Lesbians Like Me Joined Forces with Conservatives. Now They’re Turning on Us. — Queer Majority
www.queermajority.com
The political right welcomed LGBT moderates with open arms. Once they took power, the mask came off.

When the “woke” mania swept the country in 2020, I took a step back and reevaluated where I stood and why I stood there. To my surprise, I found that I agreed with conservatives and libertarians on a number of issues. I opposed childhood gender transitions, unlawful and divisive DEI mandates, and the excesses of Critical Race Theory. I argued against biological males competing in women’s sports and being housed in women’s prisons. I did so loudly and publicly, losing many friends along the way.

Today, some of those same attorneys I worked with are advocating for my right to marry my fiancée to be stripped away.

I fell for obvious right-wing propaganda and rationalized the hate with reason and logic. Now the hate machine is coming for me and that’s not fair!

  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    6 months ago

    It was an interesting read.

    By the way, the paragraph you quoted is oddly cut. The whole paragraph reads:

    When the “woke” mania swept the country in 2020, I took a step back and reevaluated where I stood and why I stood there. To my surprise, I found that I agreed with conservatives and libertarians on a number of issues. I opposed childhood gender transitions, unlawful and divisive DEI mandates, and the excesses of Critical Race Theory. I argued against biological males competing in women’s sports and being housed in women’s prisons. I did so loudly and publicly, losing many friends along the way. My stance wasn’t rooted in hate or fear but in a commitment to reason and fairness. My loyalty was to the truth, not to political tribes. Maintaining my integrity cost me greatly, but I believed it was worth it.

    Later on she says:

    The conservative movement has a choice to make: will they stay true to their promises of liberty and limited government, or will they use the levers of power to impose their preferred moral order? I joined forces with them because I believed in the former. I fear they are choosing the latter.

    which highlights are key internal division in republicans: small government (i.e. being consistently liberal) or imposing one’s own moral order?

    The article seems to imply that some people vote republican because they think it’s a vote for liberalism, ironically.

    • _‌_反いじめ戦隊@ani.socialEnglish
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      6 months ago

      That’s the raw problem: they don’t question what “small government” means, all the while she praxied big government praxis:

      1. I opposed childhood gender transitions, 2) unlawful and 3) divisive DEI mandates, and the 4) excesses of Critical Race Theory. I argued 5) against biological males competing in women’s sports and being 6) housed in women’s prisons. 7) I did so loudly and 8) publicly

      She‘s incapable of retrospecting she is in favor of big government over-reaches because she wants those rulings against others, not herself. “Law for thee, not me”