Shitler did not waste a split-second after assuming office before issuing a raft of transphobic executive orders, immediately reversing some real gains in trans rights that had happened under Biden, because those had also been executive action and not legislation.  Some of the blue wave have promised to make laws targeting trans youth and trans girls specifically, and as they’ve been elected to national office, they can surely knock together the votes to make life harder for trans people in every square inch of this country.  I’d love to think that’ll be further down the list of priorities for them than, say, making the medicaid work requirement unenforceable?, but those that pulled off upsets in red states are trying to establish careers in those states, and there’s every reason to think they’ll make good on those promises.

The lesser of two evils is absolutely the lesser of two evils, right?  Here’s hoping they have the sauce to show they can be better than the rock bottom bare minimum of good.  Here’s hoping they can mitigate or even undo a good-sized chunk of the damage the fash have done.  But on this one issue?  They’ve already promised us they’re going to do some shitty shit, and there’s zero reason to doubt that promise.  It’s much easier these days to pass laws that abridge freedoms than those that protect or expand on them.  Not loving it.

I’ve done some celebrating, but with this itch in the back of my neck.  And as I’m just having a shit time in life as I compose this, the bad is eclipsing the good in my attention.  If you need to keep the party going for a while longer, by all means, do.  I’ll go back to not saying anything for a minute.

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