The queer rights organization issued a new report that demonstrates how Joe Biden’s policies are exponentially better than Donald Trump’s for LGBTQ+ people.
if there is ever the need for, the will to call, the ability to pursue... human rights commission hearings in the future against this grotesque parady of a political party, I want as much evidence of premeditation available as possible.
PThis kind of stuff still needs to be enumerated. There are tons of people on Lemmy (mostly the usual trolls) who will show up in every thread and do the "both sides" song and dance. Unfortunately, a nontrivial number of people actually buy into this messaging. Counter programming is a necessary evil, which is something conservatives and foreign actors have figured out, but liberals and progressives are still stubborn about.
I am going to have a difficult talk with one of my kids. they already understand whats happening, but avoiding uncalled for dangerous situations... thats what we need to work on. "the talk" is smashing social and economic boundaries like a whirlwind.
A charitable reading says that you should still research and verify the things that are "a given". I mean, YOU know it, I know it, we all know it here... But at least now we have an official report to point to when people try to downplay it?
I just recently spoke with someone who had 1. Not heard of project 2025 and 2. Tried to convince me that "Donald Trump is the first president to support gay marriage"
The thing you need to remember is, think of how dumb the average U.S. citizen is. Now realize half of them -- over 170 million people -- are even dumber than that.
Considering Trump wants to define trans people out of existence and make our care illegal, outlaw gay marriage, and classify any queer person in public as a sex offender and put them in prison, yeah I'd think queer people are better under biden than they would be under trump.
Does this matter? Republicans will just say "nAh thEy wErEn't, gAy pEoplE lOvE uS, thEy wErE bEttEr undEr TrUmP, f4k3 n3wS, c0p3 h4rD3r" with their idiotic tones of voice no matter what
not a "tankie" here. supporting virtually any Democratic nominee up and down the ballot... and I still want the investigation, impeachment and removal of biden if appropriate. being human demands it and demanding accountability from your government requires it.
So we're just not going to talk about all the bullshit thrown at gender affirming healthcare, drag, queer media in general, etc. over the past few years? The federal government has been slightly better in the smallest scale ways possible, but because of state governments and the courts life for LGBTQ people has been worse over the past four years (especially if you're stuck in a red state), and the Biden administration and Congressional Dems haven't done nearly enough to try to stop those things.
That's a stupid question with an obvious answer, so I'm just going to pretend you asked a better one.
Besides having his justice department get more active on defending LGBTQ Americans civil rights under the federal constitution by joining in lawsuits against state laws instead of letting private organizations do all the work, one thing the Biden administration could do is speed up and expand the pardons for LGBTQ veterans who got bullied out of the military.
I think you may be confusing the actions of a Republican Congress with those of Joe Biden's cabinet. The American political apparatus has many levers, and just because you're at the top doesn't mean you control the whole thing.
No, I'm mentioning there are more things the Biden's cabinet and the rest of his administration could be doing to push back on state level Republicans (mainly legislatures and AGs), to demonstrate my real point - the last four years have been fucking awful for the LGBTQ community, and seeing Biden supporters here pat themselves on the back for how it's gone frustrates me (and probably a lot of other people we want to vote for the Democratic party's candidates in the fall) a lot.
I think it would be a lot better politics for people who want (like I do) to see Republicans lose elections to forget the victory laps and focus more on (to paraphrase Bill Clinton) feeling the pain of their voters and telling us what you are going to do going forward instead.
Maybe yes maybe no but who cares it still doesn't make you win an election. LGBTQIA+ people are a minor abnormality, it's not like you will win an election just pushing that idea.