About 0.5 percent of U.S. adults determine as transgender, in keeping with a 2022 UCLA examine. Amongst 13- to 17-year-olds, the determine has grown to about 1.4 p.c. That uptick within the youth would possibly assist clarify why trans points are taking part in a rising function in American politics.
Registered voters told Gallup pollsters that transgender points ranked among the many least necessary political points they thought of when weighing their presidential vote—just under local weather change.
But, the Trump marketing campaign spent $65 million working advertisements in swing states attacking Vice President Kamala Harris’ transgender coverage stances within the last stretch of the marketing campaign, in keeping with The New York Instances. The highest Harris tremendous PAC found that one such advert shifted voters who considered it nearly three factors in direction of Trump, resonating significantly effectively with demographics that swung considerably in his favor.
In a comparatively shut election, is it potential that this really was a deciding issue? And the way ought to trans advocates and Democrats alter their method to this subject?
Becoming a member of us right now to speak about it are Brianna Wu and TafTaj. They’re two of the co-hosts of the brand new present Dollcast, a present about transgender points and politics, aiming to right what they see because the excesses or errors in each the trans and gender-critical actions. TafTaj is a streamer and commentator. Wu is a programmer, political activist, and commentator, finest recognized for her involvement in Gamergate. She now runs the progressive Rebellion PAC.
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Chapters:
- 00:00 Arising…
- 00:29 Introduction
- 03:24 Brianna Wu’s political evolution
- 06:03 “The progressive purity spiral”
- 07:25 Taf’s political evolution
- 09:58 “The centrist case for trans rights”
- 15:42 The “President Trump is for you” advert
- 23:10 “Non-binary” id and science
- 29:17 Wu and Taf’s private tales
- 40:53 Youth gender dysphoria science and the Cass Evaluate
- 48:46 Ought to insurance coverage firms not be concerned?
- 54:26 A libertarian method?
- 01:05:05 Technological modifications
- 01:07:48 Questions extra folks must be asking
