The Cultural Alienation of Anti-Trans Americans
By Mark Joseph Stern
5/3/16
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2016/05/03/the_cultural_alienation_of_anti_trans_americans.html
Christian conservatives in the United States would like you to believe that we are in the middle of an ideological and philosophical war over the validity of the trans identity. They are incorrect. The war has come and gone. And Christian conservatives lost.
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An upbeat message to counter the doom and gloom that seems to be circulating about the future of transgender rights in America.
I'll add that I wholeheartedly agree with this article and believe the recent characterizations of our country as anti-trans are way overblown.
It's nice to read something positive amid all the hate and attempts to return to some sort of dark age.
That said, it doesn't mean we don't need to keep fighting back against this highly scripted right-wing effort to mobilize frightened, uninformed people. Ultimately, it's the same agenda these well-funded organizations (in this case, Liberty Counsel and the American Family Association, to name a couple) have had for decades: to persuade ill-informed people that they're under attack and that the only thing that will save them is voting against their own interests.
Really good piece. Thank you for posting it.