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ABC (Anything But Class) leftists and ABI (Anything But Imperialism) leftists be like.

Trans people are statistically strongly affected by homelessness, poverty, unemployment due to discrimination, lack of access to healthcare etc. and most trans people live in the global south. So to ignore class and imperialism in your advocacy for trans rights means to effectively throw the majority of trans people under the bus.

Some relevant sources:

Homelessness and Housing Instability Among LGBTQ Youth https://www.thetrevorproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Trevor-Project-Homelessness-Report.pdf

Discrimination and Barriers to Well-Being: The State of the LGBTQI+ Community in 2022 https://www.americanprogress.org/article/discrimination-and-barriers-to-well-being-the-state-of-the-lgbtqi-community-in-2022

Trans & Poverty Poverty and Economic Insecurity in Trans Communities in the EU https://tgeu.org/files/uploads/2025/09/TGEU-trans-poverty-report-2021-1.pdf

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[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Didn't you know western bombs have special software that scans dna for the lgbtq gene and never targets them.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

can i take a dna test to see how queer i am? lol

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Also, "Hamas kills trans people which is why we should let Israel kill everyone instead, including the trans people."

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

So to ignore class and imperialism in your advocacy for trans rights means to effectively throw the majority of trans people under the bus.

I mean... this is literally what the liberals have said they want to do, re: 2024

Democrats Lost Voters on Transgender Rights. Winning Them Back Won’t Be Easy.

The number of policies liberals seem willing to support shrinks with every election cycle as reactionaries in national media flog them for speaking out. Police Brutality in 2014. Health care in 2016. Climate Change in 2018. Student Debt in 2020. Opposition to Genocide in 2022. It seems 2024 was the year we had to stop caring about LGBTQ.

I wonder what we'll be asked to give up next in our quest to win that "Moderate" voter.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

There is only one policy liberals support. Genocide.

They cave on everything else.

[–] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

And then they blame everyone else when they lose which their supporters eat up like a starving dog.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago

Democrats: "we got your back trans community!"

Also Democrats:

[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 7 points 1 day ago

Anyone claiming that they will do anything for you based on you being in a specific identity group is using you to enrich and empower themselves. This is ALWAYS true, from Hillary Clinton to Nick Fuentes to Netanyahu to Al Sharpton to Trump. Non-class identity is a scam the rainbow coalition of pedophiles who rule us use to divide us while they ALWAYS have class (and pedophilia) solidarity.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

The Problem of Recognition in Transitional States, Or Sympathy for the Monster is an excellent essay on the importance of trans rights and communism.