RE: The Business of Trans

[mada]

Hey thanks! The patient influencers on social media are a perfect example of Big Pharma manipulating culture.

The article on the Washington law gives me pause. It says, "licensed youth shelters no longer have to report the location of a runaway child to the child’s parents if the child is seeking gender-affirming or reproductive care. " So gender-affirming medical treatments are now being regarded as in the same category as unwanted teen pregnancies. That seems pretty off to me.

What was really striking when researching this post was how how hard it was to find even basic information on the topic. It's as if the whole conversation is being manipulated at a very high level. Hopefully this post cuts through some of that.

Comments

[amberjyang]

I definitely think your post is cutting through the manipulation. Finding a media platform that's giving voice to all perspectives on this issue is almost non-existent. Lack of open dialogue + government scare tactics + inciting social division makes it a piece of cake for special interests to manipulate us. Gender identity issues are deeply politicized, which means we're already pushing bills and new policies without even talking about it in-depth as a society. Consider this excerpt from a Reason article:

Virginia lawmaker wants to criminalize parents who don't affirm child's gender identity. Yesterday, Reason reported on an atrocious Michigan bill that would define gender transition treatment for minors as child abuse. Virginia is now considering a bit of ridiculous overreach in the opposite direction. WJLA reports that "Virginia parents could face a felony or misdemeanor charge if they do not affirm their child's sexual orientation and gender identity, according to a state lawmaker with plans to introduce the legislation in Virginia's upcoming legislative session."

[mada]

Wow. Good points. People on both "sides" of this polarized topic seem determined to just make everything worse.