Wednesday, November 20, 2024

2025: The anti-trans laws we fear are coming

Here's what laws and policies I expect the incoming administration to pursue, based on Project 2025 and Agenda 47: * The FDA will ban the use of hormones for treating gender dysphoria * National ban on medical treatment of gender dysphoria in minors (affects RAND parents of trans youth) 1/n

— Brynn Tannehill (@brynntannehill.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 10:32 AM

* Ban on federal funding for any treatment of gender dysphoria with anything besides conversion talk therapy * National bathroom ban at all federal facilities, and probably facilities of federal contractors 2/n

— Brynn Tannehill (@brynntannehill.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 10:32 AM

* Law that states the federal government will only recognize gender markers if they match sex at birth (no more passport or driver’s license to use for air travel, or flee to Canada) * Potential revocation of security clearances for transgender individuals 3/n

— Brynn Tannehill (@brynntannehill.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 10:32 AM

* Loss of security clearances means almost no trans people left in federal employment or with federal contractors * Potential penalties on insurance plans that cover health care for trans people 4/n

— Brynn Tannehill (@brynntannehill.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 10:32 AM

* Bathroom ban on trans people at all schools, regardless of public or private * Day 1 executive order banning trans people from the military (everyone kicked out within 60 days). 5/n

— Brynn Tannehill (@brynntannehill.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 10:32 AM

* Laws making it far easier to sue doctors who provide health care for trans people * Any doctor or medical facility who receives federal dollars (Medicare, Medicaid, CHIPs) cannot continue to receive payment if they provide transition related health care (Hyde amendment, effectively) 6/n

— Brynn Tannehill (@brynntannehill.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 10:32 AM

* Almost needless to say, the VA will no longer be providing HRT to trans people. They will provide talk therapy to convince you you're not trans or to learn to live with untreated GD, and anti-depressants. If this doesn't seem survivable: it isn't. 7/n

— Brynn Tannehill (@brynntannehill.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 10:32 AM

Here we go again, the same old absolute flaming nonsense that looks to define sex in terms of “subjunctive gametes”…

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— Ethel Weapon (@lousadzak.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 3:09 PM

The language used is super familiar. So familiar that I already ripped it apart in this article. It’s like defining something in terms of “the thing that it would have if it did”. Vacuous. kim-hipwell.medium.com/why-gamete-p...

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— Ethel Weapon (@lousadzak.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 3:13 PM

This seems new though. Under this law, man and woman are non-fungible tokens.

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— Ethel Weapon (@lousadzak.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 3:15 PM

I don’t suppose the fact that all this is incoherent baloney makes any difference. It’s just a piece of paper to point when something is needed to say it’s OK to be vile to trans people.

— Ethel Weapon (@lousadzak.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 3:17 PM

After Trump’s victory, trans people across the country are grappling with questions about their legal protections and access to gender-affirming care and reproductive health, as well as concerns over their physical safety — in short, what survival will look like. The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention organization, saw a 700% increase in people reaching out the day after the election compared to the weeks prior.

During his campaign, Trump vowed to sign an executive order barring federal agencies from “the promotion of sex or gender transition at any age,” and has promised to restrict federal funding for hospitals or health care providers that perform gender-affirming care for minors. Republicans spent at least $215 million this campaign cycle on ads portraying trans people as a scourge to society, and the official party platform lists keeping “men out of women’s sports” as a priority.

And over the last two weeks, Trump has been busy stocking his administration with authors of Project 2025 — after claiming he knew “nothing” about the 920-page conservative playbook or who was behind it. Project 2025 outlines dozens of policies that essentially erase federal protections for LGBTQ+ people, including allowing Medicare and Medicaid to deny coverage for gender-affirming care; redefining sex as “biological sex,” a phrase that has been used by the right to discriminate against trans people and particularly trans women; and reinstating the transgender military ban.

— Lil Kalish, Trans People Are Scrambling To Prepare For The ‘Waking Nightmare’ Of Trump’s Second Term: Across the country, the trans community is grappling with questions about what survival looks like after Trump’s victory. HuffPost, Nov 22, 2024

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