• unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth
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    6 months ago

    Except that for all of her anti-trans stuff, she never advocated for killing trans people or anything of the sort. Or did I miss something?

    EDIT: Holy shit, so many downvotes for an honest and open question? I fully realize that what she advocates for is harmful (which was what I alluded to in my original question), but there’s still quite a difference between that and advocating for the murder of every trans person, jfc.

    • Grail@multiverse.soulism.netEnglish
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      6 months ago

      If you take healthcare away from trans people, suicide numbers go up. And she wants to take healthcare away from trans people and shove us back in the closet. She’s chosen to attack kids, the most vulnerable of us. I believe she’s already taken lives through her lobbying.

        • FatherPeanut@pawb.social
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          6 months ago

          So, a common metric people bring up in discussions of trans people that make their way into politics is ‘trans suicide rates’. Right-wingers tend to mention it in reference to “We shouldn’t let anyone be trans, because trans people commit suicide often,” and left-wingers tend to argue “Trans suicide is so high because they get degraded by society, and aren’t allowed to express themselves.”

          Edit: As for why it gets mentioned, transgenders overall commit suicide far more often than the average population.

          • fipto@lemmy.world
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            6 months ago

            so different people have different “explanations” for the suicide rates. has there been any unbiased evidence to explain it?

              • fipto@lemmy.world
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                6 months ago

                thanks, i’m reading this link and looking for data about suicide rates. this report is talking about a collection of self-reported data about suicidal thoughts, which many people can have and fortunately not go through with it.

                I also see a statistically significant correlation, and i’m still looking for a reliable causation and data on suicide rates. how do we know if the lack of gender affirming care directly leads to increased suicides in a systemic pattern? perhaps the same people who cannot access it also are likely to have other things in life that could cause terrible suicidal thoughts or actions. i’m wondering how we can rule this out.