- a currently active Trans genocide in the United states.
Seriously. I was pointed towards a video where somebody took the time to articulate exactly what is happening, what a genocide is, and lay it all out step by step with visual resources and citations.
This video is incredibly important and I BEG you to watch the entire thing through. It is 47 minutes long, but the matter requires that time and careful attention. It is easier to lie about a people and make stupid dismissive memes like a dog dancing on a street corner, than it is to prove what is happening to a generally unreceptive public. The run time is necessary.
Something they say in their argument is something I have said in private conversation. A genocide carried out by a group wishing to avoid the direct optics of military action against a people is going to be kept as invisible as possible. It will be done through constant legislative warfare, imprisonment with justification through demonization, and social bullying to the point of driving the victim group to mass suicide.
To say nothing of how restricting healthcare itself kills, and the pervasive cultural narrative convincing average uninformed cis-het people that all trans women are pedophiles, and all pedophiles should be murdered without critical thought. If you can't see the intentional threading there, then I urge you to keep thinking about it until you do.
Anyway, he lays it all out to bare with undeniable evidence and arguments. Please. Please watch and listen. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ROLLED YOUR EYES at the suggestion- the video is for YOU.
I am not allowing comments on this journal because... I don't feel like engaging gas lighters and denial. To my fellow trans folk who are fighting this battle with me, to our allies, spread this with me. Awareness can help, and solutions are offered at the end of the video.
