Trans Rights and Gender Authoritarianism (w/ Gillian Branstetter)
ReImagining Liberty
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The Threat of Gender Affirming Care for Transgender Youth
The bills that were just signed by Rhonda Santas in Florida are pretty instructive here. He signed a bill outlawing trans people from using the restroom most consistent with their gender identity, threatening them with criminal penalty if they're calling using the wrong restroom. This monitors what we saw in Texas last year where not through statute but seemingly through edict, Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas and Ken Paxton issued an edict. They issued a directive to the state's child welfare agency telling them to begin investigating any child who is thought to or known to have access gender affirming care. So Rod Stantessoul that and said sign me up and signed a bill just earlier this week
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