The article critiques the Trump administration's immediate implementation of policies that undermine LGBTQ+ rights, notably through a 90-day suspension of international aid, endangering humanitarian programs. It expresses concern about new restrictions on transgender rights, including a definition of gender fixed at conception, which disregards scientific understanding and threatens legal recognition for trans individuals. The downgrade of LGBTQ+ travel advisories by the State Department represents a broader erasure of transgender and intersex identities. Ultimately, the piece argues that these identities cannot be legislated away, as they are deeply woven into cultural and historical contexts.
The Trump administration's rapid rollout of policies to restrict LGBTQ+ rights, particularly through the suspension of international aid, has created uncertainty and jeopardized lives.
Transgender rights are under siege, as a new definition of gender disregards biological science, erasing the rights of those who need gender change legally.
Gender identities and expressions worldwide are historically recognized, a reality ignored by oppressive policies that seek to erase transgender, nonbinary, and intersex existence.
Intersex individuals cannot be normalized out of existence; up to 1.7 percent of people are born with traits that defy typical male-female classifications.
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