We cannot name the hate campaign against LGBTQ people, because to do this we would have to acknowledge it’s not simply a “gender issue”—but a campaign of extermination.
An excellent article and agree with you completely, but I want to point out one nit picky thing - in the paragraph for #2, it sounds like your describing drag shows as a transgender thing. Although trans women do participate in drag shows, drag performers tend to be mostly gay men. The right, aided by the media, equate drag performers with trans women to further stigmatize the trans community and imply that drag shows are used to "groom" kids into becoming trans.
great piece Adam, happy new year
An excellent article and agree with you completely, but I want to point out one nit picky thing - in the paragraph for #2, it sounds like your describing drag shows as a transgender thing. Although trans women do participate in drag shows, drag performers tend to be mostly gay men. The right, aided by the media, equate drag performers with trans women to further stigmatize the trans community and imply that drag shows are used to "groom" kids into becoming trans.