Lefties and Lesbians: You Have No Excuse for Your Anti-Trans Crap
The Fascist Right and even the blandest ‘conservatives’ have a well-established history of hate — but this new strain from the Left is shocking
Posing as scientifically inclined rescuers of young people and women, several of my friends have recently embraced a full-time campaign against transgender people.
Citing studies that go against the majority of legitimate research, and raising issues that are not issues — the dangers of transgender people to women, children, lesbians, single-sex bathrooms, and school sports — these activists keep me awake at night. And I know I am not alone.
It has become too easy, really, to dismiss the ravings of the Right: the thoughtless prejudice of everyday people legitimized by powerful, wealthy interest groups who find it convenient to bundle transphobia into their pet causes of racism, nationalism, and economic piracy.
But this new surge from the Left? I don’t get it. I find it unforgivable.
I have to admit that I won’t engage these folks one-on-one. Arguing with them is tiresome and disabling, like trying to catch and kill all the lies that Trump packages in a single tirade.
