'I'm the scary transgender person the media warned you about': Mom of transgender child speaks out
‘I'm the scary transgender person the media warned you about': Mom of transgender child speaks out after Trump administration report
The Trump administration is reportedly considering defining gender as a biological condition that is determined by a person’s genitalia at birth. If this goes into effect, it would effectively write members of the transgender community out of existence and roll back existing protections.
The report comes courtesy of the New York Times, which obtained a memo that states that the Department of Health and Human Services needs to adopt a uniform definition of gender based on “a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective, and administrable.” Sex would be either male or female and would be unchangeable, a draft of the memo said. And, if individuals disputed their sex, it would have to be clarified by genetic testing.
Members of the transgender community and advocates are speaking out against the reported memo, including Jamie Bruesehoff, the mother of Rebekah, an 11-year-old transgender girl.
“Vote as if this kid’s life depends on it, because it does,” she captioned a photo on Instagram of Rebekah. “In fact, a whole lot of lives depend on it.”
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/im-scary-transgender-person-media-warned-mom-transgender-child-speaks-trump-administration-report-185745612.html
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