Summary
Trump’s anti-trans rhetoric and policies during the 2024 election deeply affected LGBTQ+ youth, with some teens forming a suicide pact if Trump won.
Carolyn Fisher, a former Trump supporter in Alabama, discovered her non-binary child was involved in such a pact and struggling due to bullying, restrictive school policies, and fears of anti-trans legislation.
Her family’s experience highlights the widespread emotional toll on trans youth and their families, with crisis hotlines reporting record calls post-election.
Families nationwide are considering relocation as conservative states advance anti-trans policies.
Oh hey, it matters now because I’m personally affected.
Heard this bit a hundred times…
How could they have possibly known that the leopards would eat their face?
YES! EXACTLY! GENDER AFFIRMING CARE PREVENTS SUICIDE!
We’ve known this for ages now.
Of course, the queerphobic bigots don’t give a shit if trans teens kill themselves. In fact, they probably enjoy hearing about it when it happens.
Yeah Leelah Alcorn shocked a lot of people a decade ago. I attended her memorial service, her parents didn’t.
Increasingly I think these attacks on trans kids are because people want these kids dead. I struggle to see other reasoning with the evidence we have.
Exactly, these ghouls want to ban treatment because it prevents suicide, it isn’t remotely about protecting children
It is kinda sad watching us blunder through this nonsense again and again. Do these conservative voters think it was the capitalist and business owners that wanted kids out of their factories? Do they think the tycoons were the one that pushed for a 40 hour work week and it was the workers who went on strike to keep their longer hours?
