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Masha Gessen on the Battle Over Trans Rights

2023/3/10
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Michaela Kavanaugh:内布拉斯加州的"Let Them Grow Act"法案是基于全国性的政治论点,而非内布拉斯加州的实际情况。该法案的目标是限制变性青年的性别确认治疗,这是一种虚假的议题。共和党议员们出于对全国共和党委员会和特定政治人物的恐惧而不敢反对该法案,他们私下里可能并不支持该法案,但却不敢公开反对,因为害怕来自全国共和党和特定政治人物的压力。关于变性青少年应该在成年后再决定性别认同的观点并非普遍存在于内布拉斯加州,她会向持该观点的选民解释这是关于父母权利的问题,不应该干涉个体家庭的医疗保健决定。 Masha Gessen:共和党对变性议题的强烈关注是出于政治策略,旨在迎合保守选民,并利用对社会变革的恐惧来争取选票。作者从童年时期就对性别认同有模糊的认知,并在青春期后确立了其性别认同和性取向。性别是一种社会建构,而非单纯由生物学决定,它在个体一生中是动态变化的。对变性人的认知和讨论在历史上存在,但其公开程度和社会接受度在近几十年发生了显著变化。针对变性人的立法和政策至关重要,因为它们与世界各地专制政权对LGBT群体的攻击相呼应。对“性别认同”的攻击在全球范围内被专制政权武器化,将性别确认医疗描述为“性别意识形态”是一种危险的策略,其目的是抹杀变性人的存在。媒体在报道变性议题时,应该避免发表否认变性人身份的观点。变性人的经历是多种多样的,将“单一真实自我”的叙事强加于所有变性人是不正确的。关于变性议题的报道应该关注其新闻价值,并避免将“后悔”和“去性别认同”作为衡量变性治疗正确与否的标准。青少年时期做出的许多决定都会产生长期的影响,并可能导致后悔,这与变性相关的决定并没有本质区别。媒体对“去性别认同”的过度关注是不合理的,因为在人生的其他方面,后悔是普遍存在的现象。社交媒体上的争论并非总是能反映出对变性议题的准确理解,而Dave Chappelle的喜剧作品则提供了一种不同视角的讨论。左翼在讨论变性议题时,过于强调自杀风险,而忽略了其他重要因素,例如社会接纳。媒体在报道变性议题时,应该以复杂和细致的方式呈现,避免简单化和制造文化战争。

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Politicians, particularly on the right, are focusing on gender and trans identity as key issues, despite more pressing national concerns. This episode explores the motivations behind these attacks and the impact on trans people, featuring interviews with a Nebraska state senator and Masha Gessen.

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Many culture-war politicians are attacking the rights of trans people, and making a regressive view of gender as biology the key to their platforms. In this episode, David Remnick talks to two people who’ve found themselves at the center of the battle over transgender rights. In Nebraska, a state senator has committed to filibustering every piece of legislation to ward off a vote on a Republican-sponsored bill that would ban gender-affirming care for trans people under age nineteen. Then Masha Gessen—who fled Russia years ago as an L.G.B.T. person targeted by government repression—explains why anti-trans messaging has been effective for the right, and why discussions of trans issues can be fraught even for those who support them.