Gladwyn d’SouzaCole is not the only one paid large amounts of money to oppose #transgender care. The organization that employs her, Do No Harm, received at least $1 million from hedge fund billionaire Joseph Edelman. In an investigation into the funding of anti-trans organizations, the Huffington Post uncovered that Edelman had also given large donations to groups like the Manhattan Institute and Parents Defending Education. Both organizations have been influential in shaping anti-transgender policies in red states.
#transrightsarehumanrights: Representative Justin Jones had scathing words for the bill, stating, “I find it interesting that the word ‘moral’ is in this bill, because this bill is immoral. Discrimination cloaked under the guise of religion is still discrimination. Hate cloaked under the veil of religion is still hate… you stated that you want these kids to be sent into a home where they can be loved, where they can flourish. Can you explain the logic of a child being placed into a home where they are told they are wrong, that their identity is wrong, that they don’t belong, that they made a mistake with who they are?
Yet for all the criticism it unleashed, or precisely because of that very criticism, conservative groups seized upon Paul’s piece to pursue anti-trans legal maneuvers. In Idaho, the Alliance Defending Freedom, the powerful conservative legal group known for its critical role behind the strategy that overturned Roe v. Wade, specifically cited Paul’s Feb. 4 column as evidence of the “ostracism, pain, and lifelong regret” young people experience after receiving gender-affirming health care.
#TransphobicLawsAreBasedOnPseudoScience
#MeanessLeadsToCopycatLegislation
#MediaMakesMAGATalkingPointsToSpringGenocideTaxForWeaponsIndustrialCongressiinalComplex
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2024/02/new-york-times-pamela-paul-anti-trans-bills/
Eden Knight, Brianna Ghey, Ariyanna Mitchell—names that will forever resonate with me—all young, tragically stripped of their lives in a world where individuals like them face relentless dehumanization and maltreatment by those holding power. This week, we have yet another name to add to a list already unbearably long from the first addition… Nex, a gender-fluid transgender high school student, was brutally attacked in an Oklahoma bathroom and lost their life, only a month after Chaya Raichik of Libs Of TikTok was appointed as part of a plan to “make schools safer” in Oklahoma.
#TransphobicLawsAreBasedOnPseudoScience
#MeanessLeadsToCopycatLegislation
#ConservativesAreHatefulBullies
This updated map delineates the legislative risks concerning laws aimed at transgender adults in the United States. States like Florida have eliminated 80% of all trans adult care, adults can be thrown in jail for using the bathroom of their gender identity, and trans people with correct gender markers on their drivers licenses can be charged with fraud. Multiple states have passed laws ending all legal recognition for trans people. As such, starting this year, adult risk levels for trans people will be tracked on its own map.
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