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This doesn't really change the pertinent issue that asking trans people to vote for the candidates throwing them under the bus is folly. There's going to be vanishingly few trans voters who wouldn't vote for a pro-trans dem in that district.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Eugene Vindman, U.S. House, 7th District (incumbent) Virginia Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, U.S. House, 3rd District (incumbent) Washington Kim Schrier, U.S. House, 8th District (incumbent) Washington Source: www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-guide-...

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The Guide To Anti-Trans Democrats In The 2026 Elections, By State

These are the Democrats that LGBTQ+ people may wish to avoid this election cycle.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Amy Acton, running for governor in Ohio. Marcy Kaptur, U.S. House, 9th District (incumbent) Ohio Henry Cuellar, U.S. House, 28th District (incumbent) Texas Colin Allred, U.S. House candidate, 33rd District Texas Vicente Gonzalez, U.S. House, 34th District (incumbent) Texas

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Laura Gillen, U.S. House, 4th District (incumbent) New York John Mannion, U.S. House, 22nd District (incumbent) New York Don Davis, U.S. House, 1st District (incumbent) North Carolina Jamie Ager, U.S. House, 11th District North Carolina Sherrod Brown, U.S. Senate candidate in Ohio

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Jeffrey Hulum III, Democratic nominee for the U.S. House, 4th District; currently a state representative for District 119 in Mississippi Aaron Ford, candidate for governor of Nevada Susie Lee, U.S. House, 3rd District (incumbent) Nevada Tom Suozzi, U.S. House, 3rd District (incumbent) New York

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Beau Bayh, candidate for Indiana secretary of state Josh Turek, U.S. Senate nominee in Iowa Rob Sand, Democratic nominee for governor in Iowa Sarah Trone Garriott, U.S. House candidate, 3rd District in Iowa Cleo Fields, U.S. House, 6th District (incumbent) Louisiana

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Shomari Figures, U.S. House, 2nd District (incumbent) Alabama Terri Sewell, U.S. House, 7th District (incumbent) Alabama Mary Peltola, U.S. Senate candidate Alaska Xavier Becerra, candidate for governor in California Adam Gray, U.S. House, 13th District (incumbent) California

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Incumbent democrat in Ohio's 9th district. I could find more but you only asked for one.

A screen capture from a political advertisement featuring politician Marcy Kaptur speaking indoors while wearing glasses, a necklace, and a dark blue jacket. Text on the left side reads "MARCY KAPTUR" above the slogan "NO GENDER IDEOLOGY IN SCHOOLS" in bold white and blue lettering.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's the same whether you like it or not. Pretending that what a candidate says on campaign doesn't reflect how they will govern is a folly. Say whatever you want to trans people but at the end of the day our votes are necessary and the anger around us saying we won't vote for transphobes proves it.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is the same argument MAGA makes of 'ignore what Trump says on campaign it's all bluster' and then he governs exactly as he campaigned. You can't tell trans people to vote for candidates who throw us under the bus especially when it's so clearly for nothing.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Either the votes of trans ppl and their allies are necessary in which case it's in the party's interest to not alienate them or trans ppl don't matter in which case why get mad that we're unhappy? It's up to the party to win votes the voters are not obligated to vote for anyone in a free democracy.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's simple, by spoiling/blanking the ballot you are showing parties you've previously voted for that, while you still participate in the process, they have lost your vote. This signals the party that these unhappy voters can be won back. We don't have democracy if the voters don't have that option.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If they're taking anti-trans positions they can't expect trans voters. If they need trans votes then hedging on trans rights is bad politics.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm just saying not a word about blaming trans people when democrats lose. We don't matter so keep our name out of your mouth.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

But then who will you blame when democrats lose, you can't blame trans people if their votes don't matter.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's actually the party's job to earn those votes. Blaming voters who intentionally sat out is bad politics. Democrats have to stand for things if they want to be a viable alternative. Biden tried doing the status quo thing, it was so bad Trump came back to office. Abandon us and they'll lose again.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Even when the issue is human rights? I feel like if there's any hill to die on it's that one.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ah, jargon and insults, refuge for when one has no argument to make

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Quick question do you do any organizing or do you just like calling the people doing the work fools

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's bad actually that Democrats think they can only win close elections in red states by abandoning one of their most reliable and energized groups of voters to appease people who hate them and everything they allegedly stand for.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This argument doesn't really hold water when dems running in states where half the pop. of the country lives are running on a platform of restricting trans rights. It's on them to bring people together by not throwing trans people under the bus. We have every right to complain about being abandoned!

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Liberals will really say trans people are responsible for genocide because they wanted civil rights..

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Intentionally not voting or spoiling your ballot is a legitimate electoral choice. The parties see the lower turnout or percentage of the vote and know they need to do better to get those voters back. This is civics 101 stuff man.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Do you hear yourself? That's like saying that the only way to end racism is to vote for a party that's only somewhat racist. No!!! You run the bigots out of town on a rail to make an example of them!

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It is not pragmatic to abandon trans people it is terrible politics being pushed by rich donors and consultants.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If we don't hold our ground we're losing. Democrats who won't go all-in on protecting our rights won't be all-in on protecting yours when your group becomes electorally inconvenient in their eyes.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In what world are trans people not doing most of the heavy lifting in organizing right now? Get real.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Only 14? Those states have a population of 155,199,105(about half the country!) includeing the most populous state(CA) and 3/5 of the most populous states(CA, TX, and NY). Is it still "far better" than you expected? Trans people make up 1% of the pop that's more than a million people losing rights!!

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Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If you're a voter telling the rest of us that Dem candidates have to cave on trans rights b/c that's the only way to beat the fascists, I need you to examine where you got that idea & show your work. Show me the candidates who defended trans rights & lost. Show me the ones who caved & won.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Or just... sit this election out because both candidates want to strip away our civil rights. Or vote for a third party, mickey mouse. Spoiling a ballot is a time-honored tradition of democracy!

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If Dems abandon trans rights they can't then expect trans votes.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We want politicians to not abandon trans rights because it seems politically expedient in the moment.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The problem is that they're not pro-LGBTQ, they're abandoning the T part. It's bad politics for the democratic party to abandon part of their base to satiate people who will never vote for them.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

ty for sharing. The hypothetical was for illustrating that a center-left party in the UK ran on a platform including transphobia then, when in government, was far more transphobic than the decade+ under the conservative party. In such a situation, why would trans ppl vote for their own destruction?

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's not though. Democratic candidates like Tallarico in Texas, Acton in Ohio, and other battleground states are abandoning trans rights and we have every right to be unhappy about that.

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How did that work out for trans people who voted Labour in the UK in spite of the party espousing transphobic policies? Why would it be any different here?

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Protect Trans Futures @protectransfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If Democrats need trans voters to win elections isn't it bad strategy to let candidates abandon trans people and open themselves up to criticism? Alternatively if they don't need trans votes then why care about what we say?

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