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Ted Cruz and forcing decisions on children
BlueJaye:
I am not going to post the link here because we don’t need links to transphobic articles here, but I just happened upon something that was published yesterday about senator Ted Cruz opposing hormone blockers for children suffering from gender dysphoria because, in his thinking, it somehow forces a medical procedure on children who are too young to make an informed decision.
It literally does the very opposite. It “pauses” the sexual maturation process UNTIL the child is old enough to make an informed decision. That’s why such treatments were developed, so children didn’t have the choice to undergo a damaging puberty forced on them by biology.
If you live in Texas, please write to senator Cruz and let him know that he has been very badly misinformed and that his statements could cause much damage to children in Texas and elsewhere.
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Lady Sarah:
There has been plenty of news regarding a 7 year old transgender child involved in a custody battle in Texas with the father refusing to allow the child any treatment. The far right has opted to voice their strong opinions, and Cruz was just one of those whom did. The hate and willful ignorance of some people is staggering. Many want us all to go back to the days when all transgender people had to wait until after they turned 18 to decide if they want to transition. Of course, by then, puberty already did its damage.
Lisa89125:
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To me it feels like these people want us to just disappear completely off the face of the earth.
Lisa
AnamethatstartswithE:
--- Quote from: Lisa89125 on November 01, 2019, 09:29:00 am ---?
To me it feels like these people want us to just disappear completely off the face of the earth.
Lisa
--- End quote ---
We're easy to demagogue, that's about it. If you read the right wing press there is so much misinformation about how anything trans related works, they honestly think we're giving surgery and hormones to 6 year olds. If I thought that was what was happening I'd be angry too. I think a lot of people find the subject so "icky" that they can't comfortably learn anything about us and that makes it easy to sow false information.
Furthermore, a lot of people consider the idea that LGBTQ people are delusional and wrong to be so obvious, that anyone who is supportive is either crazy or up to something nefarious.
Colleen_definitely:
--- Quote from: Lisa89125 on November 01, 2019, 09:29:00 am ---?
To me it feels like these people want us to just disappear completely off the face of the earth.
Lisa
--- End quote ---
Oh no, they want us here because we're the Orwellian enemy of the moment. It's a common political ploy practiced by every party I can think of. At its base this is really just a chant of "we're different from them and that makes us better"
It's not just limited to the GOP or other conservatives bashing on trans people either. Leftists bash on the ethereal "rich bad people" among others, and both parties bash on each other of course.
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