While the Apocalypse – Blog

President Donald Trump issued yet another executive order attacking transgender people on Wednesday, this time seeking to ban them from participating in women’s sports. “We will defend the proud tradition of female athletes, and we will not allow men to beat up, injure, and cheat our women and our girls,” Trump said during the signing, where he was surrounded by dozens of athletes, coaches, and parents who have advocated against the inclusion of trans women in sports.

On one level, that’s rich language coming from a man who was found liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll, has been accused of sexual violence or misconduct by more than two dozen other women, and has also stacked his Cabinet and administration with multiple men who’ve been accused of sexual assault, harassment, and domestic violence. (All have denied the allegations against them.) On another, Trump is continuing his campaign’s work of exploiting people’s ignorance to make a convenient bogeyman out of transgender girls and women — while putting their health and safety in jeopardy.

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