Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Religious Right Team Schemes to Legally Erase Trans Identity
The New York Times reported on Sunday that the Trump administration is considering a proposal by one of the administrations highest-ranking Religious Right activists to virtually erase transgender people from legal recognition and protection by the federal government. The memo proposing the change is just the latest indication of just how completely the Religious Right has come to dominate policy-making in the administration of Donald Trump.
The push by the Department of Health and Human Services to impose a trans-denying definition of sex onto federal civil rights law would essentially eradicate federal recognition of an estimated 1.4 million transgender Americans, according to the Times story.
The effort is being led by Roger Severino, who has taken the anti-LGBT agenda of his former employer, the Heritage Foundation, into the Trump administration as director of the civil rights division at HHS. When he was named to that position, a dozen U.S. senators objected, citing Severinos long history of making bigoted statements toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and attacking womens access to health care services and reproductive rights.
One of Severinos former colleagues at the Heritage Foundation, Ryan Anderson, is at the forefront of the Religious Rights anti-trans crusade. Andersons latest book is When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment. Anderson argues that gender cannot be severed from biological sex, and that taking our sexual embodiment seriously in public policy is not discriminatory.
That language is strikingly similar to Andersons approach to sexual orientation, suggesting that if Religious Right activists in the Trump administration are successful in wiping out legal recognition based on gender identity, they may be willing to try the same with regard to sexual orientation.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trumps-religious-right-team-schemes-to-legally-erase-trans-identity/
The push by the Department of Health and Human Services to impose a trans-denying definition of sex onto federal civil rights law would essentially eradicate federal recognition of an estimated 1.4 million transgender Americans, according to the Times story.
The effort is being led by Roger Severino, who has taken the anti-LGBT agenda of his former employer, the Heritage Foundation, into the Trump administration as director of the civil rights division at HHS. When he was named to that position, a dozen U.S. senators objected, citing Severinos long history of making bigoted statements toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and attacking womens access to health care services and reproductive rights.
One of Severinos former colleagues at the Heritage Foundation, Ryan Anderson, is at the forefront of the Religious Rights anti-trans crusade. Andersons latest book is When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment. Anderson argues that gender cannot be severed from biological sex, and that taking our sexual embodiment seriously in public policy is not discriminatory.
That language is strikingly similar to Andersons approach to sexual orientation, suggesting that if Religious Right activists in the Trump administration are successful in wiping out legal recognition based on gender identity, they may be willing to try the same with regard to sexual orientation.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trumps-religious-right-team-schemes-to-legally-erase-trans-identity/
The evangelicals are completely out of control right now. This is some Hitler-esque shit.
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
6 replies, 506 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (9)
ReplyReply to this post
6 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Trump's Religious Right Team Schemes to Legally Erase Trans Identity (Original Post)
Initech
Oct 2018
OP
The proposed legislation would stipulate that one's gender would be determined
Totally Tunsie
Oct 2018
#6
calimary
(81,283 posts)1. Kicking for exposure. One thing we DEFINITELY can't afford
is having two destructive terms of trump in OUR White House. I dont even want for him to serve out this full four-year term! I want him out NOW!
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)2. As a Trans person
ME TOO!
Initech
(100,079 posts)5. +100000000000
ck4829
(35,077 posts)3. This is how it begins...
Response to Initech (Original post)
tymorial This message was self-deleted by its author.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)6. The proposed legislation would stipulate that one's gender would be determined
only by one's genitalia at birth.
Should that pass, tRump's gender would then have to be listed as White Button Mushroom.
https://assets.epicurious.com/photos/5aec98cd5e455d485852fb54/6:4/w_620,h_413,c_limit/button-mushroom-050418.jpg