Jonathan Van Ness & Dax Shepard Have Tense Conversation Over Trans Rights
Jonathan Van Ness was brought to tears during their appearance on Dax Shephard‘s Armchair Expert podcast.
The Queer Eye star was a guest on the program and was taken back when the conversation turned to a tense debate over trans rights. Keep reading to find out more… The debate over trans rights came after Jonathan and Dax were discussing if The New York Times was more left or right leaning, to which Jonathan argued that it was a lot more right than people think because of the paper’s content about gender-affirming care. Dax then argued that the paper is “challenging” ideas that teens should be allowed to take hormones and blockers. “Some people are very uncomfortable about teenagers transitioning,” he shared. “How do we know that the person’s not gonna change their mind?
Then there’s another counterargument. If they kill themselves, then that’s really f***ing permanent. … To even question it makes you an enemy.
I don’t think that’s the way forward.” Jonathan, surprised at Dax‘s stance, admitted that it was like “I’m talking to my dad.” “There’s just so many things that are so much more important and we’re over here being like, ‘Well, there’s legitimate concerns [about transgender athletes],’” Jonathan said. “All I’m saying is what we know about misinformation and disinformation is when you have an outsized reaction to something, there’s a good chance that you’re being exposed to misinformation and disinformation.
