How health misinformation is fuelling the debate about trans kids’ access to healthcare
“The ADF understand they’ve got to create their own experts because what they believe is not in line with commonly accepted science.” THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON UNCLOSETED MEDIA A NEW INVESTIGATIVE LGBTQIA+ FOCUSSED NEWS PUBLICATION. WORDS BY SPENCER MACNAUGHTON AND HOPE PISONI James Cantor grew up as a drama kid on Long Island, N.Y., where he served as the president of a student-run theatre company in college. “I do enjoy the stage, I enjoy the music,” he says. “If I could sing, I’d be on Broadway.” Cantor never made it to Broadway, but on the morning of May 5, 2022, he found himself outside an Alabama courtroom preparing to play the very real role of an expert medical witness in Boe v.
Marshall, a district court case challenging Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Protection Act, a law which bans gender affirming healthcare for transgender youth.
How the court ultimately resolves the case will have intense consequences for the children involved. But in an interview with Uncloseted Media, Cantor spoke about feeling like a character playing a role.
He says he has “just the right amount of age, grey hair, a bit of an accent,” to make him look like Central Casting’s idea of a medical expert.
