I was born in the early 90’s, and have known about trans people for as long as I can remember. Why, all of a sudden, are trans people/ the trans community so important in American politics?
I don’t understand why this community is NOW perceived as some battleground for political stances?
Please don’t take me the wrong way… But I’d like someone to explain to me the nuances of this because to me it just seems like a nonsensical distraction from actually important issues. Not to say trans rights are not important, but it just seems like this attack has sprouted out of nowhere?
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Many people nowadays are pushing for recognition (social and legal) for trans issues and protection from discrimination in different settings. People caring and supporting this means there’s a basis for genuine political pressure, as issues people don’t care about are politically non-issues.
It wasn’t important before because trans issues and identity was unsupported, taboo, and the *vast* majority was on the side of it either didn’t exist or was to be suppressed and shamed publically and legally. Same with homosexuality in the US really. Gay rights wasn’t always politically backed either. Nor was equal rights for women… every time people resisted this and thought it was too far or too unnatural, until enough people backed it and made it the new normal.
I’m not intimately familiar with the trans issues specifically, but protection from discrimination and retaliation is something people consider important, and many *many* instances of added difficulty or discrimination have been brought up. So the goal often is not punishing or violating privacy (including inspection of private parts) of trans individuals for not conforming to expected gender conventions or classification.
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