What A 7-Year Old Could Teach Transphobic Conservatives.

Kira Wertz
The Transition Transmission

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The conservative media propaganda machine has been losing its mind over a Texas-based custody battle regarding a Transgender Child. The child , who was assigned male at birth, identifies as female; and has an affirming mother, and a non-affirming father. The decision to permit a primary conservatorship to the child’s affirming mother was determined by an 11–1 jury.

Unsatisfied with the efficacy of the already conservative-leaning Texas Justice system, the child’s father, Jeffrey Younger, decided that he was going to appeal to a higher power. He rallied conservative Christians who actively mainline the Bible as an “end-all-be-all” authority on science; and
espouse a focused hatred for Godly beings, who happen to bear one or more labels that are reflected in the LGBTQ+ Rainbow.

The results of Mr. Younger’s religious pandering set the internet’s Christian Keyboard Commandos in a Jack-booted lockstep tirade that seethed with anger fueled by an abundance of ignorance regarding the best practices for safely and successfully transitioning a child to the gender they with which they identify.

Devoid of research, or even common sense, these self-righteous and anti-social justice warriors lit a proverbial bonfire so big that even the most rational among them couldn’t see past the lies, misinformation, and conveniently ignored statistics. They dragged out old and tired anti-trans tropes in an effort to rally around the rights of the father, while…

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Kira Wertz
The Transition Transmission

Pansexual, Transgender Truck Driver, public speaker, activist, LGBTQ advocate, Jeeper and periodic author at The Transition Transmission.