Everything I, A Straight White Man, Have Learned About Trans People

An argument that compassion is manlier than hate

In 2024 the Trump campaign spent $215 million on ads attacking trans people. That’s $134 per-trans American, according to Montana state representative Zooey Zephyr. In one of his first acts as president, Trump issued an executive order declaring that the federal government would only recognize two genders. And during his State of the Union on March 5, the President told multiple lies intended to villainize trans women. Nationwide, there’s 425 anti-trans bills being heard by state legislatures as we speak.

Trump’s hatred is supported by, or perhaps originated in something called the “manosphere,” a cringe-inducing collection of podcasters and influencers like Andrew Tate, Joe Rogan, and Jesus Christ, who are all working to try and radicalize young men to act in favor of tax cuts for billionaires by turning them into the biggest pieces of shit possible.