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Sunday, March 5th, 2023

Gender-Affirming Care Ban in KY Could Have “Deadly Consequences,” Experts Warn

Author:     Chris Walker
Source:     truthout
Publication Date:     March 3, 2023
 Link: Gender-Affirming Care Ban in KY Could Have “Deadly Consequences,” Experts Warn
Stephan:  

This is another example of how mentally deranged the Republican Party has become over sexual issues. I think we are going to see significant numbers of LGBTQ people as well as people of color moving out of Red states. This derangement on the part of Republicans I think should be seen as a component of the Great Schism Trend. The fears resentments and hatreds of white Republicans are changing American culture. And the sheer nastiness of what the Republican-controlled states are doing is going to shape their character for a generation or longer.

A person holds a Pride flag as others hold candles during a vigil on evening of Transgender Day of Remembrance, on November 11, 2022, in Wiles-Barre, Pennsylvania. Credit: Aimee Dilger / Sopa Images / Lightrock / Getty

Health experts in Kentucky have sounded the alarm about a proposed bill that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender children in the state.

House Bill 470 is possibly the “the worst” piece of legislation in the country for LGBTQ people and could have “deadly consequences” if passed into law, LGBTQ advocates and medical experts say.

The bill would vaguely ban “gender-affirming services” for individuals under the age of 18 by broadly criminalizing almost any assistance to transgender or nonbinary youth, an action that is “tantamount to legislative malpractice,” T. Kerby Neill, a retired child psychologist, wrote in an op-ed for The Louisville Courier Journal.

As reporting from The Lexington Herald-Leader has noted, the bill “directly contradicts medical guidance” on treating transgender youth.

Gender-affirming care is not just limited to medication, which, contrary to Republicans’ claims, is safe and in most cases reversible. Treatment can also include […]

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