This is completely spot-on. The only thing I disagree with is the notion that "we didn't have enough time". Yes, much of the public still does not get it. They really are incredibly uninformed about the transgender condition and experience. They've been fed lies and it's understandable how people decide not to support us. But the truth has been out there for the Supreme Court. I hold these people to a much higher standard. Facts are available. Referencing the New York Times was unfortunate. They simply chose not to see us as we are. To not even classify us as an oppressed people/class. No, the six Supreme Court judges knew exactly what they were doing. They were playing politics instead of carefully measured jurisprudence. And now that decision will have a lot of weight and influence for future legislation in the United States. Heartbreaking.
I remember back in the day if you denied a child medical care you would get a visit by Child Protection and you would have to go to court, then jail, and depending on the severity either go to a parenting class or loss the custody of the child, permanently. Now the party who claims to be Pro-life are saying that it's okay for a child to be neglected and the fact that the Supreme Court agrees with that idea is terrifying.
It should come as no surprise that the Right FAILED to consult the experts. The New York Times was cited six times despite the fact that the New York Times is bias against the transgender people. The experts? The World Professional Association for Transgender Health. The WPATH consists of psychiatrists, psychologists, endocrinologists, OBGYNs, and doctors from around the world, hence the word World. The WPATH wrote the Standards of Care for transgender people including youth, non-binary, and eunachs. One of the members of the board is Dr. Marci Bowers, the first OBGYN to conduct gender affirming surgery and is transgender herself. Another board member is the psychiatrist Dr. Randi Ettner who has spent 45 years treating transgender people. She was the expert who was called on in the case of Hicklin v. Precynthe (clerical typo should have read Precythe) in which a U.S. District Court Magistrate ruled that it is unconstitutional for prisons to deny transgender inmates from receiving hormone therapy (which despite what Pumpkin Spice Palpatine thinks, cannot be overturned by an EO).
I didn't know that I am transgender until a transgender woman told me so. After I first started reading about what transgender is many things started clicking into place and things started making sense about myself. People who knew me before I started transitioning have said that I am a more positive and outgoing person than what I used to be.
Thanks for this post. I am just now checking my CIS bias. I admit I had some. I'd love to buy your book, unfortunately you made the audiobook only available on Amazon and I cannot read print anymore. I'm not willing to give Amazon or Jeff B any more money.
i love you so much. i'm so sorry this is happening. thank you for sharing these gorgeous words about this hideous backlash.
This is completely spot-on. The only thing I disagree with is the notion that "we didn't have enough time". Yes, much of the public still does not get it. They really are incredibly uninformed about the transgender condition and experience. They've been fed lies and it's understandable how people decide not to support us. But the truth has been out there for the Supreme Court. I hold these people to a much higher standard. Facts are available. Referencing the New York Times was unfortunate. They simply chose not to see us as we are. To not even classify us as an oppressed people/class. No, the six Supreme Court judges knew exactly what they were doing. They were playing politics instead of carefully measured jurisprudence. And now that decision will have a lot of weight and influence for future legislation in the United States. Heartbreaking.
I remember back in the day if you denied a child medical care you would get a visit by Child Protection and you would have to go to court, then jail, and depending on the severity either go to a parenting class or loss the custody of the child, permanently. Now the party who claims to be Pro-life are saying that it's okay for a child to be neglected and the fact that the Supreme Court agrees with that idea is terrifying.
It should come as no surprise that the Right FAILED to consult the experts. The New York Times was cited six times despite the fact that the New York Times is bias against the transgender people. The experts? The World Professional Association for Transgender Health. The WPATH consists of psychiatrists, psychologists, endocrinologists, OBGYNs, and doctors from around the world, hence the word World. The WPATH wrote the Standards of Care for transgender people including youth, non-binary, and eunachs. One of the members of the board is Dr. Marci Bowers, the first OBGYN to conduct gender affirming surgery and is transgender herself. Another board member is the psychiatrist Dr. Randi Ettner who has spent 45 years treating transgender people. She was the expert who was called on in the case of Hicklin v. Precynthe (clerical typo should have read Precythe) in which a U.S. District Court Magistrate ruled that it is unconstitutional for prisons to deny transgender inmates from receiving hormone therapy (which despite what Pumpkin Spice Palpatine thinks, cannot be overturned by an EO).
I didn't know that I am transgender until a transgender woman told me so. After I first started reading about what transgender is many things started clicking into place and things started making sense about myself. People who knew me before I started transitioning have said that I am a more positive and outgoing person than what I used to be.
Thanks for this post. I am just now checking my CIS bias. I admit I had some. I'd love to buy your book, unfortunately you made the audiobook only available on Amazon and I cannot read print anymore. I'm not willing to give Amazon or Jeff B any more money.