Republican politicians happily scare voters by inventing phony horror stories about trans kids, which in turn creates very real problems for the kids themselves.
While trans rights are of course very real and important, Oliver did a nice job of explaining that the current issue-fication of trans rights is in many ways a cynical political ploy by conservatives to rile up their base, not unlike the furor whipped up over so-called critical race theory.
For instance, conservative pundit and noted chud Christopher Rufo, who was one of the loudest voices encouraging the critical race theory panic, has now latched onto trans rights. He’s almost refreshingly straightforward about his desire to manipulate people into doing and saying what he wants; Oliver showed one tweet of Rufo’s that read, “Conservatives should start using the phrase ‘trans stripper’ instead of ‘drag queen.
More than half of all people who desire hormone therapy but don’t receive it report suicidal thoughts. Medical associations made up of pediatric doctors not only endorse gender-affirming care, they say denying it is harmful.
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