Teachers fired, inmates detransitioned, adult care banned, allies killed. A new phase of anti-trans politics- eradication is the goal
By Erin Reed | WASHINGTON – On Monday morning, we learned of a tragic incident: a woman was fatally attacked outside her store by an individual who had torn down the pride flag displayed there.
The following day, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals delivered another blow, determining that transgender youth and adults aren’t entitled to their medication, arguing such treatment is not “deeply rooted in this nation’s history and traditions,” a rationale echoing the Dobbs anti-abortion decision.
Concurrently, new laws are coming into effect, mandating the forced detransition of any incarcerated transgender individual. The once muted alarm signaling potential dangers for the transgender community has escalated into a raging firestorm. Reactionary figures from the right are fueling this blaze, advocating for eradication.
Neither are Antibiotics, Chemotherapy, In vitro fertilisation, Viagra. Those are all very recent additions to the medical community, but aren’t “deeply rooted in the nation’s history and traditions”. To say nothing of computers/radio/cell-phones/electric cars/etc.
What a horse-shit excuse they are offering.
By their definition, nothing new can EVER happen since the only way for something become rooted in history/tradition, is to have it be part of it for a long time, then it BECOMES history/tradition.
Nor are cars, assault rifles, or skyscrapers. “Originalism” is a complete lie.
To be fair, each of those is an evolution of something that existed before. But then control over medication/drugs is also a new thing, the originalism argument doesn’t work.