If you compare how European countries handled abortion and how the US handled it one important contrast is that while the US decided in Roe vs. Wade for an extreme position, European countries mostly tried to find a middle way where abortion is allowed provided certain regulations are followed. That process took a lot of charge out of political fights over abortion given that everyone was okay with the consensus that was written down in the law.
If you push for public policy regarding how to handle trans-people that are disliked by a majority of the population that strengthens people who would want to push extreme policies against trans-people. Opposing scientific investigation gives a lot of fuel to conservatives who want to fight against trans-people.
The problem is that supporting scientific investigation is likely to do the same. Any sort of genetic marker of transness will be immediately turned against our community and used to fracture us. They want to fight against us no matter what the science says. There is no way for us to win by rational argument, or by anything else, really. You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themself into.
If you compare how European countries handled abortion and how the US handled it one important contrast is that while the US decided in Roe vs. Wade for an extreme position, European countries mostly tried to find a middle way where abortion is allowed provided certain regulations are followed. That process took a lot of charge out of political fights over abortion given that everyone was okay with the consensus that was written down in the law.
If you push for public policy regarding how to handle trans-people that are disliked by a majority of the population that strengthens people who would want to push extreme policies against trans-people. Opposing scientific investigation gives a lot of fuel to conservatives who want to fight against trans-people.
The problem is that supporting scientific investigation is likely to do the same. Any sort of genetic marker of transness will be immediately turned against our community and used to fracture us. They want to fight against us no matter what the science says. There is no way for us to win by rational argument, or by anything else, really. You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themself into.