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How pro-LGBTQ+ is Kamala Harris?
(www.advocate.com)
More than Trump
Yeah, he should probably just drop out.
He's old and moldy.
Here you go. Her real record, not all the fluff pieces that will now be everywhere trying to make her look like she's always been pro-LGBTQ+ (still vote for her if she's the nominee, just know what she did in the past)...
Unpacking Kamala Harris's Record on Trans and Sex Work Issues - From denying affirming healthcare to a trans inmate to barring forums sex workers used to protect themselves, the former “top cop” has a concerning record of endangering our community’s most marginalized members.
https://www.them.us/story/kamala-harriss-record-on-trans-and-sex-work-issues
And...
Kamala Harris is a complicated choice for some LGBTQ+ people
https://19thnews.org/2020/08/kamala-harris-complicated-lgbtq-choice/
And...
Kamala Harris Takes 'Responsibility' for Opposing Trans Surgeries
She has a hella spotty record on trans rights, I'm really not more thrilled with her than I would have been with biden. Unfortunately, the alternative is worse by far, so my hands are pretty much tied to vote for her if she's the nominee. One is pretending to care at present, the other explicitly wants to eliminate us from public life.
Someday in my lifetime, it'd be really nice to get a president that clearly cares about everyone in the population. And while I'm dreaming, I'd like a pony.
It's worth actually diving into the details. The reporting is burying key details that are often not quoted, making Kamala sound worse than she is.
I'll say this: people are complicated. Reasonable people are capable of change within themselves.
A lot of people suggest that past actions are indicative of future behaviours. People who assert this are flat out wrong. Look at what Trump promised prior to his election in 2016, then compare it to what he actually did. The same is true of anyone else. What someone did, or didn't do, in the past doesn't exactly prescribe what they will do in future.
People are complicated, and reasonable people are capable of change.
I've read into the Kamala Harris denying surgery for a trans prisoner story a bit. It's worth noting that her role as the attorney general at the time is supposed to represent the state, and is not able to pick and choose battles, irrespective of her beliefs.
She took full responsibility for her actions [out.com article cited above]. Trump has never done this, as far as I can tell.
What is not being quoted above, an omission that makes Kamala look bad on trans issues, is that she actually worked with the relevant departments to change the rules [https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/01/21/harris-takes-full-responsibility-for-briefs-against-surgery-for-trans-inmates/].
Sure, she might have a spotty record though look at her more recent actions. She co-sponsored the Equality Act when she was elected to the U.S Senate.
Even if she was 'against' trans rights, those actions above suggest there's not an 'against' slant now.
Don't take my word for it. Dig out as many articles as you can find, or even transcripts of her debates and speeches.
People are complicated. You can help shape their views. Get involved. Vote. Read deeper into the news, don't take news at face value. It is often spun, and misquoted, to portray a particular point of view whether right or wrong.
(For what it's worth, I'm a gay trans person though I have no horse in the U.S Presidential election as I don't live in the U.S. That said, having witnessed how awful the media have twisted issues and facts in my own country, especially over LGBT issues, I wanted to point out that this whole 'she's spotty on trans rights' is not the whole picture. It's not your fault though, we're constantly fed bullshit to try sway narratives, or to convince people to stay home, which is disastrous in a first-past-the-post voting system).
Very.
Alright then!
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