THX Series Hub: First They Came for the Calendar
How the Trump Administration Is Using the Calendar to Erase Recognition—One Month at a Time
🏛️ Introduction:
In 2025, a pattern emerged: month after month, just as the nation was meant to honor and support marginalized communities or vital public health issues, the Trump administration proposed or enacted cuts, rollbacks, or cultural erasures targeting those very groups.
This wasn’t random. This wasn’t reactive. This was coordinated.
This series documents, month by month, how the pattern unfolded—and forecasts what’s likely to come next.
It’s not just about policy. It’s about the emotional economy of erasure: the deliberate use of timing to cause harm, destabilize hope, and silence visibility.
🔖 Start Here:
📌 Post 1: The Pattern Is the Point
When Celebration Becomes Target
Revealing the pattern. Introducing the THX frameworks. Exploring how losses hit harder when timed to erase recognition.
🗓️ The Monthly Pattern (Documented Posts)
📅 Post 2: January – Dismantling the Dream
Two executive orders erase DEI infrastructure and cancel MLK Day recognition across federal agencies.
📅 Post 3: February – Scrubbing Black History
Books by Black authors removed from military libraries. Black History Month celebrations canceled. School funding threatened.
📅 Post 4: March – Silencing Women and Civil Rights
EEOC warns DEI may be illegal. DOJ pressures ABA to drop diversity accreditation. Teacher training funding faces legal rollback.
📅 Post 5: April – Abandoning Autism
Autism research defunded. Intersectional studies halted. Advocates excluded from federal probes. Awareness month co-opted for exclusion.
📅 Post 6: May – Gutting Mental Health
Proposed cuts to school-based mental health, LGBTQ+ 988 services, Medicaid mental health units, and free Narcan distribution.
🔮 Forecasting What’s Next
📌 Post 7: The Pattern Ahead: What’s Likely Coming (June–December 2025)
A proactive overview of the months ahead:
June – Pride Month: LGBTQ+ visibility and safety programs at risk
July – Disability Pride Month: ADA enforcement and inclusive hiring likely targeted
August – Back-to-School: Title I/IX, teacher development, equity materials vulnerable
September – Hispanic Heritage Month: Bilingual programs, HSI support, cultural funding threatened
October – Indigenous Peoples Day + LGBTQ+ History: Indian Health Service, LGBTQ+ curriculum at risk
November – Native American Heritage Month: Tribal sovereignty, education, and treaty-based services may face rollbacks
December – Universal Human Rights + World AIDS Day: Potential defunding of HIV/AIDS and reproductive health initiatives, international aid
Each forecast is tied to the emotional timing of loss. If the pattern continues, so will the harm.
🧠 Frameworks Behind the Series
This series applies the full THX (Transform the Human Experience) framework:
12 Utilities — Measures of fairness, function, and real-world value
PERMAH — Human flourishing: Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Achievement, Health
Admiration Equation — What builds loyalty and respect: Skill, Goodness, Awe, Gratitude
Prospect Theory — Why losses feel worse than gains help
Micro-Moments — Small emotional signals that shape trust and memory
📍 Where This Is Going
This is not just a policy series. It’s a map of intentional erasure. And it’s an invitation to stop waiting until the next headline.
When we name the pattern, we change our posture. We move from reactive to ready.
Let this be the year we see it coming—and speak before it vanishes.
