It may not be an 80/20 issue. It may be turning into a 90/10 issue.
The media depiction of the transgender debate is that it stands atop a left/right divide: left for, right against. Democrats for, Republicans against. In Texas, the creepy fake preacher and U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico keeps pounding the theme of far-right hate, framing trans stuff as an us-vs.-them question, decent progressives fighting against ignorant bigots who bully trans kids.
But a remarkable debate in a California legislative committee this week over a pair of pro-transgender bills brought out a crowd of bitterly angry people who loathed the legislation and what it represented, and they weren’t at all who you would expect. You may not read this sentence many times in your life, but far-left San Francisco lesbians agree with you.
You can watch the March 17 meeting of the Assembly Health Committee here, though the whole hearing on a bunch of bills is just one video. To watch the two discussions I’m about to describe, you’ll want to fast-forward to 43:27, then to 1:22:30.
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