Trump's administration will move forward with trying to put the trans genie back in the bottle. The House will likely bring legislation forward to specifically include LGBTQ in non-discrimination protection. We will continue to be in the news. It might even pass out of the House. The Senate will stonewall it so it is never even considered by them for a vote. This issue really needs to be dealt with by definitive legislation amending civil rights laws. Unfortunately, I do not see that happening in the foreseeable future.
Meanwhile, any move by the administration to strip us of our gains, mostly in court decisions, will be vigorously challenged in the courts. It will take, likely, years to resolve. I really have no idea how the SCOTUS will go with this because the environment of knowledge about ->-bleeped-<-, and how we are viewed by society, at large, will, I hope, improve by the time the case gets that far. Some of the cases in the pipeline might settle the issue, one way or the other, before a challenge to the administration's actions get that far.
In my humble opinion, we need to be a positive influence in our communities, putting our collective "best foot forward" but without apology for who we are. People need to hear us, see us, but no one responds well to being screamed at by someone that is up in their face. Our personal stories, recounted one on one, are our most effective means of affecting change in people's attitudes. Remember, there are some that will never be swayed. But there are more than enough in the middle that can be brought around so that the unreachable can be, largely, marginalized into irrelevance.
That is my $0.02. You can keep the change.
Stevi
