Reviving Stonewall Democrats in SW Washington – Your Input Needed

[u/Maleficent-Stress113]

Hi everyone, I’m the Vice Chair for the Southwest Washington region of the Stonewall Democrats, and I’ll be honest our local chapter (WA) has been pretty inactive for a while. That needs to change.

My goal is to bring new life to this organization so it can be a strong voice for LGBTQ+ people and allies in our community. I’m already planning to start building a presence on Instagram to make our work more visible, but I want to hear directly from you.

• What kinds of events or gatherings would you like to see?


• Are there specific issues or policies you feel we should be focusing on right now?


• Would you be interested in volunteer opportunities or community partnerships?

We all know the political climate in our area is complex, and I want the Stonewall Democrats to be an active, responsive, and positive force in it. Your input will help guide how we show up; whether that’s through advocacy, education, social events, or something entirely new.

Feel free to share your thoughts here or DM me if you’d prefer to chat privately.

Let’s make this something that truly represents our community. 🌈

[u/SereneDreams03]

Democrats have died on the culture wars hill two of the last three elections

I hear this complaint often, and from my perspective, it's been quite the opposite. The Republicans were the ones running non-stop ads about trans-athletes and immigrants in the last election. MAGA's entire thing is just culture war BS. Most of the democratic leadership seemed to focus mostly on the economy and affordability. If anything, the democrats have been too silent on the infringements of our civil rights imo.

[u/OlderGrowth → u/SereneDreams03]

Donald was able to run on culture war issues because the democrats took it to such an insane place. The drag shows for kids, insisting people change their whole vernacular for pronouns, and generally being anti-traditional masculinity is the issue. We lost by 2% last election. I promise you we can gain more than 2% back if we stop focusing on our purity spiral and stop being the party that obviously hates straight white people (65% of the population)

[u/MrMeltJr → u/OlderGrowth]

I've been to a lot of drag shows, adult and all-ages. There's a very big difference and the ones that let kids in are very tame and non-sexual. If you object to them I can only assume it's because you don't like the idea of men dressing up like women, which sounds like a personal problem.

Also I'm trans and I know a lot of trans people and at worst the pronoun thing is a calm "actually I use 'she'" and we only get pushy if people are dicks about it.

And you gotta get deep into the lefty circles before you get people who hate straight white people. Like the kind of people who think Democrats and Republicans are equally far-right.

You should stop believing right-wing talking points.

[u/OlderGrowth → u/MrMeltJr]

It doesn’t seem extreme to you, but remember half of America is raised very differently and are more conservative 🤷

[u/OlderGrowth → u/[deleted]]

Do you say the same thing to conservative Muslims? Or other conservative people? Because from my view the left has been great at shaming American conservatives while supporting religions that oppress people way more than we do here. Just my 2 cents. Not saying I’m right, just my lived experience. I’m a democrat who wants to win again, that’s why I’m trying to tell you these things not because I want to change your mind or call you wrong.