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Hey, if we're in the mood for predictions of right-wing activity in the next year that no one in the center will listen to:
The evangelical right and anti-trans feminists + conversion therapists will spend the next year pushing to end gender-affirming care for trans kids.
The evangelical right and anti-trans feminists + conversion therapists will spend the next year pushing to end gender-affirming care for trans kids.
The Kiera Bell case in the UK gives a blueprint for the following emotional and rhetorical appeals that anti-trans coalitions will make, if not the precise legal arguments:
- gender-affirming care is all physiological (FALSE)
- puberty blockers are irreversible (FALSE)
(cont)
- gender-affirming care is all physiological (FALSE)
- puberty blockers are irreversible (FALSE)
(cont)
- puberty blockers "lead to" further gender-affirming care (UH YEAH, IF YOU'RE TRANS THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE)
- neither kids, their parents, NOR their doctors understand what they're consenting to around gender-affirming care (UM WHAT)
- neither kids, their parents, NOR their doctors understand what they're consenting to around gender-affirming care (UM WHAT)
- gender-affirming care is "different," "special," "dangerous," and/or "unstudied" and therefore unsuitable for children
This is the most dangerous lie, and where I believe these anti-trans coalitions have the most traction with their base.
This is the most dangerous lie, and where I believe these anti-trans coalitions have the most traction with their base.
And this last lie is where we will see the most action.
There are several organizations comprised of the same couple-dozen anti-trans medical professionals that create the appearance of a consensus against gender-affirming care.
This tactic is called "credentialing."
There are several organizations comprised of the same couple-dozen anti-trans medical professionals that create the appearance of a consensus against gender-affirming care.
This tactic is called "credentialing."
These 40-odd professionals share board and executive leadership and membership among these organizations and are NOTHING compared to the MILLIONS of doctors who ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND the medicine and importance of trans-affirming care.
It's not even comparable. At all.
It's not even comparable. At all.
WATCH FOR THESE LIES
WATCH FOR THESE GROUPS
WATCH FOR THESE CASES AND BILLS
CALL THEM OUT
WATCH FOR THESE GROUPS
WATCH FOR THESE CASES AND BILLS
CALL THEM OUT
