ABC (Anything But Class) leftists and ABI (Anything But Imperialism) leftists be like. Trans people are statistically strongly affected by homelessness, poverty, unemployment due to discrimination, lack of access to healthcare etc. and most trans people live in the global south. So to ignore class and imperialism in your advocacy for trans rights means to effectively throw the majority of trans people under the bus. Some relevant sources: Homelessness and Housing Instability Among LGBTQ Youth thetrevorproject.org/…/Trevor-Project-Homelessnes… Discrimination and Barriers to Well-Being: The State of the LGBTQI+ Community in 2022 americanprogress.org/…/discrimination-and-barrier… Trans & Poverty Poverty and Economic Insecurity in Trans Communities in the EU tgeu.org/…/TGEU-trans-poverty-report-2021-1.pdf

So to ignore class and imperialism in your advocacy for trans rights means to effectively throw the majority of trans people under the bus. I mean… this is literally what the liberals have said they want to do, re: 2024 Democrats Lost Voters on Transgender Rights. Winning Them Back Won’t Be Easy. The number of policies liberals seem willing to support shrinks with every election cycle as reactionaries in national media flog them for speaking out. Police Brutality in 2014. Health care in 2016. Climate Change in 2018. Student Debt in 2020. Opposition to Genocide in 2022. It seems 2024 was the year we had to stop caring about LGBTQ. I wonder what we’ll be asked to give up next.