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Imagine how gay people felt trying to get married until just a few years ago.
Banned for simply existing.
How about trans people trying to travel into or out of a country. Or applying for a job and having to submit their deadname and their birth sex revealing their medical history. Or getting pulled over and getting interrogated over their ID. Or trying to take a leak while at the office or a restaurant and being told they have to leave.
Banned for simply existing.
How about being born as a visible minority and getting stopped and frisked just for being in public.
Banned for simply existing.
But not being on Bluesky? That’s taking things too far!
Until just a few years ago? Take a look at yesterday. It's back.
I have no idea what all the effects of that executive order are, but yeah I could see that being the case now in a lot of places.
Marriage affects your taxes, your ability to buy in a house as a couple, adoption, your will/estate, being in the hospital... A lot of important things.
It's really basic human rights.