An administration proposal could make it harder for trans people to access gender-affirming care
All of which makes the proposed Biden rule—which has a six-month grace period after it kicks in come May—seem all the more short-sighted. The public can still weigh-in on the measure, and there is plenty of room for caveats to be added; theallows rules to change from their first iterations.
“HHS in particular and the administration is very supportive of the trans community and has been vocal about that and is trying to do what they can,” Kirkley says, referring to the Department of Health and Human Services. But it’s worth a pause here, because if even the pro-LGBTQ Biden team can get the details wrong, things are sure to get dicey even more easily in state legislatures with stated agendas to make life more difficult for their non-straight constituents. Especially so when many in those states are absorbing rhetoric about eliminating “transgenderism” and denying thebehind gender-affirming care for trans individuals—and then voting for candidates who share their views.
So if your LGBTQ friends are acting a little skittish these days, there are far too many good reasons why.
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