Why WA voters rebuffed Dems on I-638, even in blue wave election
www.seattletimes.com
As a blue wave washed across the U.S., Washington voters passed an initiative that the state’s Democratic Party opposed. There are multiple ways to understand why.

Opponents say [Washington state] voters were persuaded at least partly because the initiative and its boosters exploited deep-seated prejudices and misunderstandings about transgender people to erode their rights.

  • cruseo@piefed.worldEnglish
    214·
    5 days ago

    I think most people just are very confused about the idea of transgenderism and what it actually means, both to those who are transgender and for everyone else.

    And the answer to this? Education.

    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
      3·
      4 days ago

      I think the issue is that, like it or not, we live in societies segregated by gender (bathrooms, prisons, sports, privileges, requirements) and the idea to just abandon all this doesn’t sit well with a lot of people, both on the right and on the left.

    • ryannathans@aussie.zone
      25·
      3 days ago

      You could round up all the people that don’t understand or agree and send them to reeducation camps

    • ryannathans@aussie.zone
      310·
      4 days ago

      Or maybe people just want to keep their sports segregated and competitions protected? How many trans athletes breaking records is it going to take to realise they’re segregated for good reason