"I think that, you know, Republican politicians see the transgender community as a way for them to easily get a cultural ideological divide on Democrats and divide Americans on such a small sensitive issue to distract from other issues, Like I said previously, from rising healthcare costs, from, you know, the Epstein files that we're talking about just earlier, I think we're being used as a political scapegoat to further their agenda."
"Whenever you pass laws like the bills that were passed in the House, whenever you pass anti-transgender legislation in the state senate, that's whenever you see a huge mental health toll on transgender Americans, That's when you see a rise in suicide rates. That's when you see these horrible mental health outcomes versus when transgender youth have access to this lifesaving care; You see better mental health. You see overall transgender youth being happier and"
Republican lawmakers passed two House bills aiming to limit gender-affirming care for minors: one would block Medicaid funding and another would criminalize providers. The Trump administration proposed rules to bar hospitals from Medicare and Medicaid participation if they provide gender-affirming care to people under 18. Transgender rights advocate Harley Walker said Republican politicians use the transgender community to create cultural divides and distract from issues such as rising healthcare costs and the Epstein files. Walker called HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s stance laughable and said anti-trans legislation increases mental-health harms and suicide rates while access to care improves youth well-being.
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