The US government has officially declared ‘radical pro-transgender groups’ to be domestic terrorist organizations. This will certain remain for the duration of this administration, and may hold into the next.
This opens the door for not only the targeting of trans individuals, but also trans communities, the broader queer community, and even allies and family members of transgender people.
Everyone, be safe. Look out for each other. Cherish small wins, and moments of joy.
Surviving is more than grand acts of defiance. Living is in the small, the everyday, the imperceptible. Living is holding a hand, or being kind— little things that you don’t remember the day after. Love each other, and love yourself in equal measure. Tyrants are brittle things. Never has a dark time failed to end.
And before anyone accuses me of overreacting, let me be clear. The last line of the Presidential Foreword in the new policy document literally reads, “We will find you and we will kill you.”
It is important to realize that language like this is designed to scare people out of taking action. They want trans people scared, isolated and afraid to find each other. They want trans activists to take less action. They want trans organizations to shut down or to go underground become hard to find. Don't let them get what they want.
The targeting that this allows consists first and foremost of surveillance. Their ability to actually charge and prosecute individual trans people with domestic terrorism hinges on being able to establish a connection between ideology and planning acts of violence.
Do not respond to this by letting them win. Do not respond to this by retreating. Do not yield without a fight.















