Trans liberation doesn't want gender affirming care. Trans liberation wants radical bodily autonomy. They want free hormones and surgery on demand without any gatekeeping. And part of what happens is when, you know, gay activists abandon trans people and leave them completely alone. Some TERFs will work to shut down the very limited movement toward insurance coverage.
Featuring Jules Gill-Peterson on Histories of the Transgender Child. Amid this right-wing reaction, a discussion of the history of trans medicine and trans children—and also trans politics more generally.
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