Like last year they kept the rainbow flag profile pics up for the entire year. Now they aren’t doing it because they are fearful of some lumpenproletariat boycott. Reactionary workers are worse than pro-lgbt bourgeoisie. I’m gonna side with whoever respects the rights of trans people to literally exist and if neither are gonna do that then fuck both of them!
It's going to come down to what it always comes down to: like-minded comrades organizing to protect themselves and each other in their communities. That's the true "last defense", and it's the ONLY form of defense you can trust.
It's not just like-minded people. If we have homes, we're safer, if we have Healthcare, we're safer. Yes we need to organize around queer specific issues with like minded people, but part of our safety will home from working on social democratic issues in broad coalition with the working class.
That guy with the gasden flag might call me a removed, but he's also going to vote to raise the minimum wage or put in stronger eviction protections. And if he joins us doorknocking, his views on removeds are going to start to change.