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First Speaker

(4,858 posts) Tue Oct 23, 2018, 04:22 PM Oct 2018

I've heard the word "erased" used to describe Trump's transgender "policy"...

...just the stroke of a pen, and these people are "erased". A trans friend of mine says that he's already using this term to describe this "administration's" plans for him and his friends. And that he's convinced this is only the beginning--that he quite literally believes that camps and "re-education" are coming. I wouldn't be a bit shocked to see the word "erased" take on a sinister meaning, like "liquidate" or "disappeared".

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I've heard the word "erased" used to describe Trump's transgender "policy"... (Original Post) First Speaker Oct 2018 OP

Erased is a common word used to wipe out LGBT people and representation. LonePirate Oct 2018 #1

Thanks for that. I suspect the word will get more prominent as time goes by... First Speaker Oct 2018 #2

LonePirate

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1. Erased is a common word used to wipe out LGBT people and representation.

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Tue Oct 23, 2018, 04:36 PM

Oct 2018

I first heard of the usage from the book Boy Erased about conversion therapy. That book is now a movie which opens next month. There are probably instances of the term from much earlier times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Erased:_A_Memoir

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

2. Thanks for that. I suspect the word will get more prominent as time goes by...