When Laws Punish The Innocent And The Most Vulnerable

When I wrote this yesterday and this morning I didn’t realize that it was going to hit so close to home so fast!

This afternoon the conservatives are attacking healthcare for our children here in Connecticut! They are protesting the doctor here in Connecticut who treats trans children.

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We are seeing a rash of laws being introduced of causing physical and mental harm to children, that do not care for a child’s safety but rather for political gain. It is being used as a wedge issue to rally their anti-LGBTQ+ base and in one case we are being stabled in the back by a gay legislator.

Cop with trans daughter pleas for lawmakers not to criminalize her “hero” doctor
The law would give 10 years in prison to doctors who help transgender youth. "You’re asking me to someday put handcuffs on these people that are heroes in my life? Please don’t ask me to do that."
LGBTQ Nation
By Juwan J. Holmes
February 12, 2021


A police officer in Alabama stood up before a committee of lawmakers considering a proposal to criminalize doctors who provide gender affirming health care for transgender young people, asking them not to pass the bill into law.

Sgt. David Fuller of the Gadsden Police Department testified before the state’s House Judiciary Committee during a hearing on H.B. 1, or the “Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act,” which would make it a felony punishable with 10 years in prison for a health care professional to provide gender-affirming care for a minor.

During a public hearing held on February 10, Fuller explained to the committee that intervening in the relationship between a patient, their parents, and their doctors would hurt more than it would help.

The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey found…

Participants who had a professional try to stop them from being transgender were:

• Far more likely to currently be experiencing serious psychological distress (47%) than those who did not have the experience (34%).
• More likely to have attempted suicide (58%) than those who did not have the experience (39%).

Having proper healthcare for trans children reduces the risk of harmful behavior,

Puberty blockers linked to lower suicide risk for transgender people
The finding suggests that a major — and politically controversial — aspect of trans health care for minors could help reduce the community’s disproportionate suicide risk.
NBC News
By Tim Fitzsimons
January 20, 2020


Transgender individuals who received puberty blockers during adolescence have a lower risk of suicidal thoughts as adults than those who wanted the medication but could not access them, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Pediatrics.

“These results align with past literature, suggesting that pubertal suppression for transgender adolescents who want this treatment is associated with favorable mental health outcomes,” the study states.

The finding suggests that a major — and politically controversial — aspect of transgender health care for minors could help reduce the trans community’s disproportionate risk of suicide.

“Puberty blockers” are a type of reversible medication injection or implant that pause puberty. These drugs are prescribed to children who experience early onset puberty and for transgender youth experiencing gender dysphoria. Natural puberty resumes when the injection wears off or the implant is removed.

But Republican legislators don’t care about increasing the risks to trans youth. They ignore scientific research but instead focus on the fake news and emotions. An article in Healio said,

Two professional endocrine societies are formally opposing legislative efforts to block transgender people from accessing gender-affirming medical and surgical care, after dozens of state bills threatened to criminalize such therapies.
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In December, the Endocrine Society and the Pediatric Endocrine Society released a joint policy perspective, published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, affirming the need for evidence-based policies that include physician input.

But still the Republican onslaught continues.

Puberty blocker or Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) have been around for a very long time and the Republicans are trying to say they this is a new untried drug. GnRH was discovered in 1971 and has been used to delay puberty in children with precocious puberty… once again it is just another Republican lie.

And in Utah a Republican gay man introduced...

GOP LGBT Activist says Utah transgender bill held for fear of 'blacklash'
KUTV
By Brian Mullahy
February 13, 2021


SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Another transgender measure at the state Capitol could be even more controversial than a proposed ban on transgender athletes in girls’ sports, and a GOP gay activist said on Friday that fear of “backlash” has prompted lawmakers to hold up the bill.

“They are afraid of getting this bill out of the Rules Committee,” said Ryan Woods, president of Utah Log Cabin Republicans, an LGBT group in the party, “because they know they’ll receive backlash.”

House Bill 92 would make it “unprofessional conduct” for doctors to perform sex reassignment surgery on minors or provide “puberty inhibitors” to them.

“We support this bill because it is not so much about transgender rights and LGBT issues, as it is about protecting children,” said Woods. “We would never allow a parent to give a child a tattoo. We have age limits on smoking, drinking, voting.”

There is no limit to the LGBTQ+ hate that the Republicans have shown and their focus on the most vulnerable members of the LGBTQ+ community, those who cannot defend themselves all for political gain. It has been shown that without proper medical care the risk of self-harm increases.

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While I was researching this post I found a Consumer Reports article support us!