▲ 352 ▼ New poll finds strong majority opposes gender-affirming care bans for trans minors (www.lgbtqnation.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 122 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] match@pawb.social 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) Minors are gettin surgery if they're intersex at birth, in the US especially they get surgically assigned a binary sex even though it is no longer recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and actively opposed by the UN. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] die444die@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) And that’s a completely different issue that’s totally separate from the anti trans laws being pushed by the right wing today. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You didn't get their point. The only children who are getting gender reassignment surgery are the ones who right wing doctors are trying to assign a gender to, despite medical consensus that it's unnecessary, he's calling the right wing misinformed and hypocritical permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] die444die@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree with what you are saying here, I’m just not sure that was the previous posters point. It may have been, but it reads to me like they are just saying “nuh uh” to the person above them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] match@pawb.social 1 point 2 years ago volodya_ilich is correct! but also I think it would be useful to use this energy on both sides to prevent gender assignment surgeries on infants (even if the right does not realize the context?) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] die444die@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) And that’s a completely different issue that’s totally separate from the anti trans laws being pushed by the right wing today. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You didn't get their point. The only children who are getting gender reassignment surgery are the ones who right wing doctors are trying to assign a gender to, despite medical consensus that it's unnecessary, he's calling the right wing misinformed and hypocritical permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] die444die@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree with what you are saying here, I’m just not sure that was the previous posters point. It may have been, but it reads to me like they are just saying “nuh uh” to the person above them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] match@pawb.social 1 point 2 years ago volodya_ilich is correct! but also I think it would be useful to use this energy on both sides to prevent gender assignment surgeries on infants (even if the right does not realize the context?) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You didn't get their point. The only children who are getting gender reassignment surgery are the ones who right wing doctors are trying to assign a gender to, despite medical consensus that it's unnecessary, he's calling the right wing misinformed and hypocritical permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] die444die@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree with what you are saying here, I’m just not sure that was the previous posters point. It may have been, but it reads to me like they are just saying “nuh uh” to the person above them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] match@pawb.social 1 point 2 years ago volodya_ilich is correct! but also I think it would be useful to use this energy on both sides to prevent gender assignment surgeries on infants (even if the right does not realize the context?) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] die444die@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree with what you are saying here, I’m just not sure that was the previous posters point. It may have been, but it reads to me like they are just saying “nuh uh” to the person above them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] match@pawb.social 1 point 2 years ago volodya_ilich is correct! but also I think it would be useful to use this energy on both sides to prevent gender assignment surgeries on infants (even if the right does not realize the context?) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] match@pawb.social 1 point 2 years ago volodya_ilich is correct! but also I think it would be useful to use this energy on both sides to prevent gender assignment surgeries on infants (even if the right does not realize the context?) permalink fedilink source parent