• cannibalkitteh
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    3 months ago

    As a trans person, I kinda don’t give a fuck. There’s so much going on at the national level, I don’t need them to devote speaking time to it. So long as I can continue to count on them when it matters, of course.

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      3 months ago

      I agree, when a speaker say “Freedom to be allowed to be who you are.” I clearly understand that as including transgender. Actually I hear that as specifically including transgender, because there is no other group where that is more pronounced.
      Luckily democrats have moved in the right direction on these issues for the past few years, but unfortunately republicans have not.

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      3 months ago

      You won’t be able to count on them, and that’s a part of the problem. They will only come calling when they need something and then they’ll just as easily toss you to the curb as they all have all other marginalized throughout history.

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    3 months ago

    AGAIN, these conventions are meant to send a message about a wide range of issues, and don’t have time to focus on the micro. Everything is spoken about GENERALLY. If you are a small population of people who doesn’t feel recognized in these speeches, I’m sorry. That’s not what this whole thing is designed for.

    LGBTQ+ people were mentioned quite a bit by almost every speaker that I saw, but just not singled out by name. That’s the point.

    If you watched these speeches and were slighted by your specific group not getting name checked, and you also found this offensive, wow. I feel bad for all the other groups that didn’t get that attention, because there’s a fucking lot of them.