If You Don't Protect Trans Kids,
What Does That Say About You?
What kind of person looks at a child trying to be themselves and chooses to hurt them?
What kind of adult chooses cruelty over care?
What kind of leader prioritizes power over a kid’s life?
Now, imagine this: The secret thing that made you feel different broadcasted on your sleeve; exposed for classmates and teachers alike to bear witness; a part of your most inner self on display for the world to see. And judge. And shame. And proclaim as wrong.
Imagine the teacher you trusted refusing to say your name.
Imagine your doctor denying you care.
Your classmates laughing when you say, “This is who I am.”
Politicians writing laws to erase you.
Your parents choosing strangers’ opinions over your truth.
Imagine being 12 years old and already thinking about giving up.
Imagine writing your own ending.
You don’t need to be an expert in gender theory to recognize suffering.
You don’t need to “get it” to know when a kid says, “This is who I am,” you don’t punish them for it.
This isn’t a debate. This isn’t an attempt at radicalization. This isn’t a slight against God.
This is about real children who are:
Harassed in their schools
Denied healthcare
Rejected by their families
Stripped of dignity by adults who should know better
Shamed by an entire population of people
Dehumanized by intolerance and bigotry
And for what? To advance a fascist agenda? To appease the minds of the ignorant? To cling to a false sense of moral superiority?
You can pretend it’s about "protecting children." But when you actively strip away the validity of their fundamental identities: Then, you’re the danger. You’re the danger if you think protecting trans kids is up for discussion.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING TO KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT
“LGBTQ+ young people are not inherently prone to higher suicide risk because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Rather, they are placed at higher risk because of how they are mistreated and stigmatized in society.” (Source: The Trevor Project, 2024 National Survey)
You KNOW this. The data is everywhere. The stories are everywhere.
If you keep choosing to look away, that’s a choice rooted in cruelty—not ignorance.
Their blood is on YOUR hands.
IF YOU'RE SILENT, YOU'RE COMPLICIT
If you see this happening—bans on books, attacks on healthcare, kids being outed, punished, erased—and you say nothing, you are siding with those doing the harm.
This isn’t just about “politics.”
It’s about who you are when it matters,
What you do when vulnerable kids need someone to stand up for them.
You Don’t Get to Say You Care About Kids,
Then Throw Trans Kids Away
You can’t claim to be “pro-family” while tearing families apart.
You can’t say you “love all children” while denying one the right to exist.
You don’t get to wave a Bible or a flag or a slogan and pretend it justifies making a child feel worthless.
Because here’s the truth:
TRANS KIDS AREN'T DANGEROUS.
TRANS KIDS AREN'T CONFUSED.
TRANS KIDS AREN'T A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED.
They're human beings--worthy of every ounce of love and protection we can offer.
One day, people will ask what you did.
Where you stood.
Whether you made it easier or harder for a trans child to grow up whole. To grow up at all.
What will your answer be?
If your legacy is that you made a kid feel like their life didn’t matter— you failed. Not as a politician. Not as a parent. But as a human.
Right now, you can choose better. You can choose to stand with trans kids and their families. You can choose to fight fascism. To stand against hatred. To punch bigotry in the face. To burn ablaze the institutions that have told us we were less than. To be the champion you’ve always needed--the champion trans kids need,
RIGHT.
NOW.
History Is Watching
First, they make you the bad guy. The country’s enemy. [Anti-Semitic imagery and rhetoric via newspapers (e.g., Der Stürmer), posters, films (e.g., The Eternal Jew), and radio.]
They make your existence illegal. [Nuremberg Laws (1935), Kristallnacht (1938), Mandatory Identification, etc.]
Then, they make your eradication socially acceptable. [Physically removing Jews from society through violence, displacement, and genocide. Ghettoization, mass deportations, “The Final Solution” (1941–1945)]
Fascist regimes often follow a patterned progression. They establish a precedent with marginalized communities, normalize repression through fear and propaganda, then erode the rights of the general public (i.e. freedom of speech and expression, freedom of assembly and association, your right to privacy, economic rights, etc.).
