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Written by bhahne on 2024-12-05 at 22:26

Let the disobedience begin! One attribute of anti-trans bathroom laws is that they're easy to publicly BREAK, and then you have the opportunity to make the people who passed the laws look like fools, stripping them of their credibility and power.

https://www.advocate.com/news/bathroom-sit-in-capitol-arrests

"About 15 activists were arrested in the U.S. Capitol today while protesting Republicans' transgender bathroom ban with a sit-in."

[#]transrights #uspol #LGBTQ

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Written by bhahne on 2024-12-05 at 22:26

From the article: "Whistleblower Chelsea Manning and Raquel Willis, co-founder of the group behind the protest, the Gender Liberation Movement (GLM), were among those detained. The group was made up of people of all gender identities, including transgender and cisgender women alike, who displayed a pink banner in front of the women's bathroom reading “Flush bathroom bigotry,” according to the group."

[#]transrights #LGBTQ

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Written by chiasm on 2024-12-05 at 22:36

@bhahne wow, that's great to see the protests! Sorry to hear about the arrests though.

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Written by bhahne on 2024-12-05 at 22:44

@chiasm The situation is a "dilemma drama" for the oppressors. If they arrest, the activists get increased visibility and get to run a media campaign of "I was arrested just for using the bathroom".

And if the oppressors do NOT arrest, it demonstrates that more people should feel free to disobey the law.

The British made the latter choice with Gandhi's Salt March - they let him make salt and didn't arrest him, which then opened the floodgates of EVERYBODY breaking the law and making salt.

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