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[–]reluctant_commenter 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

(like why are the Republicans and Trump so silent about transing kids? It's everything they warned against with gay rights!)

Now THAT is a good question. True colors, I guess. The religious right doesn't actually care about children, it was just an excuse to be a bunch of bigots.

I am really hopeful about stuff turning around in the U.K. I kind of wonder if the next couple years will be the start of a reckoning. It's so frustrating watching the whole world be asleep to gender ideology while it wreaks havoc on a generation.... but I think 2020 might go down as the year when this shit started to hit the fan, thanks to JKR and that court case.

If there were a class action lawsuit, would that only be applicable to people who had been through medical interventions/HRT? I am not really versed in law stuff, haha.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

There can and will be multiple class action lawsuits. Like nothing we've ever seen before. So it's just a matter of which plaintiffs are bringing which lawsuits against which entities/individuals. One of the major hurdles of getting through a class action is establishing that the members of the class are sufficiently similar enough in their interests and the harm they suffered in order to proceed as a class. So I imagine there would be class actions that go after different players, some within the same suit, but different targets include: individual doctors/health care providers/surgeons, pharmaceutical companies, gender clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, school districts, LGBT organizations, maybe even the FDA, possibly health insurance companies, etc.

It's often a matter of finding the right plaintiffs against the right defendants in the right jurisdiction to get the best chance. But yea I imagine lawsuits against surgeons who perform gender reassignment surgery. They may go after the worst of the worst in terms of quality of surgery first to establish good precedent. There is some abysmal work being performed out there because it brings in $$$ and is not being monitored or scrutinized.

Class actions are really slow though (like, expect over a decade of this). That's why they tend to settle, and we wouldn't want a settlement before discovery. Oh also, this wouldn't be a class action, but kids suing parents is going to be a thing. We may have to wait a while for this though and I feel so awful for all of the harm that will be suffered by these kids in the meantime and the feelings they will feel as they try to make sense of and salvage their lives. I am waiting to see what happens with Jazz Jennings because even though Jazz is touted as a success story, Jazz's surgeries have been profoundly unsuccessful. Jazz also has the face of a little boy on what appears to be a grown woman's body. How is that going to age? Jazz is still SO young. I really don't think we've seen the depths of Jazz's tragedy.

[–]reluctant_commenter 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Class actions are really slow though (like, expect over a decade of this).

Totally makes sense. But I think even just having the ball rolling will help bring discussion to the media, and perhaps get at least some people to start opening their eyes. I can't wait to see a day where people are ok with LGB and only a minority of people who really need to identify as trans (because of dysphoria). Might need to wait for a lot of the dust to settle, first, though..

Oh also, this wouldn't be a class action, but kids suing parents is going to be a thing.

Oh god, absolutely. I haven't heard about Jazz but that sounds extreme.

Thanks for the run-down! I'll keep those thoughts in mind when reading about any court cases.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

For LGBs to save face, we will need to be en masse among the first vocal whistleblowers that break through. Otherwise, we are going to get blamed. Honestly, JK Rowling's messaging will be helpful as she positions gay people, especially lesbians, as victims in this.

[–]BEB[S] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have been saying for a few years now that the only people who can stop Trans, Inc. are LGB, and perhaps straight men.

Trans, Inc., has used LGB as its sword and shield, so well-meaning people are scared to criticize TQ+ actions, so only LBG can push back.