And we know that allowing a trans girl to play soccer doesn’t give her team a game-breaking advantage because we know she’s a fourth grader and not the goddamn winter soldier.” We know that transgender kids are not being groomed by their parents.
“People know that gender-affirming care saves lives. “People know what it means to be transgender now,” Maines said. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, actress Gold Rosheuvel, actors Tituss Burgess and Ian Alexander, and transgender rights activist Nicole Maines, who accused those who oppose LGBTQ progress of knowing their outlandish claims to be false. Madison’s comments were echoed by other speakers at the event, including New York Gov. And because that’s the only way we save ourselves.” “The safety of every single member of our community must be our priority. “There are people asking why they should get involved because they think they’re going to be okay - because they are cis, because they are white, because they are well-to-do. Let me tell you, friends, there is no security in complacency…. Like the damn superheroes who came before us. “And we can’t just turn on the bat signal and wait to be rescued. “I will say it again: we are at Code Red. She urged LGBTQ people and those who profess to be their allies to be more proactive by speaking up publicly against efforts to rescind protections for LGBTQ individuals or roll back hard-won rights.