Sarah’s point was more nuanced than just “throw trans people under the bus.” There’s folks in her focus groups saying “If you want to be trans, fine, who cares, go be whatever you want. But I don’t want my kid learning about pronouns in school.” Some laissez-faire “what adults do is they own business, people should be called whatever the…
Sarah’s point was more nuanced than just “throw trans people under the bus.” There’s folks in her focus groups saying “If you want to be trans, fine, who cares, go be whatever you want. But I don’t want my kid learning about pronouns in school.” Some laissez-faire “what adults do is they own business, people should be called whatever they want to be called, we have bigger fish to fry than arguing about this” could reach people like that and get the ball moving at least.
Sarah’s point was more nuanced than just “throw trans people under the bus.” There’s folks in her focus groups saying “If you want to be trans, fine, who cares, go be whatever you want. But I don’t want my kid learning about pronouns in school.” Some laissez-faire “what adults do is they own business, people should be called whatever they want to be called, we have bigger fish to fry than arguing about this” could reach people like that and get the ball moving at least.