Trump's Win and Us

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Here's a headline from today's Washington Post:  "LGBTQ+ Americans stockpile meds and make plans to move after Trump’s win."

All I'm stockpiling is chocolate.

But I'm not transgender, and as the Post story makes clear, trans people have much to worry about. For a start, Trump has promised to prohibit gender transition care for kids, as well as end any federal spending on such treatments for adults. He also intends to push Congress for a bill stating there are only two genders and they're assigned at birth.

Small wonder that transgender folks are hoarding hormones. And planning moves. And considering suicide.

The story isn't only about trans fear.  A gay 18-year-old from Missouri withdrew his acceptance from an in-state university and plans to hightail it to California after he graduates because he saw how Trump's win emboldened his classmates. They're saying things to him like, "Without you parading around, we will make America great again like it used to be."

Like it used to be, when queers were closeted and gay-bashing was a varsity sport.