Zauberin Stardreamer [4" tall] @Zauberin@awoo.space

sketched out my idea for xenia taking a programming break with some light meditation. i've gone as far as i can today, and I think it's pretty ok 👌

The BBC was reporting on what's happened to Q Anon in Florida. The conspiracy theories about the deep state stealing the presidency are now mainstream right positions in the US.

And the part about "satanic paedophiles" has morphed into discussions about "groomers" which means a lot of things, a lot of which is "the transgender issue" and of course "there are real debates to be had" about that.

The BBC is just a reflection of what white middle class boomers are saying to each other at dinner parties or Facebook or whatever they do. Right now, we've lost those people. And we've lost them in a way that is very dangerous - they're ready to acknowledge common ground with Q Anon. This is a concerning potential basis for further radicalisation.

I think we should think about strategies for attacking this discourse. Historically, gay people used two major tactics. One of which was protest. And the other was leveraging personal relationships. One thing that Harvey Milk did was convince thousands of gay men in San Francisco to ring their parents and come out.

Trans people don't have those kinds of numbers, but we do have friends and communities. Our friends can speak up in their conversations (here's how: https://www.splcenter.org/20150125/speak-responding-everyday-bigotry ). Our communities like unions, religious groups, etc can make specific, public statements acknowledging our humanity.

The middle class media will switch when the middle class does. We can make transphobia unrespectable. We are already making serious progress in civic organisations.

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