The Truth About Anti-Trans Legislation

Transgender School

Trigger warning… This episode touches on upsetting topics for trans people and allies.

Today, we address some of America's most comprehensive anti-trans laws ever approved. The entire package of anti-LGBTQ+ laws was signed on April 8th, 2022, by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey and it directly attacks transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers.

Amidst the pain and fear these laws are causing, we take a moment to analyze the real reasons politicians are proposing criminalizing parents and professionals for providing necessary gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

We debunk the myths and lies that are being spread to promote these anti-trans bills. For example, puberty blockers are a completely safe, proven method to buy some extra time for kids to figure out their gender, with no irreversible effects. And no one is performing surgeries on trans kids or grooming them to be LGBTQ+. These things simply aren’t happening.

Anti-trans legislation, which goes against all medical advice and peer-reviewed, evidence-based best practices for transgender care, causes great harm. It protects absolutely no one, though its proponents falsely claim that it’s “protecting children” because they hope to win over ultra-conservative, right wing voters.

These politicians know nothing about trans people’s experiences, they’re just playing a political game that will cost innocent lives and tear families apart. As the number of anti-trans bills has been rapidly increasing, calls to The Trevor Project suicide hotline have increased by 150%, which is no coincidence.

We urge advocates and allies of trans people to speak up, get involved, send emails, and make phone calls. Ultimately, the transgender community only asks for one thing: to be left alone and given the same rights that cisgender people have.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Some details of the harrowing law recently approved (2:37)
• The alarming increase of calls to suicide hotlines is an immediate effect of the attacks on the transgender community (6:39)
• The real reasons why politicians stand behind these discriminatory and cruel agendas (14:01)
• The truth about puberty blockers and gender confirmation surgeries (18:35)
• The best ways to support and help the transgender community (25:28)
• How attacking things like abortion rights and trans rights is used to distract the population from the real issues. Jackie shares her wise perspective on this. (34:15)

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