5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions.

19 states banned legal recognition
21 states have bathroom bans
8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs
25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
15 states require the forced outing of trans students
16 states ban medicaid coverage of gender affirming care
14 states have “Don’t say trans” laws banning discussion of trans people’s identities.
29 states have banned participation in sports.

5 years ago, there were over 100 multidisciplinary gender clinics for trans youth. Today, there are less than 31 (as of July 2026).

So when libs say, you need to do incremental progress like gay marriage, it completely ignores the rollbacks that have happened in 5 years. It is every aspect of trans life from where we use the bathroom, how we are addressed, what our IDs say, to even censorship on discussions about our existence.

So when a Dem says they agree with any of this, they are taking a position that is against what trans people ALREADY HAD just 5 years ago.

That’s why trans people won’t accept it. It’s not about progress, it’s about preventing a managed decline in civil rights agreed to by Democrats.

From @esqueer.net on BlueSky