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Spectre@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 7 months ago

Transgender people should have access to gender affirming care

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Transgender people should have access to gender affirming care

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Spectre@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 7 months ago
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In the face of increasing right-wing attacks on transgender communities, Kamala Harris’ response exemplifies the fact that the Democrats will not fight back to protect or expand trans rights. Our V...
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    7 months ago

    I’m not positive of the context for the first clip, but I assume it’s something related to this: https://www.them.us/story/chase-strangio-aclu-gender-affirming-healthcare-prison-jail-detention-trump-debate

    Tldr, the law that Kamala was referring to was the Constitutional right of incarcerated people to receive medical care, which includes gender-affirming care for trans prisoners.

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      She also locked up a trans woman in a men’s prison

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        Is this the context for that? https://www.advocate.com/election/2019/9/20/kamala-harris-denying-gender-affirmation-surgery-trans-inmates

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          https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/norsworthy-v-beard/

          https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/26/transgender-woman-inmate-prison-michelle-norsworthy

          Was she working behind the scenes for change the same way she working tireless for a ceasefire, by doing nothing?

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