11th Circuit Rules In Favor Of Forced Trans Sterilization For Correct Drivers Licenses In Alabama
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The decision is the latest in a series of court rulings from conservative courts rolling back transgender rights in the United States.
  • coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    Sorry to all the trans people in Alabama, this is horrific. Just a reminder, there’s a reason Alabama always ranks at the bottom of every state ranking list - it’s because the state govenrnment is a dysfunctional trainwreck made up of Republicans that ran on a platform of discrimination. They spend all their time defending discrimination rather than actually trying to serve their citizens.

    If you want to escape your shithole state, Minnesota is a trans refuge state and we love our trans folks in the Twin Cities! There are certainly some Minnesotans in rural areas that would fit right in in Alabama, but you will never see them unless you go looking for them.

  • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.org
    16·
    2 months ago

    The dread in my stomach I get from reading shit like this is too much to stand at times. I feel so much horror and doom over this and how much worse it could get. I am ok for now in WA state but like for how long.

    Idk y’all. I consider myself quite left. I don’t like Democrats. I hate their positions in Gaza. A part of me understands not wanting to support them over this. But another part of me questions how you can just look at this. This and the horrific stuff happening after abortion bans and not see how dire this shit is. I fear for my life if trump wins. This shit is only the beginning. Panic attacks whenever I see this shit and know how much worse it’ll be if trump wins and project 2025 is allowed to happen.

    Idk what I’ll do if he wins. I feel so damn hopeless and afraid

    • coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
      15·
      2 months ago

      This is why I’m Vote Blue No Matter who since 2016. I’m privileged to be white and cis and all that, and sometimes I am tempted to withhold my vote or vote third party because the Dems frequently piss me off with how they drop the ball. But I learned in 2016 how absolutely terrifying a Republican presidency can be for my trans and nonwhite friends, and that matters to me more than almost anything.

  • Kwakigra@beehaw.org
    10·
    2 months ago

    Sterilization is back on the table for those the state deems unfit. We need another major anti-eugenics movement. This is sick.

  • prole@beehaw.orgEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Just a reminder that Buck v Bell was never overturned. The government can forcibly sterilize people. Look it up. Shit is fucked up.

  • averyminya@beehaw.org
    2·
    2 months ago

    I fear the amount of harm that would come from another event like Stonewall. What it would look like in the landscape of today…