Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts recently endorsed taking care away from transgender adults, saying in an episode of the PBD podcast that the organization is currently “running the numbers” on the supposed correlation between gender-affirming surgeries and violence. His proposed solution? “You outlaw it.”
“But where there continues to be disagreement is on what you do with adults. At Heritage, we believe that so-called transgender surgery is bad for anybody because of what you saw in Rhode Island yesterday,” Roberts said, referencing the Monday mass shooting that left three people dead, including the shooter, and three others critically injured, all of whom were related to the shooter. Police have described the attack as targeted and domestic in nature.
“There does seem to be a mounting body of evidence that suggests a correlation between that surgery at any age, mental health issues, and increasingly, although we’re running the numbers on this at Heritage, acts of violence,” Roberts added, falsely.
Not surprised, this is the main reason why I never said “Well I guess you should be 18 to transition”, I knew gender affirming care bans were never going to be just for minors.
Trump himself gave up the game when he made 19 the minimum age for federal plans.
it’s age 25 in oklahoma, in case you were wondering where the “your brain isn’t mature until 25” lie was going this whole time
Jesus Christ
That’s why I always push back on this stuff when people say it
I’m reminded of the TERFs who say “Oh so you’re keeping the dick? Interesting…” while simultaneously making it nearly impossible to get Genital Reconstruction Surgery
They want us to transition as little as possible. Not because they think it will stop us from being trans but because it makes us easier to identify.