Cher, Laverne Cox and More Blast Trump Administration For Proposed Gender Redefinition

Activists and celebrities have come out in protest of the Trump administrations proposed redefinition of gender, reports Asbury Park Press.

Yesterday it was reported by the New York Times that the White House is considering a new memo that would limit the definition of gender, essentially erasing the identity of millions of transgender people.

Cher took to twitter to write: “Fk These Ppl. Will my son be sent to internment camp to live with Latino children, and be kept In cages in places where (American’s) can’t see them.

“This is ‘his code’ for … Make them disappear.

“Warning LGBT Friends. They won’t be happy till you’re gone. Might seem I’m being alarmist, but it’s been coming since the ride down the escalator.”

Meanwhile, Laverne Cox has written a statement, posting it on her social media: “We must not give up the fight.

“But in the face of this affront on my existence and the existence of my community I choose love not fear. We exist and always have.

“In indigenous cultures all over the world gender existed beyond the binary and folks who we would call trans today held sacred places in those culture. Western colonialism drove those trans folks to the margins but we have always been here.

“Marginalising trans folks is another example of the brutality of colonialism. This latest administration effort to legislate trans folks out of existence is yet another example of why the fight for gender equity must be intersectional and necessarily must include trans folks.

“Trans folks need everyone to stand with us in this fight, to let our government know this is not who we are.”

“Laws don’t determine our existence – *we* determine our existence,” wrote trans activist Chelsea Manning. 

“It’s our weapon, our shelter, our energy, our healer, our truth – we will keep moving forward – we will keep fighting – existence is *our* only law.”