Summary
Two transgender women, Dahlia and Jess, were attacked at a Minneapolis rail station, with onlookers cheering their assailants instead of helping.
After confronting a man yelling transphobic slurs, the situation escalated into a violent assault involving four or five others, leaving both women unconscious.
Advocates attribute the rise in anti-trans violence to emboldened transphobia fueled by misinformation and political rhetoric, including Donald Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ policies.
The local trans community is responding with solidarity rallies, self-defense classes, and firearm training to prepare for a potential increase in attacks.
Police are investigating, but no arrests have been made.
Time to arm yourselves… Everyone
Except if trans people defend themselves with firearms, they should expect to have the book thrown at them. It’s not fair, it’s fucked up, but it’s something I could see happening.
Rules for thee, not for me.
Surprised you’re not being downvoted to oblivion with this comment.
Regardless of their politician position, Lemmy users aren’t exactly know for being passive push overs. Those types stayed on Reddit.
I’m slightly confused with this comment. Anything pro2a on lemmy gets massively downvoted and or removed. Lemmy is filled with antigun people. Hell look at my comment on this, people probably have me tagged as a gun nut and automatically downvote me. Not that I give a shit, but it shows how ignorant they are.
Lemmy users are most definitely passive pushovers when it comes to defense.
I’ve had a few 2A comments that didn’t end in down votes. Just make it clear it’s for self defense against hate crimes and encourage training/education.
You know, reasonable positions.
This is strikingly similar to how Jews were treated in pre-war germany
Time to learn from history and not give in easily