Trans Bills/Puppets/Distraction Tactics
More like trans bobs amirite…
These ‘publicans
And their public tirades meant to
Trigger and trigger and trigger and repeat
Hoping to fire off
Every bit of non-productive energy
The population has
Against a common enemy
A rare, bipartisan enemy
The same people who were screaming
“Women are too delicate to play sports at all”
Are now screaming
“We must ‘protect women’s sports’ at all costs”
“We must stop the transgender agenda”
Which I guess is
Being ourselves, legally, inside and outside as well.
Anyway.
I’ve been a bad queer content creator…
… or have I?
See
I don’t think it’s productive
Or helpful
Or even relevant
To keep up with the anti trans youth bills
I actually think it’s sad and weird
It’s like keeping notes
On what your bullies say
So that your comebacks can be quicker—
Best comeback?
Silence, tbh. That way no one can point the finger
At anyone but the loudmouth, the bully
The one trying to misdirect attention
To the smallest population of people
That for whatever reason
Both sides hate dealing with.
Trans bills?
Bobbing for apples in a tub full of piss.
These people are doing
Every distraction tactic in the book
And I refuse to look and listen —
I’m trying to stay focused on what it is
They do after the bills, before, around
What they do with the momentum they’ve found
I’m more concerned about war, abortion
Women’s pay and healthcare access for all.
What I have to believe
Is that none of the monstrous bills
They introduce like
Reporting parents and doctors in Texas for
Supporting their kids, or
Banning a struggling kid in school from participating in
Extracurricular activities —
None of these can last
Not because the hate isn’t real
Not because the ignorance isn’t thick and
The prejudice isn’t grotesque
But because that isn’t what they are really trying to do in the end.
They want something else
Something worse
And I’ve been keeping silent, keeping a watchful eye
Waiting for the real problem to emerge
While they have us strung up like puppets with
Needles in our backs, calling us
Triggered idiots.