The only federal democrat running for POTUS to throw a bone to trans people was Hillary Clinton. Biden did nothing while he was in power, but many of the reforms Clinton did did in fact help trans people. As SoS, she verified that trans people could change gender on their passports and use them to get jobs. This was huge because it bypassed many terrible state guidelines that made it impossible for trans people to get a job without outing themselves. It has likely saved some people's lives.

Compare this to Biden's track record. He supported DOMA. He increased police presence, which naturally impacts trans people poorly. I've had a cop reach for his gun on me once, he was surprised when he checked my ID and realized I was trans / lying about my identity. I was just eating food in a fucking park minding my own business.

I voted for Hillary because she did something tangible for the trans community. Biden is a nod to the right-wing Southern Democrat part of the party, whereas Hillary at least tried to make a show on domestic policy. Both obviously suck ass on foreign politics, and that combined with domestic policy is why I'm voting Green.

  • kristina [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    not the best. i blame it mostly on how feckless the leadership can be at times. there are obviously good reps and bad reps. theres around 2000 communists holding office in all of czechia out of ~60,000 seats, to put it into perspective. generally mountainous regions that were invaded by more than the nazis are the most communist. coal working seems to make you a commie too.

    the cssd, the social democrats, have roughly the same number of seats total. these are the only really left parties in the country. they both allied with the centrists that have some weird populist policies (ANO) and are in government with them. ano could maybe be described as keynesian, however their leader is one of the richest men in czechia.

    we have a white aoc-esque figure in katerina konecna in the kscm and shes said a lot of dumb shit that doesnt connect with workers that well, but does connect with radlibs. the central leadership is right wing in comparison to the general party. my current reps are pretty rad though.