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"Red states have been limiting transgender care through unfair legislation,
seeking to limit or eliminate affirming outlets for trans youth. That’s bad
enough. But recently, states like Alabama and Georgia have added additional
language that targets those with disabilities, too. Gabriel Arkles writes that
“ableist justifications for anti-trans legislation are everywhere” in an essay
for
Truthout; Eric M. Garcia, in a piece for
MSNBC, writes that
disabilities are now considered “comorbid” with gender dysphoria by Georgia
law, “weaponizing autism against diagnosis.” In my own writing, I’ve
interviewed transgender autistic people like Eryn Star who spoke openly about
having her “queerness” denied because of her disability.
Speaking about autism specifically, Garcia suggests that people may soon feel
they have to choose between identities–masking their autism or hiding their
transgender identity for fear of being denied care. I caught up with Eric
Garcia this past week to talk about the new threats. What follows is a record
of our conversation, which (being that we are both autistic and no fan of phone
calls) took place over email. Below, we talk about this latest conservative
stop-at-nothing tactic for abusing transgender and disabled people."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
