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Thanks for this. Honestly, I see this a bit differently from my initial thoughts.
This is why these kinds of things are so dangerous. They're designed in such a way as to gloss over any nuances and appeal directly to people's emotions.
It takes so much effort to show how harmful these actually are, while these people go on to pass more harmful laws while you're busy getting rid of the first one. Republicans put forward over 200 anti-trans bills in the first 6 months of last year, amounting to something like 1.2 new bills every day.
If I wasn't a part of this minority group and didn't have the experience working with kids that I do, I don't think I could point out the issues in this well enough that other people could see what I'm seeing. I can see them clear as day, but that's because it's part of my lived experience.
Whenever I see something like this, I always ask myself, "If this were aimed at adults, would I feel differently?" and "Is there hard data to back this up, or is it entirely running on assumptions/emotions?" Children are a favorite demographic to use for political stunts because everybody wants to protect them, and they can't speak up for themselves about what they actually want and what would actually help them. It's why Republicans hate Greta Thunberg so much. Because she's so vocal and an activist standing up for what she believes in, and it goes against what they want you to think about kids.