While Trump’s trans military ban is challenged in court, long-serving troops prepare for what’s next
March 21, 2025
Trump made targeting trans people one of the cornerstones of his re-election campaign, crescendoing to a multi-million dollar campaign ad blitz weeks before November’s vote. There were ads with anti-trans rhetoric against a group of people that makes up less than 1 percent of the U.S. population.
In remarks from the Oval Office last week, Trump said he told Republicans to focus on trans rights in the ramp-up to Election Day.
“I said, ‘Don’t bring that subject up because there is no election right now. But about a week before the electin, bring it up,’” he said
The language in the Trump administration’s policy rollout also demeans trans people as “dishonest and selfish and undisciplined,” said Jennifer Levi, senior director of transgender and queer rights at GLAD Law.
“It’s a character assassination based on nothing,” said Levi, who’s a lead attorney in the case that received the nationwide preliminary injunction. “And animus alone can never justify targeting a group and punishing them without justification other than hostility.”
The current Administration can only be described was despicable. -J
ReplyDeleteHer messaging is spot on and should be heard by every American.
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