Yes, I saw the story. The only thing I’m going to say tonight is: The government often has tried to write queer people out of the law. That has never succeeded at driving queer people out of existence — a distinction that has, at times, made all the difference in the world.
Also: Anti-transgender actions have been the norm from this admin since nearly day one, and anti-trans activists have gotten jobs throughout the agencies, so there is little surprise that such a draft memo exists and that someone is pushing it. From June: buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/…
Finally: There is much left unanswered and unaddressed in the story — so a lot more still needs to be reported out before it’s clear to me what’s actually going on here in this particular instance or what’s going to happen.
Those are my three thoughts, as succinctly and clearly as I can put them tonight. Please read them in unity, not individually, as my thoughts on the NYT article: nytimes.com/2018/10/21/us/…
PS: Since I’ve picked up a lot of followers in recent years, by way of background, I’ve been covering this issue — the definition of “sex” under existing civil rights laws — since 2012, when I broke this news six-and-a-half years ago: metroweekly.com/2012/04/transg…
