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The bill may or may not become law, but this still marks another attack to the marginalized and the vulnerable by the right.
Of the approximately 300,000 trans kids in the US between the ages of 13-17, only about 1,000 of them get access to HRT in any given year.
Brazil is far from a perfect country, it is one of the countries that kills the most trans people in the world, and it has a deep history with racism and discrimination, but steps are being taken so we move on as a society.
The University of Oklahoma itself doesn’t appear to be a victim in this campaign, only the teacher in question.
It’s the same people writing the same laws for the same purpose: gaining full control over sex and sexuality.
The bill is a tragedy, but bans nothing that was not already set to be banned. This is only the third worst blow for trans rights in the last 24 hours.
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 bill is the most consequential attack of trans rights in the 21st century,
