Democrats cannot continue to fall into the trap of discussing toilets and sports as if these are the pivotal issues of our lifetime. We should make it clear that the mistreatment and abuse inflicted on trans people is an attack on us all.
Absolutely. Toilet desegregation campaigns won before in this country. Let’s do it again. All toilets should be for anyone that needs them.
Highschool sports are about having fun. That’s the most important fact to come back to. That’s the target for any discussions.
Individuals staunchly opposed to gender-affirming care for trans youth and active duty trans military personnel should consider what type of life they expect for them to live while they ‘hurry up and wait’ until either age 18 in the case of the youth or retirement in the case of active duty personnel. Instead of engaging in the abstract, the Democrats can humanize trans and gender non-conforming youth by posing these very real questions.
That’s not enough to work. “Individuals staunchly opposed” to trans issues have a different understanding of gender than the queer community does. There is a language barrier that prevents the proposed questions from being adequately posed such that everyone understands them the same way. There is a lot of communication necessary leading up to these emotional appeals being understandable to most of the country.
How we communicate with voters and prospective voters looking ahead is an economic issue, a national security issue, and a social fabric issue, and it is time that we start acting like it. The Democrats’ next step should not be a reverse in the party’s social and civic-minded positions. It should be towards working to repair a loss of trust with voters by hitting restart on how the party communicates, looking further to find capable and moving messengers, and creating a culture – one that Biden himself said he wanted to foster – of proudly and loudly boasting Democratic wins and policy positions that meant something to people.
Absolutely. Toilet desegregation campaigns won before in this country. Let’s do it again. All toilets should be for anyone that needs them.
Highschool sports are about having fun. That’s the most important fact to come back to. That’s the target for any discussions.
That’s not enough to work. “Individuals staunchly opposed” to trans issues have a different understanding of gender than the queer community does. There is a language barrier that prevents the proposed questions from being adequately posed such that everyone understands them the same way. There is a lot of communication necessary leading up to these emotional appeals being understandable to most of the country.
Great finish.