Saying “Dem politicians” are the reason trans rights were encoded into law strips trans people of our political agency. You’re effectively saying the quiet part out loud by denying us political agency, or even a role in our own political history.

... tell me again, who encoded trans rights into law, if not Dem politicians?

You... you do realize things that are encoded into law are, by definition, done by politicians in essentially all cases except ballot initiatives, right?

... right...?

For that matter, you do realize that many trans folk, both historically and contemporarily, have been Dem activists and politicians, precisely because the Dems have been much more ameniable to enshrining trans rights into law, and thus an easier vehicle to do so with? Would you... would you like to remind me, of the parties "Republican", "Democrat", and "None", which does the only current trans Congresswoman belong to?

Trans rights have been fought and won over decades, long before 1990, by trans people. Often outside of traditional political, not to mention medical, avenues. The Democratic Party, as an institution, only picked up on encoding those rights into law, when there was the pressure and inertia was such that it was beneficial to their coalition to do so.

... yes...? That's... that's how democracies work...?

In 2024, when that coalition was proven to have collapsed, in large part because of the additude you’re taking here,

So when the coalition 'collapses', losing by the massive amount of [checks notes] 1% after millions of people who previously voted decided that abstaining out of purity politics interested them in a time of conveniently-high propaganda, it's because... people like me wanted them to NOT abstain out of purity politics?

trans people were some of the first to be thrown under the bus and blamed.

Some Dem ghouls have tried to blame trans folk. The vast majority of Dems, even careerist ghouls, still support trans rights.