This is why Dems win. Fuck these assholes.
so circumcision is banned now, right?
Someone who knows this please tell me what I am misunderstanding, though this is not related particularly to this article.
What is “gender affirming care”? When i hear that I am thinking of some racist dad who is forcing their son to go to some camp to get the gay ‘affirmed/corrected’ out of him or something along those lines.
I feel like I keep misreading the different definitions of what is meant where and why.
Gender affirming care is for transgender people and it covers a lot of things, including but not limited to:
- Hormones
- Surgery (includes more than genital surgery, which kids don’t get)
- Therapy
- Choosing a new name and pronouns
- Wearing clothes that match your gender expression
- Getting a haircut that matches your gender expression
- General support for exploring your gender and gender expression
What you’re thinking of is called conversion therapy.
Specifically the opposite and as it relates to trans kids I believe.
Hormones, surgery, shit that sterilizes you.
Not all trans care sterilizes people, hormones don’t even necessarily sterilize people, and because this is in the context of trans care for kids I’m going to reiterate the obvious that children never get surgeries done. Minors might in the sense that rarely like 16-17+ person may be able to get some cosmetic stuff done but like we let cis kids do that anyway as long as it fits within their prescribed gender norm. Also we already make non-consensual surgery choices surrounding intersex people when they’re actual literal babies so where’s the “don’t surgery the kids” crowd on that topic?
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It also encompasses any support from medical professionals to do extremely simple shit like wear different clothes or change your hair. Also accessing gender-affirming support groups, therapy, changing your name and pronouns, or non-permanent hormone treatments.
This new law doesn’t ban all of those things, but it does go pretty far to limit what can be done and has a chilling effect on other forms of trans-related healthcare.
For instance, even if a kid wants to use a nickname that doesn’t match their sex assigned at birth, it has to be reported to their parents. Stuff like that is clearly just designed to make sure kids aren’t allowed to express that they’re trans if their parents don’t approve.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The law bars health professionals from performing gender-transition surgeries, prescribing puberty blockers and overseeing hormone treatments for patients under 18.
“Healthcare is a human right – and it breaks my heart to see lawmakers rip away life-affirming and often life-saving medical care from transgender youth in South Carolina.
No one should be forced to leave their home state to access the care that they need and deserve,” Uplift Outreach Center Executive Director Raymond Velazquez said in a statement after lawmakers passed the ban.
As the bill advanced in the General Assembly, doctors and parents testified before House and Senate committees that people younger than 18 do not receive gender-transition surgeries in South Carolina and that hormone treatments begin only after extensive consultation with health professionals.
Research has shown that transgender youth and adults are prone to stress, depression and suicidal behavior when forced to live as the sex they were assigned at birth.
“To all of the young people in South Carolina and their parents who are reading this news and feeling fear for the future, please know: No law can change the fact that you are worthy of dignity, equality, joy, and respect,” said Cristina Picozzi, executive director of the Harriet Hancock Center, an LBTQ advocacy nonprofit.
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