That’s exactly what progress entails in politics. It’s called compromise. You fix the problems you can and save the rest for later.
Regardless, health care reform does help trans people you’re just insisting that the people that hate them stop hating them before you’ll work with them to fix a separate problem and that’s your choice to make but it means you’re going to be waiting a long time to get what you want. If some purity test is more important to you than a chance at actual progress then by all means, keep intentionally reminding bigots that they don’t like trans folk. See how that works out for you.
That’s exactly what progress entails in politics. It’s called compromise. You fix the problems you can and save the rest for later.
Regardless, health care reform does help trans people you’re just insisting that the people that hate them stop hating them before you’ll work with them to fix a separate problem and that’s your choice to make but it means you’re going to be waiting a long time to get what you want. If some purity test is more important to you than a chance at actual progress then by all means, keep intentionally reminding bigots that they don’t like trans folk. See how that works out for you.