What can be done to balance the political narrative on detransition?
I am going to just come out and say it- Trump is making incredibly controversial legal moves that effect the very supply chain of our economy. This is going to impact EVERYONE. I feel frankly almost a sense of personal guilt that both trans and detrans issues have gone so out of control that it's now being used to manufacture consent for such wide ranging unrelated policies!
My heart sank (not really, I follow policies, meaning I'm cynical AF but let's pretend it did) when I saw that 100 detransitioners signed to support confirming RFK. RFK has some okay ideas about lowering generic drug costs but a lot of extremely dangerous ideas, especially around autism and psych med access. His comments this summer on "reparenting" organic farm work camps are extremely disturbing. I have always thought that the "trans genocide" claims were absurd but, these weird old dudes in power are legit seriously discussing. With the potential power to do so, putting people in work camps against their will. This isn't like an edgy joke from your friend who works a normal job.
I am also seeing articles that seem to think that completely uncritically pro MAGA detransitioners are the only kind or the only kind who fiercely regret. I fiercely regret my transition and feel that I am a medical malpractice victim. HOWEVER, I am also concerned for other people and no one lives single issues lives. Wars, tariff policies, threats of being kidnapped to a hippy work camp also impact my directly possibly more than any trans polices.
And before any leopard spotting fans come here, NO I did NOT vote for the "leopards eating people faces party", yes I voted, yes I voted for Kamala. I always knew the leopards can't eat my face, do not come for me!
So with that in mind, what can we do to balance the narrative and get frankly more (politically) diverse representation? As much as I sympathize with them all as human beings, Chloe and Maia are being openly unhinged in public, Laura Becker uncritically worships Jordan Peterson and people with more moderate views are just being utterly drowned out by this madness. To be frank, this wave of spokes people need to learn some damn humility. The weird dark money seems to have utterly gone to their heads and they clearly do not seem to care about how these new orders impact people who aren't accepting egregious amounts of money from parent and religious groups. Many of these spokespeople also went from the trans community, nearly directly into MAGA stardom. I have to question if they have ANY idea how the average middle class person lives in the USA. We need more grounded voices, especially since all these new orders are going to inevitably impact detransitioned but DSD having or very visibly gender non conforming people.