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🏳️‍🌈#LGBTVoices Celebrates🏳️‍🌈
TRANS AWARENESS MONTH

Today’s Thread Topic: Transgender voters

Strict voter ID laws disenfranchise transgender voters, as 68% of trans people do not have identification that match their gender identity and/or name.

#LGBTVoices
#TransAwarenessMonth
2/ There are 1.4 million trans people of voting age. All voters should have an equal opportunity to participate in the political process.
Voter i.d. laws & uniformed workers can cause obstacles for trans voters
@glaad
countable.us/articles/10582…
3/ Once trans voters know their state's I.d. requirements they may still experience problems at the polls.
A few helpful resources are these Check off items on the #VotingWhileTrans guides for voters & poll workers/election officials
and
glaad.org/amp/how-prep-f…
4/ If trans voters experience problems voting they can call
National Election Protection Hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)
Everyone should know their voting rights & noone should be intimidated at the polls
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#EqualityForAll
5/ Join #LGBTVoices all month long as we celebrate #TransAwarenessMonth #TransAwarenessWeek.

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Our 3 branches of gov't have human beings in cages, children tortured, deaths have started.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
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Shut us the fuck down & help these people
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Christine Jorgensen (5/30/1926 – 5/3/1989)

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Christine's highly publicized transition helped bring to light gender identity & shaped a new culture of more inclusive ideas & accepting notions about the subject.
As a transgender spokesperson & public figure, she influenced other transgender people to change their sex on birth
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So children are taken away from their parents because our sick gov't believes they are worthless & then they are given away to be abused because our sick gov't thinks they are worthless.
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Today’s Thread Topic: TERFS, and why they’re wrong.

TERFS are trans exclusionary radical feminists. They conflate gender with sex, and hold that gender is binary, and biologically assigned at birth.

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Today’s Thread Topic:

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#WontBeErased
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First, we need to understand the concept of being “gender binary”. Simply, it means viewing gender as two opposite categories of “male” (masculine)🧔🏾& female (feminine)👩🏻‍⚕️.

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Today’s Thread Topic: Pronouns.

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#LGBTVoices
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Today’s Thread Topic:
How the Trump-Pence administration has rolled back protections for transgender people.

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#LGBTVoices
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Today’s Thread Topic: Being Trans in the US Military

Being transgender in the military has always been risky.
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Before June 2018, transgender soldiers were forced to lead double lives. Coming out could have meant being automatically discharged regardless of your aptitude.

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bbc.com/news/av/world-…
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Thread: 2018 election most important midterms for voting rights in my lifetime. Election could be tainted by voter suppression or historic opportunity to expand voting rights for millions of people. Here's what's at stake npr.org/2018/10/23/659…
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