• andros_rex@lemmy.worldOP
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    My local gay bar posted on Facebook about a massive increase in harassment, as well as a physical assault on a patron.

    Stochastic terrorism.

    A trans woman was attacked in Washington last week. People on Facebook are mask off, saying it was deserved.

    Is this going to explode into an orgy of violence and then finally die down? Will something bad enough happy than people will be shamed back into calling evil, evil?

    There were two separate shootings at homeless camps last week. I barely saw coverage of it.

    I feel so much pressure and fear that I can’t think. I don’t understand why people are filled with so much hate. It can’t feel good, can it?

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      We have our Pride in October because of the summer heat, the board of my organization isn’t worried about booth setup or swag or elevator speeches. They primarily want a map showing every possible exit scenario depending on where a shooter might begin. We are going forward with the expectation that Prides will be more violent. And that breaks my heart.

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          Exactly, we’re steeling ourselves but we’re gonna be there come hell or high water. I’m reminding my guys that the first Pride was a riot and the next 20 were protests.

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      It breaks my heart to read a sane, reasonable person being in the US right now. Hold tight, I hope you survive this

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      It’ll take multiple occurrences of a cisgender person being misgendered and shot to death over it for anything to happen and even then it’ll be on the “thoughts and prayers” level of effort as it is with every other shooting that happens near daily here

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        When I’ve shared articles about cis women being accused of being trans in bathrooms/harassed, the response is always “this wouldn’t have happened if trans women stayed out of women’s bathrooms to begin with.”

        They just seem to want to hate.

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          They are told to hate, so they do… and if you’re looking for something your going to find it

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        It’s sad to say, but if you are trans or even gay, you need to start executing your escape plan if you have one. If you dont have a plan, you need to start making one, fast. This isn’t going to blow over any time soon. Help each other out where you can - there are plenty that will struggle to find a way out.