I get the point you’re making, and it is true, but at the same time there’s a propensity for people to focus on how cis people are impacted by transphobic legislation in a way that tends to minimize the impact it has on the trans people its actually targeting. The reason these ballot measures are bad is because they’re discrimination and segregation of trans people. While cis girls will also be impacted by them, the anti-trans laws aren’t bad, they’re bad because trans kids are being barred from sports with their peers and from the necessary medical care they need.
(Also this comment isn’t to attack you in any way, its just worth thinking about how stuff like this is talked about imo)
I agree with both of you - the real focus should be the damage to trans people, but the impact on cis girls is a valuable talking point that can make some people realize that they are hurting their own to spite the other.
I get the point you’re making, and it is true, but at the same time there’s a propensity for people to focus on how cis people are impacted by transphobic legislation in a way that tends to minimize the impact it has on the trans people its actually targeting. The reason these ballot measures are bad is because they’re discrimination and segregation of trans people. While cis girls will also be impacted by them, the anti-trans laws aren’t bad, they’re bad because trans kids are being barred from sports with their peers and from the necessary medical care they need.
(Also this comment isn’t to attack you in any way, its just worth thinking about how stuff like this is talked about imo)
I agree with both of you - the real focus should be the damage to trans people, but the impact on cis girls is a valuable talking point that can make some people realize that they are hurting their own to spite the other.
An old quote: “never fight with an idiot, to hurt you they would also hurt themselves”
A completely fair point.