GOP Seeks to Cut Funding to U.S. Hospitals Supporting Gender Transition

Reporting by Jael Holzman asks if Democrats will allow it

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Trans journalist Jael Holzman wrote for Rolling Stone today about threats to trans people’s access to gender-affirming care. Asawin Suebsaeng contributed reporting too.

It’s about a 15-minute read (and please do read it). Meanwhile, here’s how I’ve processed it.

Rolling Stone

I see three topics discussed here:

1. Republicans are going after gender-affirming care for people of all ages by threatening hospital funding.
2. Democrats have no clear position nor messaging strategy on trans rights.
3. Election postmortem: Republicans hope Democrats will infight.

1. Republicans are going after gender-affirming care for people of all ages by threatening hospital funding

Republicans plan to “short-circuit essentially all trans health care in America” by penalizing any hospital or clinic that provides gender-affirming care by yanking all its federal…