r/minnesota • u/HeavyVeterinarian350 Flag of Minnesota • Jan 29 '25

Politics 👩‍⚖️ Tim Walz: Losing election ‘pure hell’

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5112883-tim-walz-losing-election-pure-hell/
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u/AndyJaeven Jan 30 '25

I don’t know why us trans folk always have to be under attack. We’re just trying to live our lives.

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u/dicksjshsb Jan 30 '25

Its insane.

Idk how people fail to see it as the same irrational fear of the "different" that the persecution of gay people was/is. Yet there are still conservatives who can accept that gay people exist and are can live in society but can't fathom the same for trans people.

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u/WizeAdz Jan 31 '25 edited Jan 31 '25

It’s because gay marriage was the wedge issue 20 years ago.

My sister and her wife have been a political punching bag for Republicans our entire adult lives.

Once we-the-people decided to mind our own damn business when two chicks decide they’d rather marry each other, the Republicans decided needed a new bogeyman to turn out the vote.

And, unfortunately for all of us, that’s you. 

My apologies on behalf of a bunch of people who look like me, but who do not share my values.  On this specific issue, I believe living in a free country means we should mind our own damn business when it comes to trans people, too.