Aryn Kavanaugh was sitting in her living room in South Carolina when her 17-year-old daughter came into the room and said: “I’m really scared. I think people are gonna die.” Katherine, who is using her middle name for her protection, told Kavanaugh that she thought transgender youth may be the target of violence due to the hate generated by Donald Trump’s recent action.
On 28 January, Trump issued an executive order to ban access to gender-affirming care for youth under 19 years old. It directed federal agencies to deny funding to institutions that offer gender-affirming medical care including hormones and puberty blockers.
“She just felt like the world was crumbling around her. So we talked it out and tried to stay super positive,” said Kavanaugh, a parent of two trans children. “I think she really feels like we’re on the edge of chaos.”
The disgusting people in this country should be ashamed of targeting the most vulnerable people.
They’ve been convinced that transgender people are all pedophiles just trying to sneak a peek in women’s restrooms.
Spoiler alert: people who do that sort of thing aren’t gonna be stopped by laws.
Somehow, I think the Americans that want to reverse the gains (and whitewash the past) made over the last several decades by minorities and women are not likely to care about any other vulnerable people.