What Does a Trump Presidency Mean for Us?GirlfriendsMeet Blog

It’s been an emotional few days for all of us. I am still in shock—actually, I’m still in denial—a significant us are, In my opinion. In addition think we’re allowed for you personally to mourn the injustices, and mourn all of our future—we need time to grips by what next 4 years brings for your LGBTQ community. 2015 was actually a landmark year for us—for our very own equality, for love—and I really don’t imagine the facts of precisely what the incoming chairman and vice-president  are preparing to reduce on you have quite set-in yet.

Donald Trump is famous for backpedaling when it comes to

per

and

every

issue. 1st, the guy said women who have abortions should be punished, next stepped it as well as mentioned the doctors that perform the abortions must penalized as an alternative. He then asserted that there ought to be,

“some sort of discipline,”

but failed to identify precisely whom must be on the receiving conclusion of this vague danger of discipline. In a
current meeting
with

60 Minutes

, the President-Elect mentioned that he would designate a Supreme legal justice focused on the repeal of

Roe v. Wade

.

He’s got generated terrible feedback about immigrants, Mexicans, Muslims, Megyn Kelly, an impaired reporter, the Clinton family members, any other Republican running for POTUS, a gold star family members, Judge Gonzalo Curiel, John McCain, Pope Francis, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Katy Tur, several reputable news guides, John Oliver, the AP, CNN, Politico, and also the election process itself

[Author’s notice: this is just limited collection of the many folks and organizations he’s disparaged and belittled over the course of his strategy]

. He’s rude, reactionary, and also admitted that he has no admiration for minorities, or any individual whose final name isn’t ‘Trump’. The guy consistently and constantly claimed over the course of the election it absolutely was ‘rigged’, which he would only accept the results if the guy won—which, regrettably, he performed.

The guy condemned relationship equivalence, after that mentioned he don’t care, immediately after which had been seen a few weeks ago holding a Pride banner (upside down) with many bland Trump-related adulation scrawled across it in Sharpie. He is unpredictable and rapid to aim his stubby hands immediately after which reject he’s said everything in the first place—even when presented with bountiful
proof with the contrary
. He’s produced numerous derogatory remarks about in order to females, the best/worst of which was actually when he interrupted Hillary through the final presidential debate to contact their a

‘nasty lady’

. On a hot mic in 2005, the guy openly advocated intimate assault (

“Grab them from the twat”

) and this his fame and cash allowed him to have away with pressing ladies in unwanted and inappropriate steps. Basically, he’s a PR horror and absolutely the very last individual that ought to be sitting in Oval workplace. He’s unqualified and merely ordinary foolish.

Insert Mike Pence, Donald Trump’s pick for Vice-president.

Mike Pence, unfortunately, is not foolish. He’s the one we will need look out for—and battle tough against—over the second four years. Besides really does he look like Voldemort if Voldemort had too many filler treatments, but he’s additionally anti-woman, anti-LGBTQ, anti-marriage equality, and thinks possible ‘cure’ homosexual, transgender, and bisexual individuals with electro-conversion therapy. Perhaps not once has he flip-flopped on any of these issues, possibly. Are you currently scared yet? You should be.

Mike Pence doesn’t believe in ladies legal rights. He thinks that operating, single moms irreversibly harm their children. The guy additionally believes women must not be in army, and cites Mulan (the screwing Disney movie) for instance of the reason why it’s ‘bad’: Mulan and Li Shang fall in love, and

demonstrably

that is unacceptable and places the nation at great threat. Y’know, because the menfolk cannot fight the appeal of snatch, while men and women are battling together (effectively, generally speaking) regarding front contours since 1917. Reacall those wars we won? I believe there had been two really huge people, but my personal little girl head isn’t really positive. Golly!

Mike Pence in addition dislikes homosexual folks. Normally I’d create a joke about how precisely badly anti-gay folk typically are those attempting to repress their particular hidden homosexuality, nevertheless now actually the time for my personal incredible sense of humor. He

legitimately

hates us, and thinks solidly that we tend to be a hindrance to community. The guy most likely additionally feels that we convert men and women, like vampires or something, perhaps through oral sex? He’s going to put some body thereon to learn.

He believes homosexuality, bisexuality, being transgender are

alternatives.

The guy disagrees with woman Gaga in that, no, we’re not all produced that way. He believes we’re all produced right and cis-gendered, and that whoever falls within the LGBTQ umbrella are ‘cured’ within this wretched, cursèd lifestyle. The guy feels into the widely-debunked practice of electro-conversion therapy. For folks who haven’t heard about that, this is the stuff of nightmares: fundamentally, you are taking a gay/bi/trans person…and you electrocute them until they truly are straight/not trans! Really almost 2017, so there are

individuals who still believe it is a legitimate, practical practice.

Mike Pence, our very own Vice President-elect, is regarded as them.

Mike Pence could desire roll straight back matrimony equality, partially because he’s homophobic, partially considering religion (which, I can’t stress sufficient:

has no invest federal government

), and partly because he is a screwing asshole which evidently dislike observe men and women happy. If he’s got it his method, however most likely only spherical us all up and have you killed, but that will most likely not fly with the rest of the federal government, so he’s planning to perform some then smartest thing if you take aside the to wed.

Mike Pence is actually barbaric, harsh, intolerant, and the wrong person to be whispering into Trump’s ear for the following four many years. But here we have been.

Today, here is just a bit of a brilliant area: the constitution does, actually, secure same sex marriage. The purpose of the structure is identify the forces, limits, and procedures in the government. There are many liberties U.S. people enjoy that aren’t spelled in the structure or perhaps the costs of rights—this is the reason why this has been this type of a durable document. It is out there as a framework, the skeleton that our municipal culture may use to balance the personal contract, the relationship between specific and community. If Mike Pence’s major issue with same intercourse wedding will be based upon a religious ideology, all well and great: after that usually do not exercise it. But the thinking of just one group cannot be made use of as grounds for denying another’s municipal liberties. Fundamentally: they can not use the idea of God/gods to justify depriving them of our to marry (although i know they are going to try their darnedest). There’s

never ever

already been a society that’s been improved by proclaiming that a right belongs to some of the people and never to others.

I know a lot of this appears hopeless immediately, while the future looks bleak and unfriendly. I am aware nearly all of you will be nonetheless resting there, horrified seems on the faces whenever browse the terms I (and several, numerous others) have actually entered throughout yesteryear few several months. I understand it really is scary, and that I’m sorry. From the bottom of my personal small bisexual cardiovascular system, I’m sorry that people had generated these advancement, and then see it start to crumble in fist of a small-handed, cruel guy along with his sycophantic albino lapdog. When the Democrats directed congress, or had received several more seats, we possibly may no less than have actually a fighting chance… nevertheless the Democrats lost across the board. The people who have been taking a stand for people no more control anything as of January 20, 2017.

What we

can

do is actually fight. Michelle Obama said it best in her address this past July: “if they get reasonable, we get high.” Our company is strong, competent, amazing men and women, and we also’re equipped to battle whatever comes our means and rise above it. Companies such as the

American Civil Liberties Union

,

Organized Parenthood

,

NAACP

, the

National Women’s Rules Center

,

RAINN

,

Working Begin

, the

Southern Poverty Rules Center

, and many other organizations found

here

require your own support now more than in the past. These pro-woman, pro-immigrant, pro-LGBT, pro-Earth, anti-bigotry businesses are likely to fight along with you and for you inside impending decades. They’ll stand-up to suit your liberties, your own liberties, and you will be your partners in the face of unfathomable hatred. As an amusing part notice, should you decide contribute to organized Parenthood you’re given a certificate; I heard that individuals are delivering their unique certificates to Mike Pence, which delights me greatly. I am not condoning this, yet ,, i can not keep an eye on

all

of you…

Very, battle. Compose characters towards neighborhood, condition, and national officials. Call them, vocals your displeasure, reveal to all of them precisely why you feel the nation is moving in a risky and unstable path. Vote in mid-term elections. Picket, petition, protest, generate a fuss: never get this lying down. Cannot sit back watching and weep as your rights and freedoms tend to be stripped away—i understand I won’t end up being. This type of personn’t just a danger towards LGBTQ area; they truly are a danger to anyone who is certainly not a white, heterosexual, able-bodied, cis-gendered male. At the likelihood of sounding too like one particular anti-drug advertisements from 90s: nobody is safe.

I love to believe folks are able to modification. I wish to think that someone Mike Pence and Donald Trump both admiration will state all of them that what they do have in store—not just for us, but for more or less almost every other minority party— is unfathomably draconian, unjust, cruel, and uncommon. I wish to genuinely believe that more individuals will inform them having a white supremacist as fundamental Strategist and a climate modification denier as head from the EPA are most likely maybe not the sanest or greatest alternatives. Obama and Hillary did not usually trust marriage equality, and so they changed their particular brains: they advanced as society advanced, because they understood that personal attitudes and vegan chocolate for s mores moving, which regressive legislature would only harm the US individuals. I am hoping that people in Congress will no less than have actually a shred of decency—of

mankind

—when Trump and Pence attempt to move these terrible things through, and I hope that they can see their unique option to no less than putting up some road blocks to really make it harder to eliminate the liberties of millions upon millions of United states individuals.

The chairman is certainly not an all-powerful staying who are able to wave his little, Cheeto-encrusted baby arms and go laws and regulations at his impulse: he needs assistance from all levels of federal government, and from rest of the country. Notwithstanding all homophobic, xenophobic, misogynistic, racist, classist, divisive characters which are having root in DC, We still hope for the best—and i shall

always

battle for this.

I hope you will do, as well.

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