TN GOP candidate calls for executing parents & doctors who help trans kidshttps://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/gop-candidate-calls-for-executing-parents-doctors-who-help-trans-kids/ 🔗Daniel Villarreal (29 Jan 2026)
Tennessee state Rep. Monty Fritts (R), who is running for governor, has said he'd like a law to execute "those who commit an assault on the sanctity of life," including those who assist children in securing gender-affirming medical care.
"I think we need a law in Tennessee that would allow for capital punishment for those who commit an assault on the sanctity of life," he said in a recent conversation with Connor B., the host of the Christian Nationalist podcast Forge and Anvil.
"I think that anyone who would try to disfigure a child through hormones or surgery, you might be eligible to capital punishment," he said, adding, "I know that's gonna make people's ears ring, but that's a gross, great sin."
Gender-affirming surgeries are almost never performed on minors, and most major medical associations consider gender-affirming care to be the best, most effective, and essential care for the overall well-being of children with gender dysphoria. That is, Fritts is seeking to punish parents and doctors for pursuing the best-practice standard of care.
Fritts is merely echoing right-wing disinformation about gender-affirming care. The current presidential administration has used similarly horrific language, calling gender-affirming care "child genital mutilation," "chemical castration," and saying it involves "irreversible surgeries." In reality, puberty blockers are reversible and do not directly cause permanent infertility – if a child stops taking them, then they undergo puberty.
Furthermore, Fritts may not realize that numerous theologians and queer-affirming churches interpret Biblical scripture as being supportive of transgender people and gender transition.=========================================================================================================
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