I don’t think it would be in his character to cower in some closet for fear of homicidal Republicans lurking in the shadows. I’m trying to teach him not to believe in such simplistic, ideological fables.
And it is stupid to pretend no such threat exists. My youngest is trans. They do not "cower" but they know where problems are likely to arise. They have never yet been threatened or harmed by a person of a more liberal persuasion. Those who have threatened or attempted harm (we may be "woke liberals" but we're a gun-toting liberal family - not an unusual thing in our neck of the woods) have been hard right-wingers, each and every one. Please don't let your ideology imperil your child's safety. There is a REAL threat to trans people, and to deny that is foolish.