I've been described as a "prolific writer" and an "academia slayer." My journalism interests boil down to "loudly declare what is happening" as an act of both radical community defense and self-care.
In every way that queer people as a whole have suffered, trans people have suffered worse. 9% of trans people and 5% of the queer population moved from a less tolerant state to a more tolerant one within 7 months of Trump’s re-election.
The wave of transphobia that's been afflicting the US and the world isn't a coincidence. It is an export from the US- a case of the USA making the world a less free place to live.
The new rules will effectively end transition care for trans kids and likely have a chilling effect on transition care for trans adults, all via executive rulemaking through the threat of a total loss of funding.
The text of the bill, including proposed amendments, makes acting to facilitate social and medical transition legally the same category as felony fraud, making the affirmation of transgender youth punishable by incarceration and loss of voting rights. It will be voted on tomorrow, Dec. 17.
SEGM has spent almost $1.5 million dollars and received nearly $2 million to push anti-trans hate into "scientific" legitimacy and "evidenced based" objectivity.
