I've seen a depressing trend of Democratic politicians embracing anti trans talking points and compromising gender affirming care for young people. This is extremely concerning as states and the federal government are undermining access to care now more than ever. Democrats standing by trans people has far more dire consequences now than ever, yet we're being treated as politically disposable by people who used to campaign on lgbtq issues like Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg.
I can't say I'm surprised. Liberal papers like the New York Times has been uncritically promoting unscientific transphobia for years that claims alternatives exist to gender affirming care. My guess is that people see a person transitioning as an unfortunate thing, desperately wishing there was another way. They ignore the fact that gender affirming care is both the best treatment for dysphoria, and one of the most successful treatments for any mental condition ever discovered.
To put it simply, making gender affirming care harder to obtain for kids will kill many of them. Kids being kept from care by their parents already drives people to suicide, and a slimy politician preventing supportive parents from helping their kids will do the same. Every time I see people claim these guys are our best shot at beating fascism, I die inside. I have no doubt that they'll eventually axe care for all adults like everyone who was originally "worried about fairness in sports" is currently pushing for. The only way they won't is if we make it a costly issue for them.
Who says that?
Me. And I guess other people too.
The top 1% are using cultural positions to divide the working class into conservatives and progressives.
Trans people are fractions of a percent of the population. While anti-trans people are a way bigger %. A party that supports trans people will lose voters for it.
It is a global phenomenon that fascism is gaining power. Countries everywhere are turning to the far-right parties. Leftwing parties can't afford to lose voters. Because if you don't have enough votes, you can't implement the policies you lost those votes for.
I'm not saying they should go opposite, and go anti-trans. Just that they shouldn't fight for trans people more than any other group. For example fighting so they don't get assassinated by the government is ok, but subsidizing trans-related spending (such as hormones or whatever) is not.
Instead, they should focus in regaining voters by listening to the worker class, which is the biggest voter base there is.
Raise minimum wages. Decrease working hours. Give more funding to healthcare and education. Tax the top 1% out of existence.
Kill yourselves for the movement, not a great position to hold.
I don't understand where in my comment I'm saying anyone should kill themselves.