Transgender people are 'changing their workplaces, their families, their communities' — and the far right is responding with vitriolic hate speech
, attributes the rise in anti-transgender hate speech to the actions taken by the Trump administration, which have actively rolled back transgender health care protections, as well as instituted bans on transgender people in the military.When the government proposes regulations that create barriers in housing and healthcare, as the Trump Administration has done, it is sending the message that we don’t deserve the resources people need to survive.
It’s also occurring at a time when violence against transgender people, particularly transgender people of color, is on the rise. According to the Human Rights Coalition, at least 11 transgender women of color have been killed in 2019 alone, most recently Chynal Lindsey, who was found dead in White Rock Lake in Dallas on June 1st.
Despite the epidemic of violence against transgender women, says Branstetter, it’s the increased visibility of transgender people in mainstream culture, as well as the, that is likely setting the stage for such vitriolic hate speech among members of the far right. “The more visible we’ve become, its because transgender people are making progress — they’re changing their workplaces, their families, their communities,” she says.
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