Masha Gessen on the Battle Over Trans Rights
The New Yorker Radio Hour
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Is Gender Ideology a Threat to Trans People?
"Gender ideology is the specter of a totalitarian regime that will enforce gender fluidity," she says. "It is heavily weaponized by autocrats, and it's been used against Judith Butler in Brazil." She was on the run from Russia two years later because they were actually coming after her kids. Transgender care for adults is likely to become illegal in some states as soon as next year.
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