By Zach Allen SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) – Over the weekend, a seemingly small change in wording from the government could make a massive impact.
A New York Times article was published Sunday detailing a plan from the government to possibly eliminate the term transgender. This would mean that people would be gendered based off their sex they are given at birth from their genitalia.
But that still leaves 1.4 million Americans who identify as transgender to be left out in the dark. This change would strip them of simple rights that the Obama administration fought to give this group.
Most notably, this elimination of the term transgender would strip these people of their right to complain about being treated differently based off their gender identity. A transgender woman would lose the ability to share that they are being treated differently for either being a woman or being transgender.
This potential change had people reeling and rallying on social media. Not only were transgender groups and people speaking out, but the likes of Bernie Sanders and many other famous cisgender were speaking out against this idea.
Social media wasn’t the only place that people rallied together though. The same night the article was published, a rally began in New York City. The very next day, people got together to share their anger in Washington, D.C.
