On Trans Day of Visibility, We Must Fight Anti-Trans Disinformation | Opinion
more than 385 anti-trans bills introduced across the country so far this year. Further, this disinformation is motivating harassment and violence against trans people, particularly Black trans people, as right-wing groups demonize and criminalize the trans community and anyone who supports them.The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), for example, has long claimed that the "homosexual agenda" will destroy Christianity and society.
The group has already defended lawsforcing the sterilization of transgender people abroad. By spreading bogus narratives against trans people, groups like the ADF have captured the attention of lawmakers and the public, urging collective hatred and evisceration of trans people.Disinformation has devastating consequences for trans children.
Some lawmakers are pushing myths like "rapid onset gender dysphoria," which holds that more kids are coming out as the result of a "social contagion," to justify passage of laws that ban trans medical care.
We saw another disgraceful example of this last week, when Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill to deny trans youth safe, effective medical treatment and to criminalize doctors who offer them medical care.
