New poll finds strong majority opposes gender-affirming care bans for trans minors
New poll finds strong majority opposes gender-affirming care bans for trans minors
At the same time, a slim majority calls transitioning "morally wrong."
Double negative confused me for a second and I was sad. Opposes the ban! Want gender affirming care available. Excellent.
Oh I missed that entirely. Sloppy writing, it should be arranged "opposes bans on gender affirming care".
Gotta get them clicks tho. Maybe we're at the beginning of a transition from, "shocking and attention-grabbing headlines," to, "attention-grabbing but also poorly written in a way that it'll agitate an even wider wash of readers"
Same! "Supports care" would have been an easier concept, though a little different from "opposes ban" I guess...
Lol same had to read it 2x 😂
I find it quite common (and confusing) for certain news types like policy, eg “party A reverses the disapproval to oppose the once-unacceptable ban”
Then morally don't do it yourself and leave everyone else to make their own decisions.
Why do so many people care about what other people do to their own bodies?
They oppose bans on care. But a slight majority thinks it's wrong to transition.
I think that's what you're looking for. They don't want to do it, but don't want to ban anyone who's doing it.
And we also should allow alcohol and drugs for minors. And weddings of course.
Medical and psychological consensus says we shouldn't allow children to marry or drink alcohol or do drugs. Where's the medical consensus that we shouldn't allow GRT?
Kind of a weak argument, we currently ignore the first part almost entirely from a legal perspective, I don't remember the last time a child or parent got in trouble for a kid sneaking booze under age. They get in trouble for the things they do while drunk, but not the drinking itself. The parents get talked to, but unless they bought them the alcohol there's no repercussions.
As for the the weddings, they are still legal with no effective minimum age in 4 US states (and there are multiple marriages a year as young as 12) and about half the states only restrict it to age 16+
False equivalent
That's so nice! I'm so happy for US folks! Here in the UK only 12% support Gender-affirming care for trans minors, most want it banned, most actually don't support it for adults either 😢
https://yougov.co.uk/society/articles/43194-where-does-british-public-stand-transgender-rights-1 (you need to see the full results to see that)
It’s really fucked up that so many people think it’s their place to be involved in other people’s personal medical decisions, especially when the medical guidelines are currently quite conservative, and based on medical consensus.
A lot of people are social authoritarians, but very few will admit it.
It's not called TERF Island for nothing!
Gosh, it's almost as though most people aren't hateful bigots. Hateful bigots should take note, but they won't. In fact, if they do it'll only be to point out how they're being persecuted. I dislike hateful bigots.
Ok, then don't get your kid gender affirming care. Why is it so fucking hard for people to mind their own business?
This is a good headline. Most people oppose the bans.
It looks like you misread the headline.
I don’t know that that’s a great solution though. I also worry that just because a majority oppose bans, that doesn’t mean they’d all be in favor of it for their child