With thanks to Ali at Scottie’s Playtime. I am absolutely with her. I was with Biden too, even as I began to wonder if he was up to the task at hand. Right now, nothing in the US political realm is more important than stopping the authoritarian, would-be dictator and his theocratic minions.
Minorities, and indeed our very democracy, are at severe risk if that man ever sets foot again in the White House. Minorities such as BIPOC, immigrants, and LGBTQ are (rightly) concerned about concentration camps. I’ve said before that I see the United States as on the threshold of a repeat of 1933 Germany. I truly do not see that as hyperbole.
Vote as if your life, and that of people you care about, are on the line. Vote as if our very democracy is on the line. Because they are.
I predicted that Texas would block gender change on birth certificates a few days ago. On 27-August, the news broke that they were no longer accepting court orders for drivers license gender change.
In Georgia, to avoid this issue, I habitually voted by mail. In that state, you don’t need an excuse like being out of state, etc. Texas, when I last voted there, you did need such an excuse.
About a week ago, it came to my attention that the Attorney General of Texas has ordered the Department of Public Safety to stop accepting court orders for gender marker change on a drivers license. I first saw the linked report from Erin Reed on her substack on 22-August-2024.
I don’t even try to broach some of these topics. And while it’s largely “conservatives” who are behaving like this, I find that both sides are unreasonable on some topics, especially Israel and the Palestinian genocide.
In 2020, I was not a fan of Kamala Harris during her run for President. Her history as California AG, particularly with respect to a certain transgender felon, struck me as highly negative. I bought into the hype.
This morning, on his Substack, Robert Reich asks how we are coping with the news of the last couple of weeks. I answered him, and I’d like to share that answer here.
I am a well educated woman, a lesbian, and an eclectic Pagan. I am loving and giving. I am a caretaker type, who often fails miserably at self care. I have fibromyalgia, seizure disorder, and AFib.
I am complex, complicated, and worth the effort.
An Aging Trans Woman 