The Trump administration is trying to legislate trans people out of existence | Judith Levine

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Source: theguardian.com
The Trump administration is trying to legislate trans people out of existence | Judith Levine

Robert F Kennedy Jr is pushing a plan to block medical treatments, the latest move against bodily autonomy

On Thursday, when Robert F Kennedy Jr announced an effort to block medical treatments for transgender youth, he used the term “sex-rejecting procedures” in place of “gender-affirming care”.

And where transgender advocates and healthcare providers view puberty blockers, hormones and (in rare cases) surgical interventions as suicide prevention measures, the health secretary claimed that these “procedures” will do the opposite: “rob children of their futures.”

Judith Levine is a Brooklyn-based journalist, essayist and author of five books. Her Substack is Today in Fascism

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