Kansas City LGBT Community Vows Resistance Against Prez Trump

One of many declarations we'll hear in the future . . . What concerns us is even the mere thought of somebody contemplating an "end game" over partisan politics.

And so . . . 

Here's the word . . .

Donald Trump was elected amid a flood of ads that portrayed transgender people as dangerous — to women’s sports, and to girls and women more broadly. Now that he is heading back to the White House, transgender rights are in question. Trans people fear losing access to hormone treatments and living under an administration that campaigned on making them pariahs.

A Kansas City-area psychologist who treats transgender adults, said she worries about the ramifications election propaganda has had on her clients.

For years, they have been bombarded with political rhetoric on both sides of the state line — regular debates about legislation to take away their rights. The barrage of political ads this election season only caused more damage to their mental health, she said.

“I worry about that,” she said. “I worry about the loss of hope. I worry about suicides.”

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