under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex
The only thing more infuriating than Republicans being utterly incapable of understanding that NOBODY claims you can change your sex, is Republicans closing their eyes and covering their ears when everyone tells them that we’re not claiming it.
They’re blatantly putting words in our mouths at this point. Their ignorance is willful. It’s either time we start fighting fire with fire, or someone needs to step up and start dishing out “Italian goodbyes”.
(Edit):
irreversible medical interventions
It’s hard enough for ADULTS to get GRS or T/E… On what fucking basis are they claiming children get these treatments?
It’s not even possible to change your sex. We don’t have that sort of genetic engineering capability.
How are children legally defined in the US?
Age 17 and below.
Edit: oh but wow I just read the order and it defines child as anyone under 19. I’m surprised they chose to just add a year of childhood in this instance. That is not typical.
You are usually considered an adult at age 18 and granted a degree of autonomy (and the right to vote). Notable exceptions being controlled substances like alcohol and nicotine that require you to be 21.
That’s a little strange that you are legally a child until so late in life.
Other countries have definitions like you are a youth at 14 to 16 and you have a different set of rights and responsibilities than a child.
There’s some rights and privileges granted to minors at 15 or 16, about driving and working. Age of consent tends to hover around 17 or 18 aside from a handful of states.
Edit: LOL @ the downvote.
That’s because Trump can’t count.
So no surgeries at all then?
RIP kids
When bullets are fired from a gun, that’s a chemical reaction, right? Does this mean no more school kids will get shot as well?
