In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s reelection, advocates for transgender people in Illinois are scrambling to strengthen the state protections they’ve created, while some trans Midwesterners consider moving to states with shield laws for safe harbor.

State Rep. Kelly Cassidy told the Sun-Times there has been a coalition effort of state lawmakers to protect trans and reproductive health care access since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade leaked in 2022.

Now, they’re looking closely at Project 2025 — a conservative policy playbook created by the Heritage Foundation — and Trump policy proposals and “evaluating what further protections we can enact in the coming months,” a spokesperson for Gov. JB Pritzker said.

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Protections for reproductive rights and gender-affirming care were enshrined in state law in January 2023, putting Illinois on the side of people who risk prosecution by traveling to the state for treatment and also protecting the licenses of Illinois doctors who provide care that’s illegal elsewhere. The Illinois Human Rights Act also protects against discrimination based on gender identity.

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[–] tardigrada@beehaw.org 4 points 5 days ago

With the results of the 2024 presidential election confirmed, members of the LGBTQ+ community are understandably distressed. Seeing as Donald Trump plans to rollback transgender rights and other protections for queer people, it's clear why 86 percent of LGBTQ+ voters cast their ballots for Kamala Harris, and why 62 percent said they’d be “scared” for Trump to win.

Many are also alarmed that the hateful policies are seemingly what the majority of Americans have endorsed, but Dr. Michelle Forcier, a clinician with LGBTQ+ digital healthcare platform FOLX Health, believes it better to interpret the results in a different way.

[–] USSMojave@startrek.website 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Sorry to go all doom and gloom, but I have this sinking feeling that despite their best efforts, progressive US states will be unable to prevent LGBT people from being rounded up after the Holocaust machine is done with the illegal immigrants. The window is closing

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If the US goes full Holocaust, then progressive states can vote to leave the US. It'll be ugly, but it's been done before.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 5 points 4 days ago

Vote how? You think the Federal government is going to care what Blue states vote to do? It's gonna be forceful secession or nothing.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago

...then progressive states can vote to leave the US.

No they can't? There is no mechanism for a state to unilaterally secede from the United States. That is literally one of the main causes of the American Civil War? This isn't me trying to ignore the slavery issue, it's still the root cause. However, seceding from the union is what directly caused the war itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secession_in_the_United_States

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

The GOP margin in the House is going to be too slim for anything radical (at least until 2027). And assuming the immigrant "roundup" isn't merely performative--it probably is--the economic fallout from it will exhaust Trump's political capital to be challenging states for the time being.

[–] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social 2 points 4 days ago

Am afraid to even check to see whether my state's leaning friendly or fascist v.v Purple seemed better than red but... ugh. Horrible world, horrible hunams all over. Bleeeeegh, I say :|

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

İMĖ, blu ſteıtſ cᵫd teık ð ȯpṙtunitı t breın dreın red ſteıtſ intu ėblivıėn. İmpliment pȯliſız ðæt meık muvıŋ æz ızı æz pȯſibėl æ dju̇ſt æz ėtræktiv t but.

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IMO, blue states should take the opportunity to brain drain red states into oblivion. Impliment policies that make moving as easy as possible and just as attractive to boot.