I've seen a depressing trend of Democratic politicians embracing anti trans talking points and compromising gender affirming care for young people. This is extremely concerning as states and the federal government are undermining access to care now more than ever. Democrats standing by trans people has far more dire consequences now than ever, yet we're being treated as politically disposable by people who used to campaign on lgbtq issues like Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg.
I can't say I'm surprised. Liberal papers like the New York Times has been uncritically promoting unscientific transphobia for years that claims alternatives exist to gender affirming care. My guess is that people see a person transitioning as an unfortunate thing, desperately wishing there was another way. They ignore the fact that gender affirming care is both the best treatment for dysphoria, and one of the most successful treatments for any mental condition ever discovered.
To put it simply, making gender affirming care harder to obtain for kids will kill many of them. Kids being kept from care by their parents already drives people to suicide, and a slimy politician preventing supportive parents from helping their kids will do the same. Every time I see people claim these guys are our best shot at beating fascism, I die inside. I have no doubt that they'll eventually axe care for all adults like everyone who was originally "worried about fairness in sports" is currently pushing for. The only way they won't is if we make it a costly issue for them.
right, this is the major sticking point. you seem to think it's a "special right for trans people" but it's not:
there was never a law that gave trans people the right to HRT. we just asked our doctors, who researched, and agreed, and prescribed it to us. we used the same rights as everyone else.
it's not a "special right" for trans people to own guns. we have a 2A right to own guns, same as anyone else (since you're not American, you may not understand the controversy: see this - the government was trying to ban trans people from owning guns by classifying us as "mentally defective.") there's no "special right" for trans women to use the women's bathroom. there weren't any laws restricting who could use what bathroom at all until this moral panic started.
do Jews have a "special right" to practice Judaism? no! all people have the right to practice their religion. banning Judaism wouldn't be revoking a "special right," it would be taking a universal right away from a targeted group.
all of these bans work by removing rights from us that everyone else has. we've never been given special rights in the first place.
most trans people cannot survive without HRT. that's why the suicide rate was so high. banning it will kill many of us - those who can't get asylum abroad.
our deaths may be an acceptable loss to you. but I won't vote for a party that lets my people die for political points. I assume Palestinian Americans felt similarly in 2024 - if there will be genocide either way, who cares? why should I care about the country if either choice leaves me and my sisters dead or disfigured?