Yeah it's pretty clearly the same routine as 8 years ago. Normalize, waffle, and sanewash. I'd say nothing was learned, but it's clear they didn't want to learn anyway.
For anyone worried about the steaming pile of executive orders Trump issued yesterday, Erin Reed has a breakdown as pertains to trans rights:
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/a-li ... -of-trumpsI think a lot of the more immediate effects will be from workplaces, landlords, and insurance companies feeling more free to discriminate.
The prison stuff has me really worried for the long run though. As I mentioned elsewhere, the long term goal is to mass arrest queer people (and anyone who aids and abets us) on sexual morality charges. Anything worsening our protections in prison (as the current EOs) or making it easier to arrest us on bullshit charges (e.g. the Florida law on wrongly sexed licenses being fraud) is a test bed for that.