Women and LGBTQ+ people take up guns after Trump’s win: ‘We need to protect ourselves’

[EdwinA]

Your posts. I'm not a mind reader so I read posts and, if I have questions, I ask them. If the person runs from the question, then that's an answer all by itself.

What are my stereotypes, Mug? Or are you going to run from this quesiton too?

Ignoring your idiot trolls isn't 'running' from anything, it's just natural to ignore morons unless there is nothing else to do.

 

[EdwinA]

At what age did you realize you had a heterosexual fetish?

Ah, so you think heterosexuality is a 'fetish'.

 

[Lao Tse]

Women and LGBTQ+ people take up guns after Trump’s win: ‘We need to protect ourselves’

National gun clubs field an influx of newcomers interested in learning how to shoot firearms for self-defense

www.theguardian.com

The misogyny and anti-trans rhetoric that were hallmarks of the 2024 election campaign have seemingly ramped up since Donald Trump’s win, prompting some women, queer and trans people to respond by buying guns – and learning how to defend themselves from potential attackers.

The Guardian spoke to various Americans from marginalized groups taking firearms classes, arming themselves with stun guns and pepper spray and taking their friends shooting in an effort to protect themselves from bigots they fear will be emboldened by the president-elect’s return to power. A few left-leaning gun clubs say their numbers are increasing dramatically.


“I am thinking about carrying every day,” said Ashley Parten, 38, a Douglasville, Georgia, resident who purchased stun guns for herself, her daughter and three nieces after the election. Parten, who is Black and bisexual, is also eyeing a maroon handgun that she plans on buying after taking a firearms class.

“We all feel the need to make sure that we’re aware of our surroundings and protect ourselves in general, but even more so now,” she said.

Earlier this week, the Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, in effect targeted Sarah McBride, the first openly trasperson elected to Congress, by stating single-sex bathrooms in the Capitol “are reserved for individuals of that biological sex”. Trump, whose campaign released a firehose of anti-trans attack ads, has promised to ban gender-affirming care for minors and “keep men out of women’s sports”.

The president-elect and several of his cabinet picks are also facing sexual misconduct allegations; he and his allies have bragged about the overturning of Roe v Wade and denigrated childfree women.

“Our identities are politicized every single day,” said Parten.

anti trans rhetoric?

you mean science, biology and genetics?

 

[IBDaMann]

The misogyny and anti-trans rhetoric that were hallmarks of the 2024 election campaign have seemingly ramped up since Donald Trump’s win,

The only misogyny and anti-trans "rhetoric" comes from leftists. They're the ones who absolutely HATE all those they consider to be sexual FREAKS and thus lump them all together under the intended slur "LGBTQIAMSPPIPTUMLV+" ... which was cruelly crafted on the left. Conservatives had nothing to do with it.

prompting some women, queer and trans people to respond by buying guns

Nope.

– and learning how to defend themselves from potential attackers.

Nope. All leftist hoplophobes and gun-craven anti-2nd-Amendment nutcases who insisted that all law-abiding citizens remain defenseless before violent crime weren't going to suddenly become conservatives in their ideology and insist on their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms.

The Guardian spoke to various Americans

They spoke to no one. Fake news.