"In their campaign for gender-affirming care bans, Republican lawmakers have enlisted a small group of detransition activists - and they have become the public face of these efforts. State laws and proposed congressional bills to restrict gender-affirming care are named after them and they have also traveled the country to share their stories of regret."
"These detransitioners are speaking out against gender-affirming care in states where they have never lived or accessed the care, said Logan Casey, director of policy research at the Movement Advancement Project, which tracks LGBTQ+ policy. At legislative hearings, their arguments often overpower those of local residents testifying about the benefits of gender-affirming care for themselves or their patients. It's largely because what they say reinforces preconceived ideas about a slice of medical care that is not only poorly understood, but has also been so maligned."
""People who detransition are part of the community and that is part of the experience. Some people do that. And that is more than okay," said Casey, who is transgender. "But the broader issue here on the policy level is the idea of banning health care entirely out of the experiences of an extraordinarily small group of folks.""
A small cohort of detransition activists has become the visible face of efforts to ban gender-affirming care, with some laws and proposed bills named after them. These activists travel widely and testify in hearings, sometimes in places where they never accessed care, and their accounts can drown out local voices describing clinical benefits. Their testimonies resonate because gender-affirming care is poorly understood and stigmatized. Experts and institutions estimate transgender populations and characterize detransition as uncommon; policymakers face criticism for considering bans based on the experiences of a very small subset of people.
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