Anti-trans organizations have said that their position against gender affirming care center on "protecting kids." Now, a Florida judge has allowed them to proceed with their next target: trans adults.


Several weeks ago, a federal judge in Florida halted a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, declaring it likely unconstitutional. Yet, transgender adults were also heavily impacted by the law: 80% of gender-affirming care providers for trans adults in the state were forced to stop. Consequently, many found themselves forced to flee the state, temporarily or permanently, in order to access care. Those forced to stay clung to the hope that the provisions targeting them might also be overruled. However, those hopes suffered a setback when the 11th Circuit Court determined that discriminating against transgender individuals in healthcare would be allowed, at least in the short term. Relying on this verdict, the Florida Judge Monday declined to block the sections affecting trans adult care. Now, the precedent has been set for adult care bans, a stark contradiction to some anti-trans activists' assurances that their sole aim was to "protect children."

Earlier this year, Florida passed SB254. The bill did not only prohibit gender-affirming care for transgender youth, but also casted stringent requirements for care on trans adults. Specifically, the laws bars nurse practitioners from administering care and mandates that providers distribute inaccurate medical forms, laden with misleading narratives, suggesting treatments are experimental. This was a substantial change, as the vast amount of trans adult care is provided by nurse practitioners. A representative from a clinic in the state, SPEKTRUM Health, estimated that 80% of such care would be affected. Further, the new informed consent form dictates a pre-requisite of "social support" before a trans individual embarks on care, despite many trans adults losing social support from their families after they transition. Though the initial discussion centered on the effect of the bill on trans youth, trans adults across the state suddenly saw their prescriptions dropped by their providers as a result.


read more: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/no-longer-about-kids-florida-judge

  • ThereRisesARedStar [she/her, they/them]
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    9 months ago

    Okay, but have you considered, in response to your claim that fascist governments are freer:

    olimar-point pikmin-carry-l pit pikmin-carry-r barbara-pit

    Alternatively, a source that should meet with your standards: link

    • @GreatGrapeApe@reddthat.com
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      9 months ago

      The DPRK is the least free society on earth right now if you consider that to be socialist and Hungary, which has fascists in the highest office, is freer than DPRK

      Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge was quite possibly the least free society in history if you consider them socialist.

      Keep crying your tears child because you clearly cannot argue from a position of knowledge. Tankies that take socialism as a religion are the WORST.

      • FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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        9 months ago

        you clearly cannot argue from a position of knowledge.

        debate nerds and their consequences nerd

        • @GreatGrapeApe@reddthat.com
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          The other person doesn't know what "democracy" means or understand how voting systems work so what civil way would you describe their uneducated views?

      • ThereRisesARedStar [she/her, they/them]
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        The DPRK is the least free society on earth right now if you consider that to be socialist

        Let me guess, you get your propaganda about them from the country that killed 20 percent of Koreans so that it could keep its fascist puppet dictatorship going, or from its allies.

        Hungary, which has fascists in the highest office, is freer than DPRK

        It is funny how ignorant you are on what fascism is while claiming I'm ignorant. Have you actually researched how fascism is distinct from liberal democracy? Because liberal democracies with fascists in office can exist without becoming fascist. Fascism is primarily a switch in the primary way of increasing profits changing from abstract surplus labor extraction to concrete surplus labor extraction. If you dont understand what that means, literally learn basic economics.

        Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge was quite possibly the least free society in history if you consider them socialist.

        Let me guess, you consider the nazis to be socialist too huh? Honeslt this reeks of not knowing your history and falling for the "nationalist socialist" label. If you have a 101 knowledge of their history it is obvious that they weren't socialist.

        Keep crying your tears child because you clearly cannot argue from a position of knowledge.

        rage-cry

        Tankies that take socialism as a religion are the WORST.

        People who take anticommunism as a religion to the point where they endorse fascism as an alternative are the worse. Consider: barbara-pit