You know what? I've been keeping quiet about Gavin Newsom, because everybody thinks he's some kind of savior.

But I think I'm done keeping quiet.

Because Gavin Newsom isn't going to help the trans community. He's going to throw them under the bus. He already said so, but y'all choose to ignore that because of his funny Trump memes.

I for one am sick of choosing the lesser of two evils in this country. People have been doing that for years, and now all our options are evil.

"Big deal," I can hear you saying. "It's just trans people. They're a small part of the population to begin with." But who will be next?

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/gavin-newsom-breaks-with-democrats-on-trans-athletes-in-sports-00215436

https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/03/newsom-transgender-athletes/

https://lalgbtcenter.org/vanguard/press-releases/statement-governor-newsom-betrays-queer-and-transgender-californians-with-health-budget-cuts-says-los-angeles-lgbt-center/

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/why-transgender-people-are-not-feeling

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BohoBabe · M Best Comment

I'll vote for any Democrat in order to stop Fascism. But if Newsom becomes president, he's not going to create the largescale change needed to actually defeat Fascism. At best, he'll get reelected, but then the public will realize their lives still suck, so they'll go back to the Republicans. It'll be just like what happened after both Obama and then Biden. Centrist Democrats are a band aid on the bullet hole. And the fact that he's so quick to abandon trans people means he'd be worse than Biden.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@BohoBabe Correct.

wildland

@BohoBabe I hate to say this, and I 100% support the rights of trans people, but they are very much the minority. As long as you won't be actively persecuted (like you are at the moment), I would vote for the lesser of two evils. Politics, sadly, is incremental change. @LordShadowfire

BohoBabe · M

@wildland Plus, if we vote for Newsom, we're not just voting for him. We're voting for the Democrat establishment. We're voting for more liberal judges as opposed to right-wing judges. So even if Newsom becomes president, trans people would be much safer.

wildland

@BohoBabe Good! He may not be perfect, but he's a start.