‘I definitely feel like I’m on an island alone. The queer people have turned their backs on me, and I’m queer, so it’s very painful,’ San Fernando Valley’s Tanya Tsikanovsky told Fox News.
Ever since I publicly said I was voting for Trump, I am no longer welcome in the [LGBTQ] social spheres they provide.
Ever since I publicly said I was voting for Trump, I am no longer welcome in the [LGBTQ] social spheres they provide.
If there was a birthday party I was invited to, I’m no longer able to attend. I think it’s disgusting someone can push me out of something [like this]. They liked me two weeks ago, and now they don’t, just because I voted for someone.’She claims that she worked in Iowa with Hilary Clinton in 2016 and voted for President Joe Biden in 2020. But this time, Tsikanovsky decided to change her alliance and support Trump.Apart from believing in Trump’s economic policy and his stance on border control, the ‘highly lesbian, highly Zionist and highly American’ woman says she became right-leaning because of her Jewish faith.
‘I was absolutely that person who would say if you’re a Trump supporter, I don’t want you in my life. I can say I regret that. ‘Israel [changed my mind]. I am a Jew, and what was happening on campuses was appalling. ‘They should have sent in the National Guard as soon as Jewish students were being blocked on campuses.’
While many LGBTQ+ community members fear for their rights, Tsikanovsky believes that the panic is baseless. ‘I want to say I echo their pain, [and] I understand their fear,’ said Tsikanovsky. ‘[However], I was a lesbian under the Trump presidency before and my rights haven’t changed. ‘I’m not all of a sudden anti-gay now because I voted for Trump. I want to bring humanity to this. The only way we can come together is if we sit together and have hard talks.’Earlier today, she shared her interview with the outlet on Instagram, where she frequently posts pictures of her and her girlfriend Bella Luna.
Taking to her social media account, she said she ‘hopes to find a middle ground’ as well as continues to stand with trans people. ‘I hope we can find ways to bridge the gap. I hope we can have the difficult conversations instead of resorting to ostracism. ‘I hope people remember that values and politics are different things; my values and my wants for this country haven’t changed, just my belief on how to get there has. Same destination, just a different travel path.
It is also important for me to mention – since it didn’t make it into this clip – that the T in LGBTQ matters just as much as the other letters. I stand with the trans community. ‘Some of the people in my life that matter most to me are trans. I believe in their rights to gender affirming care, to safety, inclusion, equality, and protection. ‘And I strongly oppose the hundreds of millions of dollars the GOP spent on pre election media campaigns targeting them. ‘As a newly registered Republican and someone that aims to hold some form of public office one day, the protection of trans people will always be a priority for me.
This comes days after a ‘lifelong Democrat’ who voted for Trump revealed what it is like to be a gay man who came out as pro-MAGA. Writer, life coach and motivational speaker Jordan Bach, 37, has chronicled his right wing debut on social media, sharing his thought processes as someone whose political views have drastically shifted.
Just days before the election, Bach revealed he would be voting ‘conservative down the ballot.
Within a day of ‘coming out’ as conservative, Bach noticed that Democrats were quick to respond with cheap shots.
Bach wrote: ‘I’ve never experienced such overwhelming kindness, understanding, and encouragement as I have from supporters of President Trump in the past 24 hours.
‘And I’ve never faced such vicious personal attacks, name-calling, and insults—intended to wound, shame, and silence—as I have from Leftists in the same time frame.’
