Gender Affirming Care for minors is by far the most controversial element of the trans rights movement, it’s going to get downvotes even on relatively safe places like lemmy.
Things can be both part of a social movement and thoughoughly backed by scientific consensus: see climate change. No offesne was intended in my response.
I figured you didn’t intend offense, and I’m not offended personally - just mulling over your comment and realizing several things struck me as a little wrong upon reflection.
I still think you’re probably right overall that the current anti-trans moral panic (and the anti-trans activism that led to it) has resulted in the average American thinking of gender-affirming care for minors as “controversial”, and that this average American also probably thinks that gender-affirming care for minors is a part of a trans rights movement.
Gender Affirming Care for minors is by far the most controversial element of the trans rights movement, it’s going to get downvotes even on relatively safe places like lemmy.
I think gender affirming care for minors has more support than trans participation in sports, for example.
Things can be both part of a social movement and thoughoughly backed by scientific consensus: see climate change. No offesne was intended in my response.
I figured you didn’t intend offense, and I’m not offended personally - just mulling over your comment and realizing several things struck me as a little wrong upon reflection.
I still think you’re probably right overall that the current anti-trans moral panic (and the anti-trans activism that led to it) has resulted in the average American thinking of gender-affirming care for minors as “controversial”, and that this average American also probably thinks that gender-affirming care for minors is a part of a trans rights movement.