Award-winning host & activist Imara Jones unpacks how the GOP's attack on transgender communities is critical to a global white supremacist agenda that threatens democracy & our collective rights.
Authoritarian bullies cause chaos and destruction of AMERICA by pitting us against each other. The tyrants hate everyone . "THEY came for my neighbors and then they came for my friend then they came for me . " This is a quote I heard the other day. It's horrifying .
I once played guitar for a local church service. For about a year, we had a trans woman play with us. She was actually really good looking and played a mean guitar. She was scared off by the first Trump administration, but for a while she found a safe place that looked at her for what she could do. All this hate is rather stupid and reminds me of the AIDS crisis on the 80s. I was asked how my church felt about AIDS, and my response was “I’m not sure AIDS isn’t the leprosy of our time.” Now we have another test with how we treat trans people.
I'm sorry, but those willing to sacrifice trans rights, whether out of ignorance or moral cowardice, cannot pretend to be liberals.
Feeding bigotry strengthens illiberalism.
It's a form of appeasement, and appeasement always strangles democracy.
Authoritarian bullies cause chaos and destruction of AMERICA by pitting us against each other. The tyrants hate everyone . "THEY came for my neighbors and then they came for my friend then they came for me . " This is a quote I heard the other day. It's horrifying .
This helped me get thru today:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/trump-cant-escape-laws-political-gravity/681474/
This is excellent, terrifying, and so helpful. Thank you both!
I love Chai Talk.
All bullshit
I once played guitar for a local church service. For about a year, we had a trans woman play with us. She was actually really good looking and played a mean guitar. She was scared off by the first Trump administration, but for a while she found a safe place that looked at her for what she could do. All this hate is rather stupid and reminds me of the AIDS crisis on the 80s. I was asked how my church felt about AIDS, and my response was “I’m not sure AIDS isn’t the leprosy of our time.” Now we have another test with how we treat trans people.