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Six trans individuals share what it’s like being trans and incarcerated under Trump.

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[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 months ago

The word fascism gets thrown around a lot, but that is truly the beginning of fascism. Being a US citizen still allows for easy travel to most if not all countries of the world, offering an escape path, but the incarcerated have absolutely no choice. As with Nazi Germany and similar regimes, it always starts with the disenfranchised that are already viewed as unwanted or unworthy of attention by the majority.