Christian fascists attack gay bar

A demonstrator holds photos of trans people killed in at the annual Pride Parade on June 12,in Los Angeles. From government officials to paranoid media commentators to far-right militias, attacks on the rights and freedoms of adults and children are taking place nationwide and striking at all aspects of public life.

They brought shields, metal poles, and a smoke grenade — preparations for attacking the Pride in the Park festivities. In San Lorenzo, California, on Saturday, a group of men believed to be Proud Boys disrupted a drag queen storytelling hour, screaming anti-trans, anti-gay slurs in what is being investigated as a hate crime.

Related Grassroots or Astroturf? Meanwhile, a lawsuit filed in Texas against Gov. It should not need repeating at this point that every major medical association has recognized the medical necessity of gender-affirming care for trans adults and children. This is not a concern for the future: It is happening now.

The Christian fascist insurgency informing all these moves, constituted by state and vigilante forces, is unabashed in its authoritarian aim to codify white, patriarchal standing.

Anti-Trans Campaigns Set the Stage for Far-Right Attacks on Pride Festivities

Original reporting. Fearless journalism. Delivered to you. Will you take the next step to support our independent journalism by becoming a member of The Intercept? For more than a year, Republican-led christian legislatures have made the eradication of trans children and adults from public life a top priority.

They proposed and swiftly passed a mountain of legislation to remove health care, harass trans-affirming families, and physically assault gender-nonconforming children who want to play sports with their peers. The goal is eliminationist in scope. The ruling blocked child bar services from investigating PFLAG families who allow their trans children to receive gender-affirming health care.

The mother of the teen boy who attempted suicide is among the plaintiffs. Temporary legal victories, though, can only be welcomed as short-term reprieves. They are likely to face appeals to higher courts, those gay of the far right. Moreover, the staggering speed of the anti-trans legislative push is its own daunting challenge.

In recent attacks, over bills have been introduced across the country targeting trans people, mostly children. Indeed, cops have their own rich legacy harassing trans individuals, particularly trans women of color. Legislative attacks on trans lives are also methods by state governments to expand the authoritarian ability to remove health care provisions, legitimize vigilante violence, and assert control over who does and does not have access to the fascist space.

They, too, bear responsibility for far-right, eugenicist violence that has been permitted to take hold. There can be zero patience for contrarian media figures who give credence to far-right talking points. The goal, of course, cannot be to reveal the idiocy of reactionary commentators through debate. Too much is at stake.