Does the left honestly support trans people? RE: Trump's ban on minors
I feel like I'm going insane on this topic. It feels like the overwhelming majority of left-leaning people, from liberals to progressives to leftists, don't actually support trans people. Yeah, they'll call us by our pronouns. Yeah, they'll make a fuss about anti-discrimination protections. Yeah, they'll throw mild support behind us using the bathroom. But as soon as children enter the picture, liberals and leftists go into full "concerned" mode and draw a hard line. Lots of "just asking questions" and other bullshit...and I'm fucking tired of it.
As someone who would kill to have a time machine and be given a chance to transition as a teenager, this is a hill worth dying on for me. Seeing what the liberal government has done in the UK, and what the Trump administration is doing here, I can't help but feel betrayed by leftists. Y'all claim to have trans people's backs, while quietly supporting bans on minors transitioning. I'm tired of every left-leaning cis person basically being Ana Kasparian on trans issues if you prod them hard enough. I'm tired of liberals thinking they're the good ones by forcing us to wait until adulthood, by treating our healthcare in equivalent terms as alcohol, tattoos, and other adult vices.