Conservatives Spew Transphobia at Already Anti-Trans Federal Agency
An agency that deals with registering American men of adult age for the draft, the Selective Service System, is getting a lot of attention from conservatives because of how the agency handles matters surrounding sex and gender identity.Earlier this month, the agency sent a tweet that sent conservatives over the edge and gave the right-wing influencers more fodder for transphobic bigotry.“Parents, if your son is an only son and the last male in your family to carry the family name, he is still required to register with SSS,” the agency tweeted. “Learn more about who needs to register,” along with a link to the system’s guidelines.Reaction to the post was mixed, from some users seemingly surprised to learn that Selective Service is still a thing to others who believe a conspiracy theory that the Biden administration is secretly preparing for nuclear war with Russia.Stephen Miller, the Trump administration figure behind some of the most hateful acts of that period, including childhood separation, tweeted, “Growing concern about Biden tumbling us into nuclear Armageddon.” But not to be outdone, ultra-MAGA influencers like Jenna Ellis, a legal advisor for former President Donald Trump's presidential campaign who pushed the false claim of election fraud and was compelled to testify before a Georgia grand jury about her involvement in the plot to influence the election, took the opportunity to target the LGBTQ+ community.“What is a male?” the former traffic lawyer tweeted on October 9, amplifying the tweet to her hundreds of thousands of followers.
