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I was shocked and disappointed when I heard the first flimsy reports that the Minneapolis shooter was transgender and that the Cracker Barrel restaurant corporate higher ups had deleted their LGBTQ page from their on-line presence. As a community, the transgender women and trans men don’t need any more bad publicity or adversity as we careen towards the 2026 midterm elections. It seems diversity in our society is increasingly in short supply led by you know who, TACO tRumpt the clown.
Hopefully, Cracker Barrell can be boycotted to the point
that Target was and be led farther down their financial rathole and the public
at large will quit listening to the same old lies spewed by the Republican politicians
about the trans community, but in my native Ohio at least, I will believe it
when I see it. In the two major elections (governor and senator) two tRumpt
supported candidates are running and the ignorant populace of Ohio has not figured
out yet, they have been fleeced of their rights.
On the bright side, and there is one, I live in a blue
(democratic) leaning part of Cincinnati and I have recently seen two new
diversity yard signs in front of homes where my wife Liz and I take our morning
walks. But we don’t vote for the city of Cincinnati mayor since we are in a suburb,
and I fear for the re-election of the Democratic mayor who has done a terrible
job dealing with all of the violence mainly in the downtown area. And to make
matters worse, his opponent is JD Vance’s brother and is as worthless. Maybe I
am being paranoic, but I doubt it the way politics have gone around here. However,
the Democratic mayor has done a great job of supporting the local LGBTQ community.
As far as diversity versus adversity goes, it sure feels
like we transgender women and trans men must once again get ready for our unfair
share of adversity. Hopefully, the “blue wave” midterm vote will wash away all the
worthless politicians who have refused to stand up to TACO and are ruining our
country. I am so afraid I am dealing with seeing the end of America as I know
it.
I always say what can you do? A lot even if you are deep in
your gender closet, take the time to research ALL of your candidates down to
the school boards where the political roaches first sneak in, because once you
get roaches, it is difficult to get them out. Just think about your future and
how it may change if your situation changes to the point where you can complete
your transition. What sort of world will you want to transition into. One with
diversity and kindness, or the one we are seeing now.
Plus, for those of you who are fortunate to live in more
liberal parts of the country, appreciate and hold on to your freedoms. Hopefully
you will never have to go through the barrage of lies against the transgender
community that we go through in Ohio. Such as the man running for senate
approved all elementary school sex change operations. At some point, all the
serious Democratic candidates (including Newsom) are going to have to learn the
proper response to the BS questions such as do you approve of men playing women’s
sports. It is a simple answer, if they just use it. Trans women are not men at
all.
It's happened folks. It is time for an all-hands approach to
supporting our candidates for office. I just hope it is not too late for
diversity over adversity to triumph. It can be done, look at what happened to Target
when they rejected the LGBTQ community. Do it to Cracker Barrel now.
The elected officials in Washington are not clowns, they are dead serious about taking your rights away, no matter how you identify, cross dresser or transgender, it does not matter, the warning signs are there.
