How the Trump administration’s rhetoric promotes anti-transgender views

According to The Conversation, a rhetoric scholar argues that the Trump administration's language on transgender issues — including claims of child "mutilization" — is designed to stimulate public disgust and paranoia, a pattern she compares to historical moral panics. The analysis points to a White House release condemning "gender ideology" and "child mutilization programs," alongside survey data showing declining public support for trans rights. A twenty twenty-five Pew report found seventy percent of trans adults say they fear for their personal safety, and Trevor Project research links anti-LGBTQ+ laws to increased stress and suicide attempts among young people.

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