So, recently something has happened that directly affects a large chunk of the LGBT community. Our current president has signed off on a lot of executive orders recently that have a had a huge effect on America. Most recently the Trump administration has revoked the federal guidelines, put in place by the Obama administration, that protected transgender kids in schools by mandating schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that most correctly aligned to their gender identity. This will allow states to make their own laws on the bathroom issue, and transgender kids will no longer protected in the federal government.
I feel like this post belongs on this blog about LGBT stereotypes and discrimination because for a long time transgender people have suffered abuses for being "unnatural" or "an abomination." Transgender individuals should be a protected minority because 1 in 12 trans women are killed each year, and it's 1 in 8 for trans women of color. Cisgender, white, heterosexuals often see someone different from them or anyone they have ever seen, and feel threatened or angry, and they will often lash out. Transgender peoples, especially trans women, hear a plethora of insults and slurs hurled at them everyday. Slurs such as: tranny, he/she. and she male are not only hurtful but life destroying for someone facing severe gender dysphoria.
So in light of the recent changes, several celebrities have taken up a battle cry on Twitter. Just recently #ProtectTransKids was trending. Several protests have also been using this saying on their signs I believe this is a powerful cause and not to be taken lightly. If anyone is in the Topeka area, one place there will always be support for all youths is the equality house, which will soon be turned into a hangout space for LGBT individuals and allies as well. Until next week always remember #LoveWins.
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