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Double negative confused me for a second and I was sad. Opposes the ban! Want gender affirming care available. Excellent.
Oh I missed that entirely. Sloppy writing, it should be arranged "opposes bans on gender affirming care".
Same! "Supports care" would have been an easier concept, though a little different from "opposes ban" I guess...
Then morally don't do it yourself and leave everyone else to make their own decisions.
Why do so many people care about what other people do to their own bodies?
They oppose bans on care. But a slight majority thinks it's wrong to transition.
I think that's what you're looking for. They don't want to do it, but don't want to ban anyone who's doing it.
The title could've been more clear, thanks for providing that clarification
“But a slight majority thinks it's wrong to transition.”
Looks like someone forgot what freedom was about and needs to be educated on it.
I think the people surveyed agree with you here. They're saying that they're opposed to the surgery, but they don't want to ban the surgeries even though they oppose them.
Minors aren't getting any surgeries.
Gender affirming care for trans kids involves seeing psychiatrists, social transitioning, and, if they're lucky, puberty blockers till they're old enough to decide whether they want to medically and surgically transition.
Minors are gettin surgery if they're intersex at birth, in the US especially they get surgically assigned a binary sex even though it is no longer recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and actively opposed by the UN.
I am aware. I wasn't in the survey
There are many misconceptions here. For instance, a sizeable fraction of the public believes that minors receive a sex-change surgery (they don’t) as opposed to just medication and therapy. I think most people are mostly worried that it is easy to transition and kids might do it without considering the consequences. These myths could be easily dispelled if they actually talk to transgenders.
Good point but please say transgender people instead as transgender is an adjective.
That's so nice! I'm so happy for US folks! Here in the UK only 12% support Gender-affirming care for trans minors, most want it banned, most actually don't support it for adults either 😢
https://yougov.co.uk/society/articles/43194-where-does-british-public-stand-transgender-rights-1 (you need to see the full results to see that)
It’s really fucked up that so many people think it’s their place to be involved in other people’s personal medical decisions, especially when the medical guidelines are currently quite conservative, and based on medical consensus.
A lot of people are social authoritarians, but very few will admit it.
It's not called TERF Island for nothing!
Gosh, it's almost as though most people aren't hateful bigots. Hateful bigots should take note, but they won't. In fact, if they do it'll only be to point out how they're being persecuted. I dislike hateful bigots.
Ok, then don't get your kid gender affirming care. Why is it so fucking hard for people to mind their own business?
This is a good headline. Most people oppose the bans.