How can you not compare Trans rights to Jim Crow laws? Trans people are the most systematically abused, assaulted, and serially unemployed demographic in the US, consisting of about 2% of the population. Gay rights have made a turnaround, but there's still only 6 states that validate marriage licenses, and 20 some-odd states who extend unemployment benefits. Trans people still don't have that, and worse, are denied even HOUSING.
Sure, you may say that with women's rights, it's not that bad, but the Gender-Wage gap is still hovering around 80%, which is ludicrous in a modern society of equals.
As for education, do you really think that they budget cuts to the Educational system really only affects teachers' salaries? It also affects learning environments, supplies, the students themselves, and opportunities extended to those students. BTW. Teachers do NOT make 70k a year. Where you heard that, i'm not really sure.
Defense is 33% of our budget (20% basic, ~50% of discretionary spending). We can afford to cut, and we MUST cut it back or our Defense or our economy will irreperably sink. Besides, we have more firepower than the rest of the world combined, for relatively few operations. We can afford to cut back.