Responding to a leaked Trump administration memo describing plans to erase transgender definition from federal law, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has promised a fight.
The New York Times first published the memo, which says:
“Sex means a person’s status as male or female based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth.
The sex listed on a person’s birth certificate, as originally issued, shall constitute definitive proof of a person’s sex unless rebutted by reliable genetic evidence.”
LGBTQ groups and allies have expressed outrage over the memo, which could dramatically reduce federal protections for trans people.
“This is an attack on the very lives and existence of transgender people,” James Esseks, director of the ACLU LGBT & HIV Project, said in a statement.
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“It is painful, it is hateful, and it will not go unchallenged,” he added. “Transgender people have the right to not only exist, but to fully participate in public life. Transgender people are real and transgender lives have meaning.
“If the Trump administration moves forward with these hateful and hurtful policies, they will once again be met with opposition in courts and in communities. More and more courts are seeing that policies targeting transgender people have no place in our country. The ACLU will fight back against any efforts to use transgender people as political pawns and continue to seek full equality for transgender and nonbinary people.”
Transgender activists rallied in New York City Sunday night, and a Monday demonstration organized by the National Center for Transgender Equality will take place in Washington, D.C.
reesielover
Who gives a damn what the government says? It doesn’t change my love for every transgender woman I’ve been lucky enough to date.
batesmotel
This is a tough one, because while of course I think transgender people should be able to put down the gender they feel they are, on the flip side feeling what you are and what your DNA reveals to be are two different things. When you are born a Doctor or any reasonable person can see your anatomy and know what you’ve come out as, whether you like it or not. You can say you’re another gender later in life, because that’s your choice, but trying to get 7 billion people to agree is a tough call. I’ve asked numerous people what they feel about this and they’ve all been on the fence. These are anti-trump liberals too, so it seems those against it are just in the smaller minority making a lot of noise which makes it seem like there’s a lot more people. Put it up for a vote. Let the people decide.
StupidBoy
If you have ever known a family member who struggled with their identity, even a DOCTOR who told the parents of their newborn child that he didn’t know if it was a boy or a girl, and saw the adverse effects of the parents arbitrarily choosing male over female, you would never question this. This is abhorrent and wrong and it will be reversed. Humanity will win out over a “scorched earth” policy.