The video is too large for lemmy so I had to use an external hosting:

democrat-anti-trans-ads.mp4

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Indiana:
https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/21/spat-breaks-out-in-secretary-of-states-race-over-indiana-transgender-sports-ban/

Kansas, Texas, Iowa again.

Who voted for and against in a Mississippi bill that treats incarcerated trans women like men:

https://legiscan.com/MS/rollcall/HB188/id/1485160

New York:

North Carolina:

Absolute hypocrite.

"I oppose discrimination for all Iowans... anyway, here's why I support being worse than the Republicans here currently are for trans people."

Worse is arguable, but definitely not better

Worse is what they are doing. Republicans won in Iowa last election and they didn't / couldn't get rid of all trans healthcare, now this guy and his vile fellows are campaigning on actually getting rid of it this time, being even more anti-trans than the previous Republican government of Iowa.

I'm scared

This is why I don't support liberals. You cannot rely on the United States government in general. They came for the Palestinians first, that became like a fixed constant that both parties do, now they're going to throw trans people under the bus along with immigrants.

So Iowa Republicans are pro trans? Or did some other arm of the government block it being worse?

Edit: just to clarify my frame of reference, this guy is pursuing a federal senate seat. So he won't get a say in what Iowa does, but could impact at the Senate for EVERYONE.

Iowa Republicans were anti-trans, but didn't bother with doing much about it because it would require effort to do something like completely defund trans healthcare. You can't just declare something like that and make it so, even if everyone agrees on it. Endocrinology is tied up in non-trans healthcare so you'd have to figure out some complicated bill on what the ban actually entails, similar with GRS but that one might be easier to define a trans ban on. Democrats are promising (and the new Republicans) that they are going to try to get that done.

Basically, Iowa Republicans before the election were anti-trans, but didn't go out of their way to devote real effort towards dismantling trans healthcare. Both parties had put off actually doing that so it can be used as a promise to gain popular support in this election.

The information I can find has Dems split on the issue, whereas Rs are staunchly anti-trans.

Not trying to argue, just trying to understand. It's a shituation either way. Wish there were more progressive candidates in Iowa.

A minority of Democrats seem genuinely pro-trans (and only in places where that is popular), while the majority either doesn't care or is transphobic. All Republicans are transphobic because they know it'd never be popular with their voter-base.

I don't think most politicians are genuine about anything. But from the information that is gatherable, a majority of dems support trans rights.

Ager says he gets "frustrated with the Democratic Party because they spent so much time focusing on identity politics and not on everyday people"

I guess I'm not an everyday person then? He's really almost saying the quiet part out loud.

Everyday people are literally not LGBTQ to them. They think we're a fringe group.

Same with "issues that don't affect people's daily lives."

support trans rights

Okay, though, how so? Do they support just not passing reactionary laws or do they support improving things, because the status quo in the US is that trans people already are dying. I know several.

Not going to lie, not going to search for this information right now.

But here's a link to a pbs article about this issue.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/some-democrats-recalibrating-approach-to-transgender-issues

One of said Democratic ads was advocating for cutting medicare, medicaid, and any public funding to gender affirming care. It was never about sports and it will never end with sports

I hope one day when you least expect it, your shoelaces are undone and you trip on them, falling under an oncoming bus. Chuds like you are a net drain on society and we'd be better off without you. Fix your heart or die, you victim-blaming piece of shit.

Could you remove the embedded images? We have a rule in the community about not reposting bigoted content.

Absolutely think its fine to discuss here, but people have expressed in the past some discomfort with bigoted media being shared.

idk about that .ml account, but having interacted with OP a few times in the past week or so: if they're a bot, it would mean the bots have gotten convincing enough that we're all fucked and i may as well throw myself out the window right now.

OP is def a real person, ive talked to them

This is not the type of compilation I enjoy watching.

to all of you wonderful people out there posting about how horrible the democrats are on the eve of a monumental election, I'd like to remind you that voting day is not the day to be nitpicking. If this stuff bothers you (and it does me too), you have 364 other days to grab a gun.

Voting day is about choosing the lesser evil for just a couple damn hours, and if you think the republicans would be any better for you, I have a beach house in Idaho for sale.

if your options are "person who wants to kill you" and "person who wants to kill you", you are going lose no matter what

It is the time, because they've only started on this stuff now.

Why, it's evidence of things going on? It's not even bigoted media either, just screenshots of news articles reporting on it and most of the articles described it in a very negative light.

I would like to remind you that if you vote for genocide, you don't deserve to have your democracy saved. You've proven yourself too irresponsible to handle the franchise.

You're a dumbass.

It's real stuff I'm bringing up. This isn't fake news, it's their own ads.

Exactly, fuck America.

Canada is bad, but not to this extent. Democrats are about the same as Canadian Conservatives, it's unreal.

I think it makes more sense bearing in mind that this is first and foremost a supportive community for transfeminine people. Like the point is to give transfeminine folks a space to talk and share things with each other. What theyre going through, what joys and struggles theyre having, things that they value or are interested in, ask each other questions. That is the point of the community.

I think its important that you be able to talk about things like this that are going on and affect our lives, but I dont think its necessary to share individual pictures of this bigoted asshole or his campaign here. There are other communities more oriented around trans news where I think that makes more sense.

I dont think asking specifically for images to be removed is too much. The rule is in the sidebar and was created with this kind of thing in mind.

I'm mostly referring to the image of the post itself. The screenshots of news sites are fine.

it's two bedrooms, two bathrooms, with a beautiful view of both the Pacific and Atlantic out the east and west windows. such a beautiful estate for a low price!

I'm thinking... $990,000 is my asking price. it really is such a beautiful view

Oh the image of the post itself, okay.

Are these politicians who are not out and still only consider themselves MAGA-curious?

Most white and non-lgbtq liberals seem maga curious.

Fuck Amerikkka. Marg bar Amerika. Marg bar Amerika. Marg bar Amerika.

This message brought to you by the moral cowards happy to cosign on a genocide as long as they can go back to brunch after.

Thanks :) fuck that guy i can't believe the amount of people advocating for him elsewhere

I fell under the slight impression that maybe liberals wouldn't be that bad, but the amount of people willing to fully back people like that almost seems to be a majority.

It's actually despicable, it's like some people only support trans people or just human rights in general if its popular and then abandon it when it isn't.

These people need to get humiliated in the ballot booth so Democrats can learn the hard way this can't be tolerated. It's worth a few years of right-wingers if the alternative would just be another brand of right-wingers.

Really hoping we don't go the way of the UK, where both sides have become deeply anti-trans.

I think the US is fucked, possibly Canada too, we need to protect each other. I wish there was HRT mutual aid in my area, since I can't get adequate medical treatment.

Its evident the democrats are bad, and getting worse with trans rights and we must point that out. I would vote democrat if i was in the US, but you cant blame any trans person/any other minority for not voting for the democrats given this. Saying "vote for the lesser evil" isnt going to change anyones minds. The only thing that will, is a change on the democrats position, which is how a democracy is meant to function.

Every single day since November 2024, I think about how I had the bad fortune of being born in a purple U.S. state and not an EU member country or Norway.

Mutual aid doesn't pop up out of nowhere. Trans people find each other IRL, form bonds, and are there for each other. I hope you're not all alone in your area. There tends to be more than one of us, even in small towns. Hell, my hometown with a population of 2,000 has two other trans folks that I know of.

But I know it's easier said than done. Good luck out there.

The thing you're missing is that if these Democrats win, the entire Overton window shifts right and no one supports our rights. This has already happened in England and it's terrifying. Labour and Conservative are both right-wing parties now and there is no meaningful representation for liberal and left-wing voters.

It's better that a MAGA Republican wins so that these right-wing Democrats get a taste of what it means not to support trans people. Then human rights would return to the ballot next time.