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https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/07/trans-genocide-early-stages-scholars-warn/>
"The US is showing early warning signs of a genocide against trans and
non-binary people, according to experts and scholars.
Concerns highlighted by the Lemkin Institute, a multinational genocide
prevention organisation, warn the escalating political attacks against trans,
non-binary, and intersex Americans could lead to a “mass atrocity”.
Multiple genocide scholars, including two former presidents of the
International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGC), claimed the country
could in the near future see policies that make lives for trans people
“intolerable”.
Under international law, genocide refers to the systemic destruction, in whole
or in part, of a religious, national, ethnic, or racial group. Experts have
warned the law’s list of protected characteristics is too narrow.
Former IAGC president Dr Henry Theriault, who headed the organisation from 2017
to 2021, claimed the political and legal shift towards the right has allowed US
President Donald Trump and his administration to more openly express a “blatant
hatred” towards the demographic.
“I think we’re already at the point for trans folks, for immigrants, where the
damage is being done,” Theriault said. “So it’s not so much ‘will genocide
happen?’ as ‘we’ve got to stop it from happening.’”"
Via Janet Logan.
Cheers,
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