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Anti trans messaging flopped in 2022, too. “Kamala is for they/them” worked because voters thought Kamala didn’t understand their problems, not because they hate trans people specifically.
NEW: Republicans went all in on anti-trans messaging for the 2025 election, inspired by Trump’s “Kamala is for they/them” ad
It didn’t work — and now they’re trying to figure out why
Democrats, meanwhile, learned how to respond to this messaging
notus.org/2025-election/anti…
Ari Drennen retweeted
Via GSG: “However, when candidates inoculate early and respond directly, they recover those points and sometimes gain additional margin by demonstrating their values and strength"
NEW: Republicans went all in on anti-trans messaging for the 2025 election, inspired by Trump’s “Kamala is for they/them” ad
It didn’t work — and now they’re trying to figure out why
Democrats, meanwhile, learned how to respond to this messaging
notus.org/2025-election/anti…
That picture is eight years old. I look like this now! If you don’t like your vibe you can just change it.
Ari Drennen retweeted
spotify put “horseglue” on their fresh finds playlist today
thank you @Spotify for platforming our song about complicity in genocide and climate disasters
stop investing in drone bombs and stop taking money from ICE
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Ari Drennen retweeted
The same day the US Supreme Court allowed Trump to force trans people to misgender themselves on passports, the CA Supreme Court ruled nursing homes can’t misgender trans residents, upholding a law I passed.
CA isn’t down with Trump’s dehumanization campaign against trans folks.
Holy fuck that ending
44%
Retaliate
56%
Don’t retaliate
39 votes • Final results
44%
Retaliate
56%
Don’t retaliate
39 votes • Final results
This was just as true when Nancy Mace was posting hundreds of times a day about which bathroom her Democratic colleagues are allowed to use, but y’all aren’t ready for that conversation
On the Big Beautiful Blowout and what it means for the rainbow panic: mediamatters.org/fox-news/ri…
5. The silver lining: Republicans keep losing elections when they fixate on attacking trans people while voters are demanding cheaper groceries, safer neighborhoods, and affordable housing. It’s a losing strategy — and they know it.
4. One idea, from Jules Gill-Peterson, is to center a right to change sex — a framework that doesn’t require creating a new protected class, but does recognize the lived reality of transition.
3. The bad news: this signals that the Court won’t recognize trans people as a protected class any time soon. That leaves three paths forward: 1) wait for the Court to change 2) demand Court reform 3) develop a legal theory this Court will accept.
2. The good news: the ruling rests on presidential power. That means the next Democratic president can undo it on Day One — or, better yet, remove sex markers from federal IDs entirely to protect privacy and freedom of expression.
1. The Supreme Court just let Trump’s order banning trans people from updating the sex marker on their passports go into effect. If you were planning to change yours, that window is likely closed until at least 2029.
