Last Sunday, 60 Minutes aired a 15-minute segment on the recent proliferation of state legislation undermining access to trans-affirming health care for youth.
Unfortunately, rather than discussing the intense mental and physical repercussions for trans youth as the anti-trans evangelical right coalition succeeds in its disinformation campaign, 60 Minutes and host Lesley Stahl fell for the same disinformation, platforming members of that coalition without proper identification or scrutiny.
As the evangelical right groups Heritage Foundation, Alliance Defending Freedom, and Family Policy Alliance push their Promise to America’s Children, they are supported by and in turn amplify anti-trans medical associations, anti-trans feminists,.