The attempt to scapegoat trans people was immediate and even more detached from reality than usual. Reactionaries are consolidating their hate patterns, so you would of course want to see a countervailing force to organize against them. Naturally this is not libetals, who, even if they were pro-trans enough, do not have any idea how to materially oppose anything.

That leaves the left, such as it is, which is growing and really not that bad at this sort of thing. We are the actual material threat of violence in defense of drag queen story hours (not always trans but at least adjascent), pride marches in unfriendly territory, secured autonomous zones. Obviously there is a lot of room for improvement and growth in numbers, but our trends are good. And reactionaries have more state power but are personally much less dedicated and more cowardly. So even as the flames rise, and there are things to be afraid of, we can still shield each other, comrades, and build to win the fight.