In the face of ‘eradication’, one trans activist is preparing to fight – and she’s sick of silence and neglect from her supposed allies. Raquel Willis tells Io Dodds why Republican bathroom bans are everybody’s problem
That doesn’t work in this scenario because democrats need more than the trans community to win elections. So they have to also win over voters that are anti trans.
So they have to also win over voters that are anti trans.
And there it is. Let me ask you, how exactly do you think the Democrats should appeal to “anti-trans voters” without losing the trans and trans ally vote?
There’s no easy answer to that but until the trans community and their allies have a voting majority, it is a requirement that democrats appeal to both.
You’re right that the answer isn’t easy, but there is one and the Democrats have known it for some time, they’re just not willing to do it. First, look at the driving force of anti-trans sentiment. It’s economics. Trump and the like redirect the righteous anger people feel about their economic situation towards minorities by creating a narrative that is easy to understand and plays into pre-existing prejudices. The Democrats could do the same thing but direct the anger towards the wealthy instead of minorities. People have pre-existing prejudices towards “elites,” and the narrative that the wealthy are the cause of your suffering has the advantage of being true. If the Democrats did this it wouldn’t matter if they also go to bat for the trans community, because the average “anti-trans voter” doesn’t actually care that much about trans issues, but are rather using the trans community as a stand-in to recieve their anger in the absence of a more compelling narrative.
