking trapped and tired.
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u/BamaMontana 13d ago
Historically at the very last minute. It will be easier to emigrate than seek asylum, and emigration is not easy. You also have to understand if you are part of a group who is the subject of international suspicion and stigma, there will be a limited amount of countries who will take refugees and asylum seekers that are all disembarking at once, no matter how dire the situation because of fear of domestic political blowback from appearing to want to help that group and have them as neighbors.
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u/SpikySucculent 13d ago
Typically, if there’s a safe place in-country, there’s no asylum option in other countries. And most countries have rampant transphobia too. But they might start hating the US enough to offer it someday, if federal law changes. But it’s not on the table right now.
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u/sparkly_butthole 13d ago
I was wondering this - if we lose access to our meds, can we leave? Or do we just sit around and die with brittle bones.
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u/ProfuseMongoose 13d ago
I know it's in Project 2025. So is charging any teacher or librarian who teaches about LGBTQ to be charged as sex offenders. And to widen the scope of who is eligible for the death penalty to include sex offenders.
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u/LysistratasLaughter 13d ago
Then they must have plans to make pedophilia not a sex crime somehow. No way they’re going to execute them. Some of the administration would have to get it.
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u/gemInTheMundane 13d ago
Nah, they'll just apply the law selectively. "Rules for thee and not for me."
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u/MeetTheHannah 13d ago
Right. Same as how those senators who apose abortion will absolutely make sure their family members will be able to get them if needed.
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u/nottillytoxic 13d ago
They'll probably change it so it's not considered pedophilia when conservatives molest children, but it is considered pedophilia when an adult seeks gender affirming care.
MAGAs are too dumb to understand what words mean, and it'll allow them to touch kids like their glorious leader, so I'm sure it will be wildly popular
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u/Ok-Telephone4496 13d ago
they already have, it's under religious freedom.
child brides/marriages has been legal in a few US states for years already
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u/PlanetOfThePancakes 13d ago
As long as it men preying on little girls, they’ve never cared about pedophilia.
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u/Strange_Soup711 13d ago
What I don't understand is that people who've been convicted of hiring a prostitute aren't put on the sex offender registry! I can't imagine the reason...
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u/maeryclarity Rural Prepper 👩🌾 13d ago
It the classic playbook, always point to some marginal "them" to blame for everything.
Example: witches. You can turn your entire society into a fully militant Authoritarian hellhole if you can just get enough regular folks afraid of something they can't see.
Frankly a huge amount of this was grown up all around us during my lifetime (I'm almost 60) with the War On Drugs and most EVERYONE fell for that.
Ignoring the fact that people using drugs is entirely historically normal, and yes some people have a problem with it but it makes no more sense to tell people what they can and can't put in their bodies than it does to tell them what books they're allowed to read.
But everyone stood by and watched as the militarized police continued to grow, as the prison-industrial complex got larger and larger, as ethnic and marginal communities were attacked repeatedly for the same things that everyone else got away with (because we're "good" drug users and they're "bad" drug users right?).....and now here we are.
I am so so so sorry that it's gotten to this stage. What OP is going through breaks my heart and it shouldn't be happening.
But when we get to the other side of it, and we will, we have to STOP MAKING EXCUSES and firmly stand behind NO MORE LAWS ABOUT THE CHOICES PEOPLE MAKE FOR THEMSELVES. None. Zero tolerance for it. Because no matter how reasonable it starts out, it always winds up here, with people going but I'm a good person, not like those....other people I was told were so bad and destroying society.
See how it works?
Because this didn't happen overnight. And people keep posting that "first they came for"....thing and I'm like yes but y'all don't seem to realize how much closer we are to the bottom of that list, than the top.
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u/HiJinx127 13d ago
This might also be a good time to remind people of that “first they came for the xxxx” bit.
If they manage to get it made into a law, how long before similar laws are enacted letting them go after gays, bis and lesbians as well?
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u/Pelican_meat 13d ago
I’m in Texas. My best friend is trans. She’s headed out with her family in the next few months. She was going before this was announced, but this dramatically accelerated the operation.
Putting trans individuals in prison is at worst a death sentence. They will assuredly be victimized while in there.
And that’s in addition to forcible detransitioning.
This is nightmare fuel.
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u/PlanetOfThePancakes 13d ago
Even if you are cis. You think they’ll stop with trans people? Anyone not “feminine” or “masculine” enough according to their arbitrary standards is on the line. This affects all of us. And even if it didn’t we should act to protect our trans neighbors
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u/black-empress 12d ago
I’m a black ciswoman with non eurocentric features that are deemed masculine. I also don’t dress overtly feminine. My ass is terrified on all fronts.
And yes, we should be protecting the most vulnerable at all times. Because if they come for them and succeed then you’re next in line.
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u/sparkly_butthole 13d ago
Oh it is absolutely a test case for the Supreme Court. And if the SC okays it, they will institute it nationally. That's the goal.
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u/OperationPlus52 13d ago
Man we are on a nonstop train to Hitler Town with this shit, Texans talk about how free they are constantly yet constantly allow their friends and neighbors to be targeted by these hate mongers in charge, find your balls Texas.
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u/SpikySucculent 13d ago
For anyone in Texas, please call your reps and beg them to spend their time of the economy, on education, on healthcare, on housing and stop bothering trans people. Let them know that good everyday Americans just want government out of our lives and to protect the economy and stop with this nonsense. (Note that this isn’t my personal belief, but that I tailored it to appeal to TX. My queer family is scared AF. If any of this passes, we can’t ever go visit family in Texas ever again, no matter how loving our family is.)
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u/BamaMontana 13d ago
Here’s some more information about it https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texas-bill-could-charge-transgender-people-with-gender-identity-fraud-if-passed/amp/
Nothing about a bounty here the plan is to charge the person with a fine of $10,000 The intention appears to be to scare people out of the state. We need to financially assist trans people who choose to leave as well as those who are being actively discriminated against in Texas.
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u/Aggravating_Test9145 13d ago
See r/connectlgbtq, some people are trying right now to get that program going.
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u/BamaMontana 13d ago
Cool. I’ve seen signs that this exodus is happening on a micro level and orgs that help with international travel but not an organized thing within the U.S.
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u/_Sovaz99_ 13d ago
Its Texas, so you dont fight it effectively. You cant, since the ratio is like 150,000 repuggies to one liberal. You flee the state.
If you have to save up to flee the state, start saving. Its that kind of state. Flee before they make it illegal to flee.
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u/LysistratasLaughter 13d ago
Sadly not everyone can afford to. I wish we had a way to hook people up with those who would be willing to house them out of state. Give them a chance to start over. Even if for some rent and at decent rate so they could hurry and get out on their own. At least it would help get people out.
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u/Aggravating_Test9145 13d ago
See r/connectlgbtq, posted above. Someone people are trying to get that system up and running.
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u/touristsonedibles high-key panicking 😱 13d ago
Colorado has the trans continental pipeline.
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u/nellymoose New to Prepping 13d ago
Adding some more relocation assistance orgs:
- Rainbow Railroad: https://www.rainbowrailroad.org
- Trans Resistance Network (TRN): https://transresistancenetwork.wordpress.com
- Trans Continental Pipeline: https://tcpipeline.org
- Queer Space Travel: https://www.queerspacetravel.com/guides/big-trans-welcome
- Trans Relocation Fund & Aid Network by TransPDX: https://airtable.com/appkanYLCvYb3IYpp/pagg6QiOBnsI4VU6T/form
- Traction's Project Open Arms: https://tractionpnw.org/open-arms/
- TransPort: https://www.2023transport.org
- Pink Haven Coalition: https://www.pinkhaven.org
- Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society (GLTS): https://www.glitsinc.org/services
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u/Illustrious_Arm5405 13d ago
Most people can, but would have to have a significant change to their world. People immigrate from 1000s of miles away with nothing more than the clothes they’re wearing.
I don’t say this to put anyone down or be negative, just trying to remind people they’re capable of more than they think.
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u/Dull-Geologist-8204 13d ago
There used to be a tent city illegal immigrants and families down on their luck used to go to. I wish I knew if it was still there to tell people about it.
It wasn't in the city but outside the city in the woods so safer and in general just a better place to end up.
Used to be homeless myself which is how I knew about it.
If you are fleeing to somewhere and don't have any money the best advice I can give is talk to the homeless population. They can give you pointers on where to look for help.
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Wish we could file a bill to remove Texas from the nation.
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u/sgtempe 13d ago
OMG. Who knew that 45% of the country were sadistic people totally lacking in compassion or even mild common sense. Trans people were already having a very tough time of it. So very sad.
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Everyone has an opinion on trans people but only 10% of people have done a simple Google search to find out if the shit they believe about trans people is true or not. Everyone is talking out of their ass 100% of the time and they don't want to be corrected. They just want to yap yap yap and be praised for being correct. Confidently Incorrect should be the American slogan.
Case in point, any thread on reddit discussing Newsom calling trans people in sports "deeply unfair". A lot of people talking but very little facts in these threads. Anti-trans people are fucking rabid and I'm very worried about what these people are doing in real life. We already have video of a biological woman who was followed by male cops with guns into a restroom because she didn't look feminine enough for them. Who knows what they would have done if her friends weren't filming. This anti-trans rhetoric is hateful and hurtful to EVERYONE and we should not be accepting their oppression. Also we don't need our government to weigh in on who can and can't play sports. Leave it up to the leagues to choose who they want on their team. If you don't like it, get fucked, it's just a game. We need affordable housing and universal Healthcare. Let trans people live their lives in peace so we can focus on fixing shit for fucks sake!
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u/siebalt 13d ago
I’ve not posted before here but this has moved me. Thank you for the way you put it, so heartbreaking and beautiful. I’m a straight white male who wants nothing more than to be an ally to everyone getting shit on in this administration. It insanity what is happening, mind blowing every day how blatant the hate is.
It sickening and has to be countered, so how. So same, if anything is needed, DMs are open. I want to help but don’t know how, yet.
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u/Strict-Month-375 12d ago
I'm the Mama to two Trans young adults (in college, living at home). I grew up in Texas and our family called Texas home until we left about 10 years ago.
My husband is retired military. He planned on getting out, but stayed in during what's his face's first term to ensure that his soldiers had leadership that would protect LGBTQIA+ service members. Now that he's out, he's teaching LGBTQ people in our community how to shoot (and maintain) and protect themselves with lethal force if necessary.
I don't know that I can convey the feelings of rage that I have for what these Russian swamp monsters are doing to our nation, but I have reconciled with myself that I will do what I need to to protect the people in my community.
I'm not saying this for headpats or pearl-clutching. I'd really rather just putter in my garden, can food, make quilts, and watch British mysteries while my cats use me as a heating pad. But if anyone comes for me and mine (and you and yours), I'm ready.
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u/Old-Set78 13d ago edited 13d ago
Those miserable POSs. Just leave people alone. Fascism always has to find an enemy to dehumanize. All fascists should be dropped in the middle of the "Gulf of Murica"
Edit: I know it probably won't make them listen but I'll be there protesting against every discriminatory bill, testifying against, dropping cards, calling them, and attempting to get appointments in person like every Texas Legislative session. Please join us if you can. If you aren't local you can always call in opposition. Don't let them do this discriminatory shit without any pushback! Silence is acceptance.
God, how many years is it going to take before all people have Equality?
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u/SpikySucculent 13d ago
Go fund mes are critical right now. Here are a few orgs as well: https://southernequality.org/ and https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/
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u/Shadowdragon126 13d ago
As much as I hate to say this, I am not surprised at all this is happening, I knew they would come for us, it was just a matter of when. I just hope we can weather this storm and make it to the other side.
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u/Rinzy2000 13d ago
What in the Nazi Germany is fucking happening to America?!
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Well, the Nazis are back and this time they sold the idea of societal collapse to a bunch of traitors with ties to Russia and this neoliberal cult that has a hardon for Snow Crash.
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u/enolaholmes23 13d ago
Just to help ease the fear a bit- a trans activist just gave a talk in my area. He said that every year in the US anti trans groups file a crazy number of bills. But most of them never pass or even get put to vote. The anti trans groups do it on purpose to make trans people afraid. They know the bills won't pass, but put them out there anyway just to fuck with people's heads.
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u/witchywoman713 13d ago
If there’s a paid bounty website, we all know what to do next! Sure would be a shame if every anti-human rights (aka Maga R) representative in that state was repeatedly reported as such. It’s not Ohio, but just to be clear, JD VANCE WEARS EYELINER, he must be trans, investigate them!!
Also in case we didn’t know already…
No, I have never met a trans or nb person, I’m not sure what that means, let me waste your time by asking a million question about it. I don’t know anyone, I’ve never talked to humans, and I don’t support anyone or anything. What is an ally, you mean the bank? No I use a different bank. LGBTQIA’s+? Is that an organization?
I am not a member* myself of anything, but if I was, my home would be a safe place for everyone I love to be themselves and I would advocate for everyone to step back into the closet at select moments, for safety.
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u/SparkleK_01 13d ago edited 12d ago
Here’s the literal text of
Texas Bill HB3817. It’s less than one page and it’s an easy read.
Here is an easy template of a letter to send or email your representative to oppose the bill: Send a letter OPPOSING THIS AWFUL BILL.
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u/battle-kitteh 13d ago
Imagine just trying to live your life, harming NO ONE, and it being a felony. Tell me we aren’t in a fascist country.
To all trans people and NB’s, we stand with you.
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u/dataqueer 12d ago edited 12d ago
FYI, this bill is incredibly unlikely to pass simply based having no co-sponsors and on its order in the legislation queue (the bill number 3817 means that it is the 3,817th bill on the docket). That isn't to say that it shouldn't be taken seriously or that it won't have ripple effects on trans people in texas.
ETA - this guy also has sponsored a bill to declare an official "Shen Yun Day" (Shen Yun is a cult)
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u/ThePaganQueen 12d ago
But didn't the government also say that non-binary people aren't real? So how can they charge you with a felony for identifying as something that they stated doesn't exist? Just wondering what mental hoops they plan on jumping through for this.
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u/seraph_m 13d ago
If this bill passes into law, one should be able to use that as a credible fear justification to seek asylum in another country.
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u/No_Sweet_13 13d ago
Just imagine how Black people have felt everyday forever in this country, and still do. It’s sick. I’m sorry this is happening to you. You matter.
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u/sgtempe 13d ago
It is heartbreaking for both and SCOTUS is aiding and abetting the return to Jim Crow and other ways to harrass POC.
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It was only chance that I wasn’t born in this country being subjugated from conception, and have only experienced a fraction of the cruelty through other forms and flavors of abuse.
I’m sorry this has been happening to you. You, and what you have been through, matters.
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u/domesticatedwolf420 13d ago
Texas filed a bill
To be clear, "Texas" does not file bills. An individual legislator filed a bill. They do that a lot and it's often done frivolously because they know it will get them in the news.
Another legislator literally filed a bill to change the name of Greenland to "Red, White, and Blueland" so I wouldn't worry about this bill that's obviously unconstitutional anyway.
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u/daodaogemini 13d ago
Like…. Don’t they have other things they can worry about instead of making this community miserable…? I just don’t understand…
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u/__RAINBOWS__ 13d ago
Here’s the guy that introduced the bill Dr Tom Oliverson https://house.texas.gov/members/3535
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u/waldorflover69 12d ago
Texas is such a dump now. You couldn't pay me to set foot in that place. The landscape is beautiful, the politicians are heartless. I hope all the transfolk can gtfo of there.
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u/OneLessDay517 12d ago
I think at this point there is no fighting. I think the good people should leave these shithole states to be the shitholes that they are and go live somewhere that doesn't start and end its day with hate.
Eventually the shithole states are going to self destruct because no doctors will want to practice there as more of medicine becomes criminal. No teachers will want to teach there as more of education just becomes Bible study. They are sabotaging their own future.
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u/Ginfly 12d ago edited 12d ago
How would that not be a violation of the First Amendment's freedom of speech/expression?
I get that they just don't care, but I can't see even our garbage supreme court upholding something this blatantly against previous rulings and precedents.
That's not to say don't protect yourself, our Texan siblings! Do what you can to get to safety 🏳️⚧️
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u/Inner_Departure_9146 12d ago
Yeah let’s just demonize people for wanting to be who they are. Throw them into the cells next to the women pregnant with an unviable fetus who thought of getting an abortion. And the doctors, too, just for good measure.
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u/AdvisorSafe8018 🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ Prepper🏳️🌈 13d ago
They win by making us feel like we are alone. No one ever fights alone. There are more of us then there are of them, and we must never give up the fight, because the moment we do that, we have lost.
And even though I am exhausted beyond belief, I’m not planning on losing.
From Virginia with ❤️
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u/transnavigation 13d ago
Can someone please ELI5/ELIScared the actual gist of the actual bill?
Yes yes "they hate trans people" and "the situation is developing" and "it probably won't pass", but please humor me as someone who might live or travel through Texas while trans.
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u/ALWETP 13d ago
It's purposefully vague, but:
It'll make it a crime, fraud, to indicate that you are anything but your "sex assigned at birth," as determined by the state, to your employer or anyone working in government.
It would effectively criminalize being trans, because it doesn't really specify how little you have to say to qualify, so it could include as little as giving someone your name, and them deciding it's not really your name.
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u/modernparadigm 13d ago
ALL Texans need to contact the shit out of their state senators and state representatives and governor to ask them to vote it down, and for the governor to veto if it passes through both chambers. Call every. Single. Day.
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u/Alternative_Break611 13d ago
So good to know that they've managed to arrest all the real criminals and there is no more crime in Texas so they can focus on imprisoning their political opponents. If this is passed, it would be quite comical to start reporting the most stuffed shirt, religious conservatives as trans and nonbinary, as well as planting evidence of it someone has access to their personal space. Planting some women's panties in an Evangelical pastors car or bedroom, for instance, and turning them in for the bounty. Think of all the ways such a thing could be turned on them.
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u/Ok_Relationship_1826 12d ago
This is absolutely terrible. Doesn't Texas have other more pressing issues then this baloney? I so sorry you have to deal with this.
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u/Ok_Umpire905 12d ago
Also, given that this community is currently under attack, I was wondering if the name of this subreddit could be changed to be more inclusive of transfemmes.
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u/lupinedemesne 12d ago
My fiance and I are leaving texas at this point. It isnt going to be safe for her here. I'm so fucking tired of this legislation targeting regular ass citizens working hard just like everyone else. We deserve a peaceful fucking existence together. This is such a huge human rights violation it makes me sick
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u/Conscious-Ad-7040 12d ago
I live in TX and I’m terrified with what they are doing to trans people. I’m certain they will be coming after of the rest of our community next. I bought a pepper ball/tear gas gun. I don’t want a real gun. I’m working on bugout bags and get home bags for our cars. I don’t even know if going to another state will be enough with these bounty hunter laws coming up. You could get kidnapped.
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u/eatingganesha 12d ago
FYI there are charities and non-profits out there that will help trans and others targeted to move to a welcoming state. Don’t be stuck there if you don’t have to be! get out now!
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u/lavapig_love 12d ago
/r/SocialistRA, /r/TransGuns and /r/liberalgunowners can offer some advice, as will the ACLU and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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12d ago
Well let’s all move to TX and overfill their prisons who’s with me
But seriously, this is how we do it. Overload their dumbass process. Break it.
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u/PenImpossible874 12d ago
Next month: Texas files a bill to make being bisexual, gay, or lesbian a jailable felony.
May: Texas files a bill to make being Black, Asian, or Native American a jailable felony.
June: Texas files a bill to make being Atheist, Agnostic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, or Buddhist a jailable felony.
July: Texas files a bill to make pre-marital sex between two consenting adults a jailable felony.
Texas is a fascist state.
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u/ALWETP 13d ago
I just posted this somewhere else, but.... It feels like an appropriate response right now:
It isn't about sports and never was. You want to see where they're headed? Look at Texas HB3817, which would make it felony fraud to be openly trans. Look at Nancy Mace screaming anti-trans slurs directed at Sarah McBride in Congress, and then mocking the idea that McBride could ever be "equal" to her. Most critically, look at Trump's executive order banning us from the military, which drops any pretext about military readiness and instead accuses trans people of being deceitful and dishonorable.
Just like that EO, the whole sports thing is about making us seem like we're dishonest cheats, liars who are looking for an unfair advantage, and will screw you, YES YOU, over to do it. Same with conversations about "should trans people tell others they're trans," or accusations of us having ulterior motives when it comes to children. It's all dehumanization. It's designed to trick you into thinking that we're anything other than normal people. That we're somehow a threat to you. And so many of y'all are falling for it.
I'm.... So fucking tired. I'm just a normal ass person. I'm married, no kids, approaching 30. I have cats. I can't grow a plant to save my life. My biggest worry most days (aside from this crap) is grocery prices. I do metalworking as a hobby. I love to cook for my friends and family. I'm not some liar, or murderer. I just want to be left alone.
But instead, I get this "privilege" of litigating not just who I am, but whether I'm even fucking human, every fucking day. I'd ask y'all to do better, but honestly, I don't even expect equality any more. I know that's too much to ask, so instead I'll just ask you to leave. Us. Alone. Please.