The Existential Fears of Trans People Post-Election

[@mikethompson3521]

I keep noticing how the conversations are inherently competitive. We can’t think about Trans issues because we have to worry about women, or men, or minorities… we can worry about all of them and stop making it a competition for our time and energy. This is part of the water we swim in. Even those on the Left see ourselves as competing with the other parts of our larger culture and community.

[@edwardallenthree]

@@mikethompson3521 and we are already seeing, even in this video, even before this video, attacks against Harris. Harris ran the best campaign she possibly could. It was phenomenal. We are already seen a competition for who can decide what she did wrong, when she did absolutely nothing wrong. The problem is not Kamilla Harris, the problem is America.

[@hypotheticalaxolotl]

Which is super weird to me because many of the same protections for one group will automatically cover another group. Attention devoted towards a group that isn't ones pet cause can still help ones pet cause, so getting mad about it... At best, divides you away from someone who you could amplify your voices together with. At worst, makes them actively want to carve out an exception just to spite you, if one is a big enough rudehole about it :v (And of course there are groups that need additional protections, but it's not like adding those on once the momentum of an actual movement is going is going to backtrack things. Adding whatever additional protection and help a specific sub-group needs is more like a side-path in the same direction, not a complete 180 away from the protections that DO cover broad strokes) (broad stroke protections being things like increased privacy rights, prevention of state intervention in private lives, de-criminalization and pardoning of non-violent 'crimes' on the books which get used against minorites, like how sodomy laws were used against gay men and trans women in equal measure, etc).

[@marbellaspain5785]

@mikethompson3521 Interesting that you say the convos are about competition. I can't stand t-rump, but the one good thing he's going to do: Make sure males that cosplay as women can no longer compete against them. You're going to have to compete against your peers (i.e. other males), NOT your counterparts. That should have never gotten this far, and as a real woman, I'm glad it's finally over.

[@hypotheticalaxolotl]

@@marbellaspain5785 Go away.

[@hypotheticalaxolotl]

@@marbellaspain5785 Obvious bait.

[@sadfaery]

One of my closest friends is Palestinian and I am trans, and one thing I've learned is that the best way to build solidarity is to communicate with one another in a way that lets us move forward together working for our mutual liberation. To share our fears and our struggles together, because we are stronger together.

[@MegaVega2007]

I am trans girl living in the US. My life is FAR MORE comfortable and always will be than if I was a Palestinian child. Even if some of my rights get taken away. We have to admit some people are more oppressed than others, it makes me very uncomfortable to compare myself to someone going through a gen*cide.

[@machinelearninggoddess]

To hell with the both autocratic, bigoted, and oppressive Palestinian and Jewish governments and systems (fuck the Palestinian Authority as well as the current government controlling the State of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas have got to go), and glory to both the Palestinian and Jewish people, their rights, equality/equity, and well-being! We can bring respect, equality, and glory to people of all races/ethnicities/religions while criticizing and denouncing flawed and corrupt governments and systems!

[@Lonely_Raven_666]

​@@MegaVega2007 they didn't say they were just as oppressed they said as people who are suffering it's good to talk to one another

[@ovkae1559]

@@MegaVega2007 It's very likely that this Palestinian friend is in the us.

[@gavindonohoo5736]

​@MegaVega2007 I feel like you should wait for someone to explicitly compare their own struggle to a Palestinian's struggle to call them out the way you did.

[@MotherOfDistruction]

The trans issue turning people off argument draws very disturbing parallels for me to the white suffragettes blaming black suffragettes for the failings of their movement.

[@GenesisTheKitty]

Nothing new under the sun

[@gregorehorror]

I just watched a political commentator, again, use us as a political tool, except this time to blame us for her losing. I voted for her, but she never said anything about helping our community, and when reporters brought it up she wasn't willing to say she supported our access to care. I feel like the Invisible Man. There's an F beside my name instead of an M. I'm worried I'm going to lose my HRT. I'm so scared I feel like I can't breathe because I've been hurt by Maga people before, at work. I'm terrified

[@Veryvoidlove]

I feel the same way. Its hard and i don't like the reality that we have spawned into. I hope you take comfort in knowing that another trans brother sees you. I don't really have anything else i can say bc i have no idea what we need to do next but i hope we make it out of this together

[@ArtfulCam24]

Just last night someone told me "trans people lost us the election" and I'm like "you mean the right hyperfocusing on them, while the left's candidate basically never brought them up at all?" And she was like "... yeah sure."

[@gregorehorror]

That's why we have to have each other's backs as a community, too many politicians are completely silent and they shouldn't be, we are human and we deserve our rights 🏳️‍⚧️

[@AeonZhang]

@@gregorehorror ✨🫂🫂🫂✨ 💫✨🌟❤️🌟✨💫

[@twistedelegance_]

Brian Tyler Cohen and Pakman both have been more than ready to announce "woke bad". I believe Brian said it already in one of his videos. When I tried to discuss it I got buried with hate comments immediately.

[@Daihatski]

One line in Last Weeks Tonight last episode has hit me pretty hard. 215 Million Dollars in anti-trans ads. $134 per person just to demonize them. I hadn't seen that headline before. That is absolutely staggering. Just ... holy fucking shit.

[@DivisibleByWaffle]

They could have just given me $134 and told me to feel bad about myself, and that would have been sufficient.

[@innerophstudios4013]

Jesus trump really did that?? That’s awful.

[@deathguitarist12]

​@@innerophstudios4013 Idk if it was the trump campaign itself or if it was the PACs that did it. But the number is staggering

[@dionysus913]

Once again John Oliver out there doing God’s work on HBO

[@arcanineryu]

coulda bought a full ride college scholarship for every trans kid in america with the money wasted on scapegoating them.

[@_silverface]

"We need to focus on the issues of real people" We're real people, too. Whether the people saying this think transness is real or not, it doesn't change the fact that we, too, are real people. It's telling that that's the language they choose to convey their message.

[@witness1603]

@@Mustafa081-p7r be quiet, loser.

[@Derf1OO]

Makes me think of that awful ad that went “Kamala is for they/them not for you”, and I went: so she’s… for me?

[@isthiscereallife]

​@Mustafa081-p7r wow thanks, glad to know im a figment of the collective unconscious! guess that means i can get away with crimes because im not real, yeah?

[@brano13177]

@@Mustafa081-p7r Projection much, ya pile of boiler sludge in an oil drum?

[@LunaHowBoutPoona]

@@Mustafa081-p7r Why not?

[@DivisibleByWaffle]

My response to the election results: have a panic attack for a week straight, dust myself off, then volunteer to be a media-facing representative for my union during our first contract negotiation. If they're going to put me in a camp for being queer, they better damn well do it because I'm a fucking working-class rabble rouser too.

[@souldec]

hey, genuine question. why do you anticipate being put in a camp? I'd like to understand

[@violentmelody90]

@@souldecIt has a lot to do with general trends. They’re trying to legislate trans people out of existence right now with anti-trans laws that often mirror the Nuremberg Laws and Republicans really truly are fascists at this point.

[@DivisibleByWaffle]

​@@souldecI'm honestly exaggerating a bit (I hope!) but I do foresee the next four years being very tough for me regardless of how extreme of a stance our government is able to take. I figure, the hell with it, if they're going to give me trouble I'm going to help folks out and give a little constructive trouble back.

[@Enchantress13_13]

No body is trying the put trans people in a fucking camp. People just don’t want KIDS getting hormones and surgeries, men in women’s sports. Like get it together. Thank god for trump cause y’all’s arguments back sound ridiculous and never state facts. You claim everyone hates you. No they don’t they hate the way yall act thinking everyone should bow to your needs and wants when it puts kids and women in danger. Duh! It’s not rocket science. That’s why trump won thank god

[@rj9124]

​@@DivisibleByWaffle coming from a coward at heart who wishes they could be brave enough to do the same, I love you

[@thelocustgod9098]

I’m a disabled unemployed trans woman who has pretty much thought about offing myself every day of my adult life. I’m trying to choose to live, just to spite the people who want me dead.

[@arcanineryu]

you should also consider writing a fanfic or running an online dungeons and dragons style role play campaign. do some things that are so unambiguously desired by insatiable people who will quickly decide that the world would be a worse place without you.

[@alexbenjaminlubbers]

I got you, sis. I'm mtf and disabled, but working. I know it's hard, but please don't give up.

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

You should stay alive. It's absolutely important for all of us. I hope you have or will find a community of equal fighters.

[@machinelearninggoddess]

Avenge your fellow trans and nonbinary folks by not giving up and becoming successful in life. Try to get a degree and job where you can become a journalist or trans-non-profit-group worker and then you can for us fight against transphobia :3

[@zayda73]

As someone who is agaisnt strong hate, your existance makes them mad. Therefore you are winning by being alive. You let those mf's win if you choose to leave life behind. Don't let them win. You win by just being around.

[@MythicalPhoebe]

What really gets me worked up are the people saying "you won't lose any rights" after trump has REPEATEDLY attacked trans people and made PROMISES to go after our rights.

[@fabiodutra7053]

🌈🌈💙👏👏

[@MythicalPhoebe]

@RittenhousesRifle he's going to prosecute doctors who provide gender affirming care. That doesn't just mean surgery, it means hormones and other medications. That's going to make it much harder for us to get gender affirming care AS ADULTS. He also wants to make it impossible for us to change our gender markers on our passports, ID, etc, which is going to make it harder for trans people to travel. He wants to "cease funding to programs that promote the idea of gender transition at ANY AGE" not just for children. It's going to breed a culture of ignorance and make trans people get alienated even more than they already are because people won't know about the issues we face. And it will also make trans people who haven't discovered they are trans yet struggle for even longer to figure out who they are. He wants to remove gender as a protected status which will mean we can be openly discriminated against when it comes to jobs, healthcare etc. And above all of that, the transphobic rhetoric and lies he spreads is only going to increase the amount of violence and hate that we face just for being ourselves because people have been radicalized to hate us.

[@MythicalPhoebe]

@RittenhousesRifle you are exactly the type of person I am talking about. Just watch the video and listen. She does an excellent job at explaining our fears.

[@MythicalPhoebe]

@@RittenhousesRifle I wrote a long multi-paragraph response but youtube is stupid and it didn't post. Just watch and listen to the video. All the fears she describes are perfectly valid.

[@redarrw1633]

​@@RittenhousesRifle gender affirming surgeries have never been used on minors legally. You have to be 18. Also he has stated he wanted to get rid of all gender affirming care. He also has kicked Trans people out of the military before and wishes to do it again.

[@SirSpenace]

I've gotten the "You aren't experiencing a REAL g3nocide" line at this point. Imagine if people started insisting that South Africa never lived through apartheid because "Palestine is worse" or because the US now incarcerates more black men than they did.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

That the US was actually worse than South Africa, especially in the Jim Crow era, is a sad likelihood. Just because someone else suffered, though, does not mean that what trans people are suffering is OK. It’s one thing to say “this other thing is worse, I’m actively working on it and will get to you as soon as I can” and “this other thing is worse and I don’t care about that, why should I care about you?” For what we have done and what we have left undone.

[@arcanineryu]

the excuses these people make are so flimsy they make wet cardboard look tough.

[@SirSpenace]

@@Justanotherconsumer I think you misunderstood what I wrote. My entire point is that one person's suffering doesn't downplay another's. Also, I'm transgender lol So I'm very much aware that our suffering is not okay.

[@CharlotteSWeb-oh7ou]

@@akithemacaw8212 Meaningless twaddle obscuring a supremacist campaign to rip trans people out of public life and violate their bodily autonomy. But at least this way you get to feel good and moral about your sadism while you advocate for pro-harm policies.

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

@@akithemacaw8212Excuse you? Explain please, because science proves trans people valid, sooo….

[@EvilAng3la]

To anyone struggling with hope right now - authoritarianism and fascism always make themselves seem like they are unstoppable and inevitable. They go after hope because hope is their biggest enemy. Once people understand they can be resisted, can be fought, and can be defeated, their end is inevitable. Hope is our greatest resource and do NOT let them have it. And to those of you that feel you have nothing left - you still have your community, your solidarity with us, and that feeling can also be re-framed into the strength of realizing you have nothing left to lose.

[@TomMinnow]

Their defeat is inevitable, they are always poorly managed, have constant violent infighting/backstabbing and buyers remorse. Let's hope the collapse comes quickly with as little destruction as possible.

[@quinnholleman1547]

Remember - there were anti-Nazi resistance movements in fascist Germany that protected the at-risk. This is a massive set-back but it's only the end if we let it be.

[@ItWasSaucerShaped]

... i mean, franco got his to last for a real long time and for all the people killed in the camps, i don't know that the short duration of the third reich mattered very much :|

[@MaryamMaqdisi]

​@@ItWasSaucerShaped it will get worse before it gets better, but what alternative do we have? Give up so that instead of millions being genocided it's hundreds of millions? I know it's scary but those of us who are able and willing, we must stay together and organize and get shit done for the better of all.

[@joeyj6808]

Also, please remember how very stupid Diaper Don actually is. And recall what a shit show his last term was. The guy can't co-ordinate a one car funeral. He makes a LOT of noise, but he has always been a Loser.

[@stephicohu]

As I have told many people: “Hope for the best. Plan for the worst.” I hope the best for you and congratulations on your upcoming marriage! Please remember you are doing the best and I respect you for your work. Keep up the work.

[@martynking1613]

You always have to demand and expect the best, though. I wish you well ahead

[@Caterfree10]

33:08 oh god I saw that entire thing go down on Twitter and I was just. Massively disappointed at how few people actually understand that g3noc1des take different forms and can be at different stages. It’s exhausting, and my block button got one hell of a workout tbh. Tho it did definitely explain why the attacks against trans people seem to be downplayed as of late… if it’s not as bad as the worst bad thing happening in the world, then it’s just complaining and that’s bad, doncha know. -_-

[@mzaite]

Were they real people or were they twitter bots? There’s focused search and attack systems being deployed on there that have no actual legitimacy.

[@arcanineryu]

its times like this when we gotta bust out this tumblr quote... Always remember Hanlon’s Razor-”Never assume malice when incompetence will suffice as an explanation.” That’s said, never forget Fred Clark’s Law, either: “Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.” There’s a certain point at which ignorance becomes malice-at which there is simply no way to become that ignorant except deliberately and maliciously.

[@sunnykawatachi]

@@Caterfree10 This. So many people are quick to gaslight or dismiss our valid concerns of potential genocide of trans people, without realizing that there are STAGES of genocide. It is a GOOD decision and NOT an overreaction to recognize what stage of genocide we're in and pre-emptively avoid harm by taking precautionary measures (i.e. moving, etc.).

[@BeedropsArt]

Solidarity and love from a Texan trans masc. I'm anxious beyond words, but I have to do my best to stay afloat, if not for myself, for people around me who will need support. Stay safe, Jessie, and thank you as always for your kindness and hope during these difficult times. I wish you, your fiance, your loved ones, and everyone here watching safe passage through it all.

[@locker.535]

As a mom of a trans teenager, this has been exactly our thoughts. The impact touches EVERYTHING for her life and future. I’m struggling too. I am an highly educated, cisgender woman, white, bi-sexual married to a man (so I can pass as Het). I know I’ll use all my privilege and resources to protect my kid. I am so scared. Thank you for sharing and talking about your experience and feelings. We live in the South. And we just don’t know what will happen next. I had someone say to me “I wish people would calm down, not that much will change” and I wanted to RAGE at them. They have NO CLUE the harm they are causing. I’m sorry for your loss and well, for all that you and my kid will encounter ahead. Sending all the love in the universe your way. 🖖🏼❤

[@PanicLedisko]

I am so glad she has someone as amazing as you as a mom. Thank you so much for caring. I’m afraid of transitioning because I don’t have supportive people around me.

[@ambroseelon9989]

Get her documents in order and everyone’s passports. Make ready for her healthcare to go away and make plans!!! Move to a safer state and area. Having trans kids is a responsibility rn that folks can’t get their heads around

[@locker.535]

@@PanicLedisko I’m sorry to hear that. Hoping you can find someone within your community who can be a safe place for you

[@locker.535]

@@ambroseelon9989 we are ❤️

[@SamanthaManning-xy8fu]

When someone is gunning you down just for being different it's going to *feel* like the world is ending. Human suffering should never be compared or minimized.

[@robynrox]

Your first duty should always be to yourself and to your loved ones. Make sure you stay safe. I live in the UK and I will be doing the same.

[@superpheemy]

Regarding the "youth men" out there who leaned right. I was a republican back in the early 90s when I was in my early 20s. The reason was because all my male elders. Dad, Stepdad, Grandpas, Coaches, etc... were all republicans (and still are) and voting republican was a way for my eager self to gain their approval and respect. That's a powerful draw. With #45+47 that pressure from that older generation... sadly Gen X, of which I am one... is exceptionally strong. It does remind me of Reagan in 1980 in that way. Of course, this isn't the sole reason for the demographic shift. Its only one of many factors. Honestly, it took Dubyah sending half my friends to get traumatized in Iraq and Afghanistan for me to admit I was so wrong and shift over towards Progressive politics.

[@mzaite]

Why didn’t you just lie and say you voted republican?

[@superpheemy]

@@mzaite because I wasn't looking for hollow praise. I wanted *sincerely* to be the "fine young man" who my elders admire. That acceptance is powerful for a young adult. And lacking the life experience to critically analyse what my elders were saying with such confidence (there is an *entire* class dynamic at play there). I felt good when I was lifted up by people I respected.

[@superpheemy]

This isn't just a Republican phenomenon. Democrats have developed the same dynamic over the years. That hasn't been in play nationally since 2000 though.

[@mzaite]

@ god I’m so glad I was too ADHD and Spectrumey to ever care about that shit. Fucking monkeys in clothes.

[@nickchristian1590]

@@superpheemy so then you voted for Obama and men to be allowed in the bathroom and locker rooms with young girls? Wow, what a "man" you became. Was this before or after you saw one up close and realized you liked it?

[@user-gw8gx4uw5e]

we need to normalize feminine heterosexual men

[@GaboH-h7s]

That will never be normalised

[@Izrek]

​@@GaboH-h7s It can. Cos we are cute ❤

[@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll]

@@Izrek Hell yeah you are!

[@rezza_lynsaii]

@@GaboH-h7s It will be cos Humanityy

[@GaboH-h7s]

@@rezza_lynsaii lol another attempt to normalise weird behaviour for the history books, good luck with that 👍🏻

[@dragonx58481]

After seeing how much trans people are being tossed under the bus really makes me more fearful of living in the midwest. I want to have bottom surgery and it's scheduled for this march. I'm just afraid my healthcare will be outlawed, I've expressed this to others but maybe I'm not expressing this enough but I will have to be forced to grippy sock jail if I can't get my bottom surgery, its literally the only thing that has kept me going and after this election I don't know if my surgery is going to be certain like it was before. I worked so hard, nobody ever talks about this, but I've worked for 3-4 years to get bottom surgery. I still needed 2 letters of approval despite the WPATH guidelines because insurance is a bitch and hates trans people. I'm glad you made this vid Jess, I may not agree with you on some of your politics, but you being an outlet of trans rage makes me a little cathartic.

[@PanicLedisko]

God.. I am so so sorry. I hope to hell nothing changes and you’re able to go through with it sweetheart. I know I would be so scared and so angry! I’ve been too afraid to even start all that because of the people around me. I hope I don’t die before I’m able to transition! ugh

[@AlexMourning5635]

I've just barely begun my transgender journey. I've known since highschool that I don't align with the afab binary I was assigned to, calling myself genderfluid for years. I'm 26 now and just beginning to move away from just living with gender apathy. I started dressing more masculine and exploring different pronouns, and this genuinely scares me away from fully presenting. I know I can't re-cork the bottle I've opened, and I'm not going to try to, but I can't deny I'm friggin terrified.

[@MaryamMaqdisi]

You're so valid, sending you hugs and strength

[@nickchristian1590]

@@AlexMourning5635 you're so invalid. You can't even figure out what you are but try to tell others how to live their lives? Look down in the shower next time, should give you a pretty big hint as to what you are

[@HarryBolsak]

It doesnt look like it was "gender apathy", if you were so preoccupied with it already. I think the issue here is excessive navel gazing. I will prescribe to you "touch grass" to be taken every morning and evening and "grow up" to be taken in times of difficulty. Hope this helps

[@actualgoblin]

​@@HarryBolsak gender apathy is the epitome of touching grass. i dont even care about being a man anymore, i just vibe

[@DeaDiabola]

@@HarryBolsak Dude you're the guy spending what I assume is part of a lot of free time you have lurking queer/trans spaces just to start fights in the comments. Either that you're a very sad person, or you're a paid agitator. Either way, trash person with no heart nor spine.

[@kevinmoses4201]

"This inability to see how this erodes solidarity within our groups". This. This. 100% THIS! This is what has been frustrating and depressing and angering me for a while now. I'm a Black, cis dude who identifies somewhere around anarcho-communism side of leftism. I have other leftist friends of various sorts who I'm happy to disagree with on some issues, but for the most part I see us having the same goals in mind. But recently, I have seen a bunch of folks being openly antagonistic to anyone who said they were voting for Harris due to harm reduction (however you make that calculation yourself). And even worse, seeing people make accelerationist arguments that if things get worse at least the liberals will care about opposing Trump unlike Biden. Mostly white dude leftists just being callous about how the suffering that people are going to face under Trump is worth it if more people are radicalized. I can't comprehend why they can't understand that they are repeating colonialist attitudes, and that they'll never get solidarity from marginalized groups if they're so willing to throw us under the bus on the off chance they could radicalize someone else.

[@MaryamMaqdisi]

Thank you so much, I'm 100% with you

[@Eleon_Alosty]

I was sad, angry, disappointed, and afraid all through out the first few days. I knew he would win and was still disappointed in how things turned out. Now I'm just numb I just want to continue to live and get the care I need being a trans person. I want my mother and sister to be in charge of their own bodies and continue to have their rights. I want my friends to be considered people just like everyone else. If I have to fight for that then I will. They want to erase history and act like people are less or dont exist. They want to control the masses and put them down. We cannot let them. We must stand up for ourselves and those around us not just trans not LGBTQ+ not just women. The People as one group deserve to live with the same rights and care as everyone else.

[@Lightningspirit]

Much love to you Jessie from a disabled woman in Pittsburgh. I've been feeling similar thoughts and feelings. That disabled people are invisible and no one cares (especially in a "post-covid" world). That maybe it's better to just give up. The constant what ifs that keep me up at night. The anger at seeing all the in-fighting and scapegoating on the left and the glee and cluelessness on the right. However, there is something that has repeatedly come to my mind this past week when things look bleakest. "Don't you dare let go of your heart, or my hand. Don't you dare give up on it." It's your words that keep popping up in my head and keep giving me hope. So thank you for that and I offer my hand as well. I can only speak for myself but you and so many trans people are not alone. There are people who care about the plights you're facing even if it feels like there isn't. And maybe some day when people realize we can focus on more than just one issue or group of people's problems at a time, that we can work towards a better future together, I'll be excited to see what we can come up with! But for now we carry on. For now we fight. Vive la Résistance. ~Live Long and Prosper

[@taiga738]

You'd think people would've learned by now that discrimination and social issues aren't a competition. The term oppression olympics has been around for a while to describe this very issue. And with the importance of representation and elevating people's voices, you'd think it'd be intuitive by now that people are going to spend the most time talking about the things they have the most knowledge and experience to talk about, even if they also care about other issues they may not be equipped to discuss in the same amount of detail. Something I think we need is more content just educating people about the problems that get misunderstood and representation. Stuff like explaining how immigration affects the economy without getting derailed by having to talk about all the disinformation scapegoating immigrants for economic problems. Encourage people to be more informed about how stuff really works, what they can do about it and making that information more accessible. If not personally, then by connecting people to resources focused on those things. Biased algorithms and the degradation of search engines certainly isn't making it easy to find this stuff alone.

[@cee5429]

What if the misinformed believe that it is YOU with the disinfo? If you feel affronted or accused, you then know how it sounds to others to hear their political views invalidated, ESPECIALLY accusing them of holding or spreading deliberately malicious lies! Good lord, you people... ever read Grapes of Wraith? About California employers keeping wages low by inviting excess migrant laborers, so they could pay them only enough for food to survive the day? It is unreal, if we invite 1 billion people hypothetically what happens? Those with assets become superwealthy amd retired, able to rent out their garage for $5000 a month, as there would be millions more people looking for the same quantity of homes. See: Canada immigration-housong crisis. Or UK! Or Germany! Or Australia! Or Netherlands! All Americans would face massive wage cuts, as there would be many more workers competing for the jobs already here, so room & board serfdom would arrive. Then the wealthy Democrats? They would then pay nannies and butlers and house and field servants less than a dollar an hour. This is a thinking exercise where you exaggerate a function to visualize a trend. So 50 million immigrants vs 1 billion? The effects would be about 5-10% as bad as my hypothetical. Workers would get minimum wage, houses would become even more unaffordable, and the wealthy would have to pay their servants less and their stocks can rise. 2 million undocumented own homes. I'm fine with immigration as long as it is fair, so since it helps the wealthy and businesses while hurting the poor.... the only fair way would be to first redistribute all the financial assets and real estate. Otherwise middle class Americans lose while wealthy win, so the wealthy Dems who want it can give up their homes & assets first. How are construction jobs "jobs Americans won't do?" You can read what they write: they worry their service workers will get paid more if there isn't a serf class to help suppress wages. Also real estate, this should signal a fall in housing in the next few years as credit tightens, AI lays off the non-deplorable, and housing shortage decreases.

[@roxyamused]

I speak about trans genocide as "I don't want to loose my healthcare, and die. A lot of trans people will die, especially the youth. I'm worried we'll be targeted legally in many different ways both criminally and civilly, targeted by citizens because we're seen as pornographic; get arrested for wearing clothes I like or going to the bathroom in the bathroom that aligns with my gender; I don't want to die so I can still fight." I experienced a fair amount of transphobia from pro-Palestine people that were white leftists that are very single-issue. One woman on TikTok told me she wanted me to lose my healthcare and die. It seemed like trans people are an ok sacrifice for their accelerationist goals. I'm also noticing a fair amount of liberal cis people feeling like their true transphobia is coming out because it's more permissible- like purposely deadnaming trans people that voted trump. It's pretty scary to look around and see this, because it's a broadening of transphobia that radicalizes people. When I realized I was trans, I never would have dreamed there'd be anti-trans ads on the television during football. This is what it is. May we be free from suffering and its causes. om mani padme hum.

[@Cossfrack]

In about a years time, when trump has been in, and things haven't come down in price, when the average American has less money in their pocket, and project 2025 is starting to kick in... And Trump voters start saying "maybe he was BS'ing about the whole thing". I can't imagine how frustrating that's going to be for us who tried to warn others about it. But it's coming.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

They’ll blame someone else. Trump is very good at getting them to blame someone else.

[@arcanineryu]

some will have their minds changed, but very few. and we will have traded the deths of schoolkids to convince them, as his administration feeds them food tainted from deregulated factories that were left to "regulate themselves"

[@Fauntleroy.]

That self-reflection will never come. If they are TOLD things are cheaper, then things will be cheaper, even when they aren't. And on and on.

[@Cossfrack]

@@Justanotherconsumer we had it here in the UK. As soon as there was no-one for the right to blame for our problems, and nothing was getting better the conservatives got voted out.

[@askadoctorifheresyisright4you]

Starting to kick in? It's nearly complete.

[@code_lynx]

I am worried for many of my friends and loved ones, a chunk of them who identify as trans. One who has been struggling mentally even before the election has been on edge. I'm doing all I can for them with providing resources and making sure none of us lose hope. May be a darker road, but we will keep going forward. Live long and prosper.

[@nickchristian1590]

@@code_lynx here is a clue, they have all been struggling mentally before the election lol.

[@velaethia6]

"We need to move to the centre" That would be moving left. Since dems are a centre-right party. So going more to the centre would be going more left.

[@isthiscereallife]

not the _objective_ center, _their_ center, which means becoming what republicans used to be before they all moved more to the right.

[@nickchristian1590]

@@velaethia6 yes, go more left. That's definitely not what cost you freaks the election...

[@velaethia6]

@@nickchristian1590 What leftist policy did Kamala have? Like seriously she was running as and with bush era republicans. Dems are already centre-right and they went even further right this election. She was all pro boarder security, and pro genocide. She was just trump but less fashy. Keep in mind that trump didn't get any dem voted. Dems didn't show up to vote at all. Most likely because of the extremely alienated left. The dems bank on the left having no choice but to vote for them so they spend all their effort trying to court the right leaning moderate and FAILING as they actually lost 1% of republican votes from 2020 to 2024 and leftists got tired fo voting for the "lesser evil" and just stopped voting.

[@gilesclone]

The Dems have been moving right since the Regan administration. When will they realize that being Republicans lite is a losing strategy

[@HarryBolsak]

​@@nickchristian1590 im having such a blast reading all of these comments. They are so detached from reality its insane

[@GirlPainting]

I am a Transwoman living in germany, and i think i am relatively safe here, but evan i feel the anxiety. I can´t emagine how someone over the pond must feel. If i where in your shooes, i would grab my belongings and flee the country as fast as humanly possible.

[@VincentVance-j4w]

Even with the rise of the AFD?

[@dante6985]

There's a lot of "safe state" trans migration going on (e.g. the Midwest to Oregon). But even then it's like... One of the most high profile hate crimes in recent years was a neo Nazi killing a cis gay guy in California.

[@GirlPainting]

@@VincentVance-j4w yes, because we have a law here in germany that prohibits hatespeech against minority groups. this hate spiral against trans people could not accure here.

[@haselni]

@@GirlPainting as a fellow, less optimistic German: laws can be changed, their interpretation and enforcement is arbitrary. We need to be there for and rely on each other, because we can't unconditionally rely on the state. It does not automatically have our best interests in mind.

[@Fauntleroy.]

I'm not sure where you think Americans should go. We aren't the EU. We can't just relocate to some other country and hope for the best.

[@jessicaluchesi]

Jessie... if it comes to that... at least until 2026 our president is progressive. Look into just running towards an embassy of a friendly country. And ask for asylum. I will look into which embassadors are still from the Bolsonaro period and which ones were replaced by progressive ones recently and post here in a few days I hope, I am not sure how easy that info will be to find. But as a Brazilian, if you seek Asylum in a Brazilian embassy I hope the Embassador will hear the case and then it is a fresh start in a still conflicting country where your youtube income could go a long way to make a living. Look up New Zealand, they explicitly have LGBTQ Asylum policies last time I checked. I had to check because we had Bolsonaro with similar policies. Japan is not LGBTQ friendly but is more friendly than either of our countries. If you are renewing your passport, also... I would not run to the border before checking the embassies. And then leave, with the status secured to be able to start over. Remember, the oak tosses its seeds on the soil, far away from itself, so the forest can be reborn, once the fire goes away.

[@jessicaluchesi]

IF and only IF comes to that. But if it does, have a roadmap. I did one, on our most recent fascist. Like I tell my gay cis friends, I cannot just become my wife's "best friend/roomate" because the issue is not that we are a lesbian couple, the issue is my body. And I cannot pretend I do not have a body.

[@Laully]

My partner & I can't move countries because it would be a big process figuring out medical & work stuff anywhere else, plus we have family here, if we even have the money to move that far. We've been planning to move to a more progressive state in January. I live in the only blue city in a red state, so my family's convinced if it's going to be bad everywhere I might as well stay where nothing changes & I'm close to them if anything happens. I hope they're right, but I hope moving works out better than things usually to with my luck.

[@nickchristian1590]

@@Laully too big a process to figure out work things? So you're not truly scared for your life, you just like pretending. Got it. Weirdo

[@FernandoTorrera]

If you contact me I will help you move to Mexico we have a progressive activist female president whose already passed laws protecting lgbtq

[@nickchristian1590]

@@FernandoTorrera I'm contacting you on it's behalf. PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY! And all the migrants you let pass through, take them as well

[@sabrinalocrian]

I don't know how much more of a hit my mental health can withstand. I finally renewed my passport, but since just the renewal fee was too expensive for me, actually leaving the country seems out of reach and anyway where is safe? Capitalism is inescapable, so fascism is starting to feel inescapable too. If I stay and fight I can only imagine I will end up dead or in prison. I do not know what to do and I am not okay. Jessie, keep making this kind of content, as you are emotionally able to do so. It helps. It is needed.

[@MaryamMaqdisi]

Research for countries that offer asylum, as for better places, relatively speaking big cities in Argentina are fine for trans people for now (I worry the US might eventually export its hatred here though), as are several European countries. Possibly Canada or New Zealand. Take care, you're valid and needed 💖

[@cee5429]

You could try teaching English abroad, perhaps Spain? Helps a lot to have any degree. There's also WWOOF work-abroad opportunities. Many inexpensive universities abroad, but still need living expenses. People in 20s / 30s can apply for work visas for Australia, Germany... People sometimes work abroad in hostels for room & board. All these are not long term solutions, but paths to travel less expensively. Ultimately making money in USA to aquire assets to then live off abroad, or saving up then planning inexpensive longterm slow travel is plausible.

[@cee5429]

@@MaryamMaqdisi I think the Milei solution is the plan for the USA. I wonder how to prepare.

[@davismcqueen36]

As a black trans man in Texas, I worry about what could potentially happen. But I'll tell myself everyday, that I have a purpose and I'm looking for a place where my skills will have the best impact.

[@wantfastcars]

The passport thing is something I'm worried about too. My passport matches my real gender, but doesn't match my birth certificate. I'm lucky enough to not be living in the US at the moment, but I was planning an international trip next spring and on moving internationally in a year and a half or so anyways. Now I'm worried that there will be issues due to the mismatch. Worries I didn't have two weeks ago. And I'm one of the lucky ones. My issues are relatively minor, and most likely solvable, even if they are issues. I'm terrified for the people that can't escape this.

[@MousyOrla]

The passport issue worries me too, but for me it's because I simply can't afford to renew mine.

[@nickchristian1590]

@@MousyOrla it's like 90 bucks. Figure it out

[@nickchristian1590]

@@wantfastcars "my real gender but not my birth certificate". You're delusional

[@rebirthrebellion]

Hey Jessie, im not a big commentor, and im generally a private person, but i wanted to say how much your videos helped me organize my own thoughts and allowed me to open up to some people in my life. Ive been struggling with some aspects of my own self image, but watching you and some of your contemporaries talk about gender and trans issues helped me understand who i am. You showed me how to explain it to people in a way that makes them understand why we are so afraid of the years to come and how we have more in common with each other then we ever will with the people benefitting from this incoming administration. Im really scared of whats ahead of us, but know that you had a direct impact on my life and the little community im part of. Im sure there are a bunch of other viewers out there that feel the same, so even though you feel burned out talking about it (totally understandable), i hope you know how much of a difference you make. Take care of your fiancée and of yourself. 💛

[@ErekLich]

I'm so sorry that so many people seem to want leopards eating faces right now. I hope that you (and indeed our nation) are able to survive Trump.

[@Simmons8519]

I honestly no longer believe... in anything anymore. I don't see a path for us or America to survive another tRump presidency

[@ninegearcrow]

Sorry, but the time of IDIC is over. The age of FAFO has begun.

[@PeaceOutILoveMrYoung]

I feel the same way about disability rights.

[@isthiscereallife]

things are going to get bad for disabled people and everyone has been leaving us out. especially disabled trans people...

[@Cereja-Lua]

I tried to discuss this on an online forum yesterday; and I got accused of "being racist towards white women" by a bunch of centrists. Centrism is just a one-way ticket to fascism.

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

Centrism only works if both sides were actually of equal merit and…nah, right wing ideology by default is a horrible thing for society

[@VincentVance-j4w]

No it isn't a one way ticket to fascism, centralism is moderation. The only way the far right can thrive is when the far left become too radical and visa versa. Extreme breed extremes.

[@MisstressSamantha]

I'm a trans woman. I am saying that to show any biases I may have. I know there are always exceptions to any generalisations i make. I'm not making excuses or condoning certain behavior. Now to get on with it. I think we need to do 2 things. We need to look at why men act and feel the way they do, and stand with women to fight for all our rights. What is happening with womens rights at this moment gives all of us the power to unite. As trans women we have experience of how men are treated that a lot of women may not understand. We are also experiencing inequality that women have and are going through. What do men get told by society, media, friends and family? That they should be strong, not cry, don't show emotion or have feelings. Even their own friends will make fun and belittle them for it. They can't be vulnerable, they are told you are only valuable for what they can do. Women only seeking men that make this much, or this height. They join the army to protect and then tossed to one side when they are broken and no longer able. When i have opened up to partners i have had it used against me, making men not bother. Fool me once, and then women wonder why men don't open up. Uptill 1982 in the uk it was perfectly acceptable to refuse a woman service in a pub. Women had the lounge bar area in a pub. The point is that there are still people alive today, that have seen it all change before their eyes. Slowly men have had to share what was once their identity. Previous 'masculine' things slowly became shared. Women's boxing only got allowed by the iba in 1993. Everything they was told made you a man, has been gradually taken away leaving men with an identity crisis. You could say they were on top and still are so no smpathy, but the feeling this gives men is real. It also allows people to use that. Tell them their way of live is under threat, become a real man and treat women like property. Gays are not real men, trans women are sneaking up on your women. Oh now you have am army of men at your disposal to do your bidding if you tap into that. A lot are victims too of the same system and are been used to play out sick peoples games for power. Women have been told over and over again that trans women are a threat. Let's remind them that as a trans woman, to my knowledge i have never made a woman scared in the restroom, I've never taken away your rights, I've never let hundreds bleed out in hospitals because you no longer have the rights to your own body. The people that have been telling you this, stabbed you in the back while they made you believe we are the threat. We are all been played. You know the phrase trans rights are human rights? To me it means 2 things. 1 is obviously that we should have human rights. The 2nd however is that the fight for trans rights are the same fight for all humans. All the theybe's and gentlethem. The trans fight for human rights is a fight for all. Women want the rights to their own bodies, so do we. Let's stop fighting and see the puppeteers that are dividing us because they know if we all unite they'd be f'ed. Remind any in the lgb alliance that once they are done with us, it will be you. Tell terf's that you don't care if they don't think your a 'real' woman, I will still stand up for womens rights. I will march with you because trans rights are HUMAN rights.

[@MisstressSamantha]

I forgot to say the most important part. I love you all 🩵🩷🤍

[@savary5050]

What I have learned from this election is that we need solidarity above all. There should be no division within the working class.

[@mschrisfrank2420]

No one is free until everyone is free.

[@altairofastora]

Not exactly possible when intolerant people of numerous minorities are happy to oppress others by electing in fascists, though, is it? 'Everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others' is the more apt quote that relates to pragmatic, cold, reality.

[@goodpeople25]

@@altairofastora You're being naive not pragmatic.

[@mr.werb15md90]

I am not a member of a discriminated group, but I have friends and family who are. they are panicking. everyone is panicking. what hurts more is seeing others taking pleasure in this panic and actively fueling it. I'm not particularly shocked by Trump's victory or the result of his win, and I'm not too sure what I'm feeling, but it sure isn't joy.

[@longshank59]

To all my Trans Sisters and Brothers. Here's a little HOPIUM for all of us. I'm 65 I was born in CA 8 years and 2 months after Sylvia I was around when even parts of the QUEER community hated us. I've been called the F slur so many times it ain't funny. We didn't have Internet back when I was growing up we still found our people who've loved and supported us. We gave each other phone numbers to call when the pressure was unrelenting we could call just like Trevor Project does now. I live in a VERY VERY Red state here's what I've chosen to do I'm staying in the state I've grown up in since 1974. I've lost 2 lovers to HIV/AIDS. I've lost many Trans Sex workers because of violence. I will never bend the knee to an AUTHORITARIAN DEATHCULT who refuse to recognize us. We have always survived we will continue to survive and perhaps in the not to distant future we will THRIVE.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Always remember to be kind to each other.

[@keyboarddancers7751]

Yes, that should help.

[@rawkshavant]

TL;DR I'm in kind of a vulnerable position as a trans person though not entirely sure how vulnerable and what I most wanted to see after the election, selfishly I know, was someone who could understand this stuff better than I could talk about how much danger there was AKA how much can protections offered by the institutions in states like California stand before they crumble, realistically. That's relevant to those looking to flee to blue states, too, I suppose. But I don't know if that's even a video that's possible to make. I know at a certain point, we just don't know. --- I'm a white transmasculine person who's out at work and has been on T for years but has never passed for either gender my entire life. I live in California but I live on my jobsite, an extremely rural campground in the mountains. There's no public transportation and I don't own a car. I work as a housekeeping *assistant.* Not even an actual housekeeper. I basically just fold towels and pack supply totes for the housekeepers to take to the cabins, and I only got this job because my aunt told someone who used to work here I was autistic and he hired me without speaking to me first. I've never been able to get a job through the interview process. At this point I no longer have family connections and I only have two online friends I've never met. I don't mean to overshare or ramble here but my point is that I feel pretty stuck here. I know many of coworkers voted for Trump. They've been polite enough to my face over the years. I know at least one of my bosses is genuinely supportive so there is that, used my chosen name. Only one person, that boss, uses my pronouns (he/him) with any regularity but they're all gen X or above in age so I haven't pressed them too hard on it, anyway. But one of my neighbors, the one directly next to me, has suddenly stopped using my chosen name. He's trapped me in conversation to kind of push back against our trans specific training videos that employees are required to complete. I guess I'm just worried about how much being here is actually going to protect me. How strong state laws are vs federal laws, I suppose. Sorry if this isn't what you were asking for, or if its too narrow a view to even be worth talking about or something or if its common sense and I should already know. I don't already know a lot of things I should already know although I've been trying my best to learn it.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I was horrified upon hearing the results but I know that the fighting spirit of the people will never waver. Y’all are awesome, stay strong and fabulous.

[@DeonTain]

I do think America can change for the better peacefully through the democratic process. However we can't change the country by electing the right politicians. We can elect the right politicians by changing the country.

[@transsexual_computer_faery]

can you expound in thgat?

[@edwardallenthree]

How? The churches are against us. The schools are against us, and when they're not, the students are against us. The support of art, especially popular art has not helped us. The outspoken support for us of cultural icons has not helped. I fear the only way we are going to change is the way that other evil societies have changed, and that is we will be destroyed by external forces. By the way, when I say us, I mean anyone who approaches the world with empathy, from the young trans man who is my daughter's best friend, to the old white male Episcopal priest, preaching tolerance to empty pews.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

Things like representation in media matter for disrupting the illusion that LGBT+ folks are unable to lead, unable to raise children, unable to work hard, etc… People are being taught to fear that which is artificially construed as “very different” when it’s really not.

[@TransgenderAmmosexual]

Democracy is two wolves & a lamb voting on what to have for dinner, liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

@@JustanotherconsumerThis explains exactly why conservatism doesn’t work and why it’s always been a garbage ideology that people need to stop whitewashing.

[@jgee6243]

Trans woman here and I am beside myself... I have fled my state to one that is a little safer, but I am not sure if that will be enough. I have my passport and I am willing to flee the country if needed, but dang it... this is wrong! I shouldn't have to flee the country I was born in! I have watched your channel over the years and appreciated all your views and takes. I wish I personally knew more trans women, but I don't. I feel alone and with the election, I feel both alone and scared. I appreciate this video, thanks.

[@HontasFarmer80]

What disturbs me most is how quickly, after all these years of talking about bodily autonomy as a basic principle ... the Democratic party was so willing to abandon that. They just don't want to take a hard look in the mirror and address the economic situation of the average person. In some way the must do that. As the party the left likes they needed to offer solutions the left would turn out for. Social programs, promise to maintain, and protect those, and to ease the pain at the grocery store and on the rent bill. Hell even a "libertarian" budget neutral UBI.. cut some means tested program and give everyone $200 they can use to pay some bills... would've gotten out so many votes BUT NO DON'T DO THAT... just blame the transes and give more weapons to a state that is doing genocide.

[@catsquidcatoverlord9842]

I mean the thing is democrats are not on the left. The US has a far right party and a middle right party. There is no major left wing party there. So the democrats aren't going to do much else, and are willing to throw those things away, as they don't actually care, they just go for it to try to win over voters.

[@eryn857]

As for speaking to men, I think you had a point when it comes to figures like Ben Shapiro speaking to how they're feeling. They're feeling insecure and threatened. I think we gotta stop coming at them and work on getting rid of the "dunk culture", even in feminist spaces. As cathartic as it can be, poking fun at men's insecurities and instigating them makes them more hostile and oppositional than they began. Cis feminists especially tend much more antagonistic towards men, I think to defy the strict pressures placed on them to always be uber compassionate and kind. But compassion for our enemies is important if we want to stop having enemies. The struggle is not letting them warp the conversation with their illogical talking points they fall back on. Maybe by taking control of the conversation, we can slowly de-radicalize them by inviting them into some of our spaces, including them in conversations more, recognizing their concerns and making content, at least in partz targeted towards them. All at *our* pace. Similar to how AOC did on Tiktok. I know that comes with a lot of risks, it may not even work. But when in doubt, my instinct is to try compassion and sincerity. I think they need that more than they may realize.

[@edwardallenthree]

I don't buy it. I just don't buy the fact that any of these people are feeling aggrieved. It's an act. Trump supporters aren't poor white people, they're middle class white people. Trump supporters are the comfortable. I don't buy it. They're grievances are not only nonsensical they're clearly made up. Immigration? How does that hurt them. It's clearly made up. The only real grievance they have is that society is no longer 100% in their control.

[@jasoncravens1124]

I don't know anything about Ben Shapiro, but I am a straight male, just your everyday stereotype, seriously. We have no idea what you're talking about. What is the threat being imposed to generate this insecurity? Where are these guys you've been poking at their insecurities? What insecurity? I don't have any perception of trans people, plus or minus, why would I? It's not something that affects my daily life. Why would you expect me to feel a certain way about it to start with? If someone has no idea what the conversation even is, how can they warp the unidentifiable talking points? What is this "assumed belief" that you are de-radicalizing? Because it's not there. We are not aware of your spaces or that you were even trying to let someone into them. Why would you assume all of this is just known? I have less than a clue what it is you're even after as a goal. What is the endgame? We have no idea what your expectations are, at all, or why you're telling someone how they feel, which is not going to illicit a positive reaction, not ever, no matter who you are. Majority of people do not encounter any of this in their day to day lives. We have no fucking idea what you're talking about.

[@eryn857]

@jasoncravens1124 It's pretty difficult to have a productive conversation with you if you're throwing 100 questions at me that are all questioning and doubting every bit of what I wrote. I'm open to discussing my positions but I'm not going to spend the time writing it out if you're not interested in what I actually believe and instead just make assertions telling me I'm wrong. If you're confused, it's likely because my comment was not directed to you or about you. I am not attacking you.

[@edwardallenthree]

@@jasoncravens1124 I think I see what you're saying, correct me if I'm wrong. What you are saying is that you do not feel a crisis of masculinity. Am I right about that? If so, I agree. I don't believe in this crisis of masculinity. I don't think middle school boys are any different now than they were when I was in middle school (1989).

[@jasoncravens1124]

@@eryn857 This may be more productive than you might think. I am not questioning or doubting anything, because I don't know the what. What would that be? Taking liberties like assuming someone's feelings is not going to have a warm reception, regardless. And presenting yourself as having identified another unknown thing, which can be de-radicalized... What is it? It's just not there. If you subtract all the assumptions and all the pre-concieved notions of what others believe, there is no identifiable point of discussion. Unless you are an overtly obvious trans or homophobic person, then we don't know what you are talking about, because it's not us. I don't have an opinion defined for you to perceive, because why would I? I do not know you. To expect, and outright shamelessly assume, that someone has ever even made the consideration or to hold any opinion at all, is very unrealistic.

[@mclovespickles]

There is no paradise for us to escape to. We know no peace, no comfort, no joy. Like a war without end. We dream of a better life. Nobody is saving us, but us.

[@loetje]

I'm a trans elder from the Netherlands, and this scares me to death. I'm so very sorry it's coming to this. And so proud to know people like you, Jessie. 🌼💙💜💙💜🏳‍⚧

[@louisdarden108]

I don't know, Jessie. I want to help, but I don't know when I'm going to be moving on from just surviving and contribute materially to something that helps. I lament the fact that almost all of the food banks in my very rural area are run out of churches where I KNOW people have voted to make everything worse. I want to help, but that's going to take time, until I have at least a little means. For what little it's worth, I texted all of my trans friends, made sure they were alright, asked if they needed anything and sent them all numbers for warm lines that don't phone the PD. Maybe it isn't, but I can't help but feel like it's nothing. I won't get too into the weeds, but maybe the first step to everything getting better, for me at least, is working up to the point where I can have more days where good things happen even though I don't think I deserve them, to the point where I can more consistently tell myself, "You deserve to have good things happen to you, too." Maybe I need to go to an area where there are more people that value people the same way I do, because those people seem so few and far between where I am now, and I just wish I could meet new people without having to wonder if they're bigoted about something and it just hasn't come up yet. I hate that I just have to survive for now.

[@laynecinder661]

Yes, I am constantly erased as a black trans woman. No idgaf about sharks or pumpkins, stop forcing that down my throat. I have my own culture.

[@dogblessamerica]

Purely electorally, I think Tim Walz's response was good... "Mind your own damn business!" The federal government doesn't need to wade in on trans people in sports or what the standard of care for trans kids is. I have massive empathy for the trans community but I think that centering a political campaign on trans issues is unwise and is going to lead to the other side, the anti trans side, using the issue to divide the voters and win. Not that that's what the Kamala campaign did... the problem there was an insufficient message on how she was going to improve the economy for everyday people. (I don't mean her policies were worse, I mean her message failed to resonate and she struggled to distance herself from Biden). I've been thinking of you and trans Americans since the election. I sincerely hope the political system's guardrails, and the Trump team's own incompetence, prevent their policies matching the worst of the rhetoric we've been hearing.

[@piratepat44]

Good in theory, but I don't think we should let red states strip away trans rights to healthcare and that kind of thing

[@dogblessamerica]

@piratepat44 I'm talking about what is highlighted in an electoral campaign. This obviously doesn't preclude opposing measures that harm the LGBT or any other group. It is also calculated to increase the chance of getting into power, and therefore protect and build upon trans rights.

[@ambrosemoonchild1985]

I hate that the sentiment among a lot of marginalized folks is that we're burnt the fuck out from trying to advocate for and humanize ourselves to a group of people whove had propaganda crammed down their throats these last 8 years....since forever, really. We deserve a break. We deserve to not have to fight to be seen as just human. Sending good vibes to anyone having to fight just to breathe right now❤️

[@ardellolnes5663]

Yesterday, I was just walking to the grocery store, minding my business. Walking past the catholic church, there were some very rude things said at me. Showing God's love, huh? And got stares, and laughed at by 2 car loads of high school girls. Just minding my own business, going to get chilli fixin's. Even if a single bill isn't passed, the fact that people can run on a campaign of hate and win so solidly... it sure sets a standard that emboldens haters. Just going to the store. Yea! Someone already struggling with mental health and depression, just trying to live, and it's now ok to be bullied. I've always got bullied, but now it's ok for them to do it. They won. They get their way. Still feel like I need to be put down. Objectified. Dehumanized. You want to know how much of an abomination I am? I cried. That's the monster they are fighting. A depressed girl getting bullied crying. That's the devil.

[@MOak-q1e]

Might be best to avoid going that way in future. Kids are cruel at the best of times. A lot of trans people might have to spend the next 4 years in the closet to remain safe.

[@catsquidcatoverlord9842]

Stay strong comrade. :3

[@Rocksteady72a]

The Hollywood fears are something I don't often get to hear and reflect my own concerns. As a person of color, I've run into situations in my graduate film school where my script was "perhaps too political." Like, just talking about cultural issues I've experienced and family and friends, nothing with an overt message, but just a blatant illustration of what our lives are like, was just deemed political. Idk, I start to get very worried as to how our society overall isn't quite educated in solitary and viewing topics as black & white "non-political" versus "political" stories

[@CraftyVegan]

I’m doing quite stressed thank you. But Ngl it makes me feel hella better to see you with a new video. I’ve been watching the one previous (on the main channel) to keep my hopes up and to steel my nerve for the things I will be doing to keep my family safe. Nothing bad… I’m just not excited about moving. I live in a blue oasis in a red state… so I’m not experiencing as much hate as many others who live in worse areas… but I’m not naive enough to think that my area is immune to Nazis. I’m not that far from Springfield after all.

[@The-die-youve-created]

As a transwoman in industrial Trump land, Pennsylvania; i wish people cared a lot less about trans issues. Invisibility would be a blessing.

[@ClaireWebster986]

We are all human! Don't lose hope. Sending love and support from canada. May the force be with you all! See, even trekkies and star wars nerds can get along 😂

[@Tareltonlives]

I've been scared about this for a year, now even more so. I'm cis, but I'm so worried about both official and unofficial pogroms. Stay safe. If you have to hide and lay lo, do what you have to to survive.

[@kangaroosekcie]

It's not your duty to stay and fight, it's your duty to survive... Unless you have real skills applicable to guerrilla warfare, it's your duty to survive if it ever comes to that. It's your duty to never end up on a train. That's your duty. Keep the channel going. Keep making videos and survive...

[@sleepyaugust2182]

Im scared but seeing solidarity helps lots. Im also in a T4T relationship ( MTF, FTM) So marriage isnt at risk but so much more is... I'm trying to decide if I should get a passport to be safe.

[@wildboargaming1858]

I think you should, really important document to have even if you don’t end up leaving the country

[@OayzHozey]

I’m heading to Bluesky. Nice relaxing for my art and sanity

[@mzaite]

And once it hits critical mass, they’ll sell out and it will be twitter all over.

[@meander112]

Trans Liberation Now! ✊

[@steeliodoesminecraft2645]

I feel for you Jessie, I'm lucky enough to live in a state that is very public about protecting trans rights, and was able to take time off of work the day after the election to take care of myself, my queer friends and baby gays that I mentor. While I am worried beyond belief at the next four years and am infuriated (to put it lightly) at family and people in general for voting for Trump/trying to throw trans people under the bus. I'm also hopeful as within the last week I've seen trans communities rally like never before, starting to figure out how to resist any harmful ways that our rights would be taken away and mobilize to help people accelerate their transition needs. I've also seen local support groups who aren't specifically focused on trans issues rally behind trans people. And I've seen prominent names from John Oliver to Seth Myers call out the Democratic party for trying to throw us under the bus. I've even seen a report that one of those Democrat politicians Tom Suozzi is agreeing to trainings run by local trans activists in the NYC area in an effort to better educate him about trans issues and that we're not the problem. These next four years will definitely be rough, but I'm hopeful seeing the local movements already that going forward, legitimate change will be brought. Our backs may be against the wall, but we're together, and we aren't going down quietly.

[@Joshua-sl1cv]

I don’t think that the people who are directly in the crosshair of the right have an obligation to “stay and fight”. I’m in a region not in the us where the party of fascist (you can call the party leader legally a fascist) won in the last election and i feel obligated to fight and stay activ in the local left party (not liberal but socialist), but I’m at least not in the immediate crossfire of them.

[@LucyBean42]

My favorite is having to tell my HR department why I wasn't in a good mood, cause I was going to start transitioning next year and now won't. And she goes "Why, did someone here say something?" So oblivious to Trump's win.

[@cee5429]

@@LucyBean42 Why not transition? There are employers that will help if medicare / medicaid is the issue. I'm sorry you're going through this.

[@Ventira_Aqanin]

@@cee5429 Because, in case you haven't noticed, the Right *hates* trans people even existing, and now Democrats blame trans-rights for their loss (despite basically trans rights being mentioned like, 3 wholei etimes by Harris)

[@maxxjapan619]

Hey, Jessie. Just started watching, and before I watch I just hope you're finding some kind of joy somewhere. With family, your impending marriage, your hobbies, whatever it is, I hope there's something that can give you a brief moment of happiness in these tough times.

[@Layn75]

My cousin voted this year for the far-right/fascist party in my home country and while I did my best to ignore it at my grandfather's funeral... I just don't know how I can handle overlooking it at the christmas party. First my parents (who are also disappointed in her choice) tried to minimize it, that it wouldn't be that bad. I managed to convince them otherwise. Now they're trying to minimize it saying she wasn't thinking about how it could affect me. But like... that still hurts? And I can't handle having that conversation again where I'm backed into a corner trying to defend my right to exist and that there's actual threats to my existence.

[@Trekfanwanda]

We will survive this and thrive again but GenZ and Y need to take over the Democratic Party. They always learn the wrong lessons

[@mzaite]

Because the wrong lessons are the ones that increase personal wealth. And without that, you will not succeed in politics.

[@subtlegong2817]

America forgot 2 fundamental truths; bullies aren’t heroes and you shouldn’t trust salesmen

[@localhearthian2387]

It'll be a long road getting from there to here, but your time shall be here. Don't let them hold you down and have faith of the heart.

[@dylanmaxey2531]

Ahh, you youngsters never had to live in the days of hard steel closets of the 1970-90's. Us oldsters are being thrown back into our youths and very real horrors living differently was. Buckle up and if you are wise, listen to your queer elders.

[@pattybatters2816]

As soon as someone believes in Hell they are entirely devoid of empathy and irredeemable as people.

[@forest2785]

I recently came to terms with the fact that I am nonbinary, which was supposed to be a relief, but since the election it's been almost nightmarish. As both afab and an nb, I feel like I've gotten all aspects of my bodily autonomy yoinked out of my hands. The craziest part of all this is watching every group that was supposed to have my back (women, certain parts of lgbtq+, some left wing/democrats) point fingers at trans people. I'm just as human as anybody else and just want to comfortably occupy my space. I feel dread.

[@edwardallenthree]

We're making a fundamental mistake. We are assuming that people voted for Trump because they have grievances, because they are suffering, because they are hoping that someone can come in and effect change and make their lives better. That's not the case at all. The people voting for Trump are the comfortable. The people voting for Trump are the powerful. People voting for Trump are the ones who don't have any grievances, so they have to manufacture them. They have to make things up. This is fundamentally clear in one of the biggest issues they talk about, immigration. Immigration isn't hurting them. Illegal immigration isn't hurting them. It's not a problem in their lives, yet it's one of the first things they mention when you ask them why they vote for Trump. The reason is is they have to manufacture grievance. Their grievance is they don't have any grievances. I don't buy this crisis in masculinity. Maybe it's my own neural diversity, and the neurodiversity of my teenagers, who I do not see struggling with "masculinity."

[@trashfireblog5147]

Your dismissive attitude toward these issues aren't going to make men like us go away. And yes, we are struggling. All of us.

[@edwardallenthree]

@trashfireblog5147 how?!? How can it be so hard to be on top of the world? I don't buy it. People keep talking about grievances, and the ones they list aren't grievances. They're just people whining about other people existing. Name one problem that actually exists for young white straight Christian men. One. You can't.

[@edwardallenthree]

@trashfireblog5147 apparently my comments are getting deleted. I get it. Pessimism isn't want it. Dismissing the haters concerns as deplorable hate when all they are is deplorable hate isn't wanted. Fine. The enemy is real, and pretending that they're just hurt little boys, and not cruel bullies won't change a f****** thing.

[@trashfireblog5147]

​@@edwardallenthree I couldn't disagree more. If I were you I would sincerely hope the democrat party tries to reach out to men like me and actually listen Or else you're going to keep getting 'cruel' 'hateful' 'bullies' elected into office by 'comfortable' 'powerful' people who are only motivated by 'hate'

[@edwardallenthree]

@trashfireblog5147 I'm sorry, I now realize that you are on the other side. I will talk to you differently as a result. Will you please share with me what the issue is. I clearly don't understand. Will you please help me understand? I don't have a chance to talk to a lot of Republicans, because I'm angry and scared. Why should I not be angry and scared, and what grievances are you really experiencing. Prove me wrong, and I will change my tune. This isn't a joke. I really want to hear your argument, not so I can take it down, but so I can understand, because I frankly don't.

[@sagemcmichael8320]

32:57 The red line with voting for Kamala I find especially ridiculous considering netanyahu was literally celebrating trump's win....

[@beaver6d9]

I still cannot understand their logic.

[@Caterfree10]

7:42 That Dang Dad just had a video that had a lot of focus on this. He talked about an old video where he tried to reach disaffected men to try to connect their struggles with marginalized groups as a means of showing them their problems are recognized and being fought to be addressed. However, the response he got was a lot of men instead telling him they felt their problems were being told as being lesser, which flew in the face of the words he was clearly stating. It’s hard to break through the entitlement which then feeds into the uniquely oppressed thing (something also seen among white women and even white sapphics, especially white lesbians ime). It’s frustrating when the problems are exacerbated by conflicts in basic communication. 😞

[@fangsabre]

I think it might have something to do with the whole "when you're used to being the majority, equality feels like erasure" thing. By even mentioning the problems together, to white cis/straight men that itself is 'lowering' their concerns by comparing it to the concerns of others.

[@cee5429]

@@Caterfree10 Do you hear yourself? Someone had a conversation with men and found they felt unheard, neglected and persecuted. So your conclusion is to dismiss all their solicited opinions as hopelessly wrong? So you start your convos: "You know how men's problems are lesser? How women are oppressed by patriarchy while men are privileged?" They say "I donmt see it that way." You storm off "They're hopeless!"

[@katywalker8322]

As someone in the UK, it is worrying enough here but the USA is truely terrifying. Problem in both countries seems to be partly down to an adversarial and badly out of date electoral system (and the only ones with the power to change that are the ones who would lose from changing it) Stay safe.

[@angelavanderlip2638]

There are people leaving X to go to Bluesky. I haven't checked it out yet. But maybe you can still have a voice there Jessie is the shit hits the fan. We need voices like yours! 🥰

[@cee5429]

@@angelavanderlip2638 This is the problem, you were having a dance party when only ultraleft opinions were allowed. Then suddenly Americans are ALLOWED A VOICE- on only one single platform! And you say others being uncensored means you "don't have a voice?" Sounds like you should just talk to a wall.

[@1th_to_comment.]

​@@cee5429 Elon Musk works for Trump. Twitter is more biased in Trump's favor now.

[@Ventira_Aqanin]

​@@cee5429 It is well established fact that since Musk bought twitter that the platform significantly elevates right wing-and nazi-posts, while being quick to ban left leaning accounts for 'daring' to have 'cis' anywhere in the post (and others, very little of which actively violates TOS).

[@angelavanderlip2638]

@ X. Elon Musk. ‘Nuff said.

[@Alex_the_Wook]

21:02 I'm so sorry about your grandma. That is one of the worst losses. Since my grandma passes in February I'm still not at all ok.

[@Howa-ku4ec]

I’m definitely not doing well either.

[@danielp.2741]

Take care of yourselves ❤ I'm a cis guy and my heart goes out to my queer friends that'll get so much undeserved crap. From my point of view, being a leftist is the positive way to approach life. I don't want to be just a cog in some rich idiot's machine. We can and must build a better more fair world.

[@rebeccajenson2164]

My heart goes out to you and all my Trans brothers and sisters in the USA from TERF island x

[@chriskagamine358]

It's really unfortunate, that since 2020, I've been able to say multiple years have been "The Worst" for me. I've tried to keep hoping that each year would be better, but it feels like it just gets worse. I really want to believe that it will get better, and I know that just to not cause a doom spiral in myself (or loved ones), I need to force myself to believe. I know I have it better than a lot of people, but that just makes me sadder. If life sucks for this White Gay Cis-Guy, I can't imagine how hard it is for everyone else, and it saddens me that anyone has to go through that. Fortunately, I know that (for now) they can't take away every single thing that gives us joy and meaning. So, I'm going to get Culvers (favorite fast food) and play the new Mario and Luigi game. I hope everyone finds things that at least spark a little joy.

[@theainanimate1661]

I think it's important to talk about the threats to your health and happiness that come up from this incoming administration, and from those transphobes hiding on the left who are trying to take advantage of this loss. Especially with the family who have voted against your safety, but not in an aspect of blame, just the facts of it and how it impacts you. Likewise it's clear that we need to be an umbrella that includes the concerns of everyone, even cis white straight men, and force the democrats to actually make positive changes when they're next in power.

[@Danielle-yd9ww]

I appreciate all the work you do Jessie, you are powerful hopeful voice in a chaotic time and I hope so much that you and your wife are safe! As far as the white cis men are concerned and imo we need to conserve energy and as far as I've seen a lot of people on the left have tried and tried to reach them but you cant reach people who plug their ears and go lalalala, the point that patriarchal values hurt men too has been made again and again and again. In thoughtful ways and comedic ways. The focus needs to be on caring about each other.

[@BrocNKoda]

Thank you for posting this. I too am hopeful, which I think comes from my being 49 and having lived through Reagan and Bush I and II etc. Trans rights have improved immensely in my lifetime. I’m banking on most people not being hateful and ignorant 🙏

[@threeofeight197]

I wish Kamala could have explained how she would be better than Trump on Gaza because I really think Trump is going to be 10x worse than Biden on Gaza. The West Bank is probably in play with him in charge. 😢

[@Tabletop10111]

I’m sorry this monster has ousted this community. It’s horrible I will do all I can to advocate and support. Stay safe everyone!

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

Im legally blind. Ive had construction going on for months at my home. I was standing on a tile for 5 hours and did not recognize that until my stepdad asked me to grab it. I though i had been standing on some kind of thin piece of metal. I debate driving daily KNOWING that i run a good risk of hitting someone and potentially horribly injuring or ending them, potentially multiple people. My entire family voted against even people even pretending like i should have transportation. I'm stuck at a dead end job i hate and all i feel is that I'm alone and that this is all my future ever will be. I'm not even transgender and am bi but not particularly open about it. Honestly, nothing materially even will change for me and, if I'm being honest, nothing would have either way. I feel bad for feeling bad and hopeless after this, but it doesn't make me feel less bad and hopeless.

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

For further context: I'm legally blind in a small town. My family moved out here in 2018 and i have had no transportation aside from family. I feel bad enough living with family while not even paying for rent or anything. They can't transport me to and from a job daily and I can't afford a $50+ daily uber trip to and from a job (well over $100 for lyft round trip). I used to live in a Dallas suburb that had paratransit outsourced to lyft. The small town I'm in now decided to end its paratransit service entirely. I guess aside from family taking me places, I'm just supposed to stay home forever. I'm 28 and it feels like I'm both 12 and 95 simultaneously.

[@minuterice19540]

"... I'm not particularly doing all that great either." Girl... that's a fucking mood. Stay safe out there.

[@gilesclone]

My son asked me after the election if we needed to move somewhere. Right now we live in California so I told him honestly that this is currently one of the safest places in the world for a trans person. What I didn’t say is that if California becomes unsafe, I don’t know if there would be any safe place

[@EnragedTiefling]

My brother is a 24 year old white guy, and he didn't vote this election. He just didn't care- he had the "both sides suck/neither of them will actually help me" attitude, and although i tried, i didn't want to push him away by trying to convince him to care.

[@TonySmith79]

really wish people voted to prevent this. It will hard to fight for others when your own health is on the line.

[@anvalisok]

Ugh, so much anxiety. Solidarity to all.

[@Whotfreallycares]

I'm with you. The world has seemingly turned it's back, again. I'm doing to challenge myself to stay optimistic, instead of falling into despair. Our community has been here many times in the past and we will persevere.

[@EmpressOfCatsup]

I am doing everything I can to leave.

[@brittvaughn9447]

My own family voted for this and refuse to reflect on the harm it's going to cause, even though I very clearly stated that I would be willing to reconnect once they reflect and accept accountability for the consequences of their actions. What a shitty reality we live in.