""I know this time is terrifying for so many people, and it feels hard to know where your place is, especially in politics, where it feels like people in both parties are blaming you for everything that's happening. I just want you to know that they couldn't be more wrong. You are fine just the way you are, and, in a time when it's hard to know who stands with you, I want you to know that I stand with you, and everyone who wants to be mean shouldn't be mean around me.""
""When you actually look at who is committing this abuse, it's majority straight men," she said, recalling the first time she was harassed by a man, when she was in her early teens."
""Many of these disgusting and insinuating attacks on trans and LGBT people are actually projections of what predatory cisgender, and often straight, men do when left in the presence of women," she added."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reassured transgender youth that they are not to blame and offered explicit support amid rising political attacks. She posted a message on TikTok acknowledging fear and confusion and saying trans youth are fine as they are and have her backing. She has consistently defended LGBTQ+ rights and warned that bans on transgender women in women's sports could lead to invasive genital examinations. She argued that trans toilet bans could endanger women and girls and drew on personal experience to note that most abuse is committed by straight cisgender men, framing many attacks as projections of predatory behavior.
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