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Beth Ann Fitzgerald's avatar

I was walking with my daughter through a neighborhood in Portland last year.

From an upstairs window of a lovely home someone shouted "You're a freak - get out of this neighborhood ".

Of course anyone who knows me understands I wanted to go bang on that door and demand they come out and say it directly to us.... my daughter kept walking and without missing a beat told me to ignore it, that it happens and it's not worth my getting so angry - that she's used to it and let's it roll off of her.

How sad that someone gets "used to" having hate speech directed at them. It broke my heart in that moment. But it also made me realize that my daughter is just so freaking brave. She's my hero.

I'm also certain that she would never come back upstate to live, no matter how wonderful our local Pride chapter is. Whole different world here than the West Coast.

The level of vitriol towards the trans community can be seen on a daily basis via social media. I can't read the comments because I get angry. If I'm not angry I sink into despair so working on finding a place in the middle.

I recently found out that my daughter's dad voted for trump. Needless to say this is a huge problem within my family unit. It broke her heart, and their relationship at this point is non existent. I do not think it is repairable. I can't wrap my head around it and had to swear that I would not respond. Again, if you know me, I've about chewed my tongue off at this point.

I honestly believe that this administration wants to exterminate trans people. If they could load them up and make them disappear I think they would.

Listen to Nancy Mace screaming "tranny

tranny tranny " while conducting official business. Horrifying.

And who's next? None of us are safe....will it be the chronically ill next? Who gets to thrive in the new *Merica* ?

I think about leaving..but my daughter is a prisoner in America due to trumps new policies regarding trans travel. I can't leave her here.

So here we are.

Thank you for these columns. I can read the comments without losing my mind.

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Judith Tully's avatar

The name of the diabolical sociopathic narcissist’s game is chaos. The dysfunction is being put in place for one reason and one reason only. It is to camouflage Constitutional destruction The orange monster and his minions are only interested in advancing a dictatorial agenda. If we are not vigilant, we will loose our democratic republic to the Fourth Reich.

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