(August 10, 2023 at 8:36 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: I find the current wave of anti-lgbtq+, esp anti-trans, rhetoric and actions in the US and UK quite disturbing.
The Religious Right cannot exist without marking a class of people as the Enemy to mobilize the base. They did it to the Irish, they did it to Jews, they did it to persons of color, and they did it to gays and lesbians. As soon as one particular target group gains legal protection they cast about for another "enemy". Notice how anti-trans bigotry suddenly flared up after gays and lesbians were granted marriage equality at the Supreme Court level?