The Vulnerable Child Protection Act and Transgender Children's Health

Autor:	Sahar Sadjadi
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Cultural Studies medicine.medical_specialty Vulnerable child 05 social sciences 050108 psychoanalysis Gender Studies 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Transgender medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychiatry Psychology
Zdroj:	TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. 7:508-516
ISSN:	2328-9260 2328-9252
DOI:	10.1215/23289252-8553202
Popis:	A recent spate of legislation such as South Dakota's HB 1057, known as the Vulnerable Child Protection Act, seeks to criminalize medical treatment for gender transition in minors under sixteen. This essay argues that these laws do not safeguard children's health but are part of a broader attack on transgender rights that uses the protection of children as a powerful pretense to scapegoat a minority. It suggests that the analyses and insights of the field of transgender studies could inform, enrich, and reconfigure current clinical and public-policy debates around gender-variant children. This essay also aims at drawing the attention of supporters of transgender children to aspects of current medical treatments and their potential implications for young people that might get lost in this explosive political climate.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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