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Erin Reed Profile picture
@ErinInTheMorn
Feb 28 • 9 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
1. The world's largest psychological organization has released a groundbreaking policy resolution supporting trans youth care.

The policy passed 153-9 by elected psych leaders representing 157,000 members.

It rebuts many anti-trans talking points.

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2. The American Psychological Organization, representing 157,000 members, represents psychologists in America and internationally.

They make it clear. It is a "necessity" for transgender youth to have access to care.

Read my article here:

erininthemorning.com/p/worlds-large…
3. This policy document is stunning and declares:
- Gender affirming care is medically necessary
- Opposing bans on care for trans youth and adults
- Dysphoria is not "caused" by autism or PTSD
- False info needs to be combatted
- Rejection risks negative mental health, suicide Image
4. This is the first time, as far as I could find, that the organization directly and emphatically endorsed gender affirming medical care as necessary for trans youth, though previous statements suggested it.

See this 2021 resolution, for instance: apa.org/about/policy/r…
5. The policy emerges amid an international debate on gender affirming care and directly counters false information put out by people like Pamela Paul in the New York Times that suggest neurodivergence and OCD cause gender dysphoria.
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6. The policy passing by such a massive margin - 94% to 6% - also directly contradicts the idea that there is no consensus around trans care - an idea that has been pushed by groups like SEGM:

7. Though the policy document may not move Republican legislators, it will be useful in court fights when the findings of fact emerge. Similar findings have been used to overturn a gender affirming care ban in Arkansas and Montana.

erininthemorning.com/p/arkansas-tra…
8. Lastly, I am a transgender journalist covering legislation, news, and cultural moments on this topic every day.

If you find my work important, please subscribe to support my work at .erininthemorning.com/subscribe
Minor edit: The 2nd tweet should say the American Psychological Association, as it does in the subhead of the first post and the article. I meant to type "the psychological organization representing" but that's what I get for tweeting fast.

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Feb 29
1. In a just released legal filing, Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas is demanding full names, addresses of trans members in Texas from PFLAG national, as well as "contingency plans" around new anti-trans laws.

The org alleges retalliation.

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2. The civil investigative demand, issued Feb 5th, calls for extensive identifying information and records.

PFLAG states that it is retaliation, and that it violates free speech, association, unreasonable search and seizure.

Read my article here:
erininthemorning.com/p/retaliation-…
3. The demands include:
- Complete names
- Social Security Numbers
- Dates of Birth
- Street and mailing addresses
- Home, cell, and business phone numbers
- Email addresses

that center on a statement from CEO Brian Bond, which includes that PFLAG has "1,500 Texas members" Image
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Feb 22
1. Police officers in Oklahoma are now backtracking after claiming trans student Nex Benedict's death "was not caused by trauma," and have filed search warrants suspecting "foul play."

Meanwhile, LGBTQ+ leaders are calling for the DOJ to step in.

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2. Recent statements by the Owasso police department have raised serious questions about their ability to investigate Nex's death. Allegations of cover-ups, a long history of anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment in the school system have emerged.

Read my article here:

erininthemorning.com/p/lgbtq-leader…
3. Nex Benedict was a transgender gender fluid teenager in Oklahoma. They were reportedly jumped in a bathroom and beaten, leaving them with a head injury. Reportedly, the school didn't call an ambulance and instead, their mother took them to the hospital. They died the next day.
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Feb 22
1. The House Freedom Caucus just released a letter threatening to shut down the government over policy riders that include anti-trans national bans.

Of the riders, Gender affirming care and sports bans are a high priority.

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2. The latest threat is the clearest message that policy riders targeting trans people are one of the sticking points in the fight to keep the government open.

Axios reports that a shutdown is now likely.

Read my full article here:

erininthemorning.com/p/republicans-…
3. The letter itself lists out several policies that include "defunding gender transition surgeries or gender affirming care," DEI bans, Planned Parenthood funding bans, and sports bans.

These policies could disrupt trans care nationwide. Image
Read 9 tweets
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Feb 21
1. Last month, I reported that Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok was appointed by Ryan Walters to "make schools safer" in Oklahoma.

One month later, a trans teen is dead after a year of transphobic bullying.

Their name was Nex. Image
2. Nex was a genderfluid trans teenager who suffered horrific bullying over their trans identity and now is dead after being beaten in a restroom.

Libs of TikTok and Ryan Walters said they'd make students safe.

Which students?

Read my article here:

erininthemorning.com/p/chaya-raichi…
3. Just one month ago, I wrote on how State Superintendent Ryan Walters, who himself has been viciously anti-trans appointed Libs of TikTok as part of a plan to "make schools safer."

Read that letter here:

Read 12 tweets
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Feb 9
1. Protests unfolded at several Florida DMVs today as protestors staged die-ins over a new policy that would criminalize trans Floridians who use their gender markers on drivers licenses.

Over 8 LGBQT+ orgs took part.

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2. Orlando, Tampa, Miami, and Gainesville were among the places seeing demonstrations. Protestors laid on the ground, often draped in trans pride flags, with tombstones about the harmful effects of the anti-trans policy.

Read my article here:

erininthemorning.com/p/protestors-s…
3. Florida is the first state to criminalize changing the gender on one's drivers license for transgender people. This comes after a recent policy by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles which stated trans people could be guilty of criminal fraud. Image
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Feb 8
1. Recently, Journalist Evan Urquhart and I wrote articles correcting misinformation in Pamela Paul's NYT article targeting trans care. Addressing us, Paul dismissed our work as "activism."

We respond here in a piece the NYT declined to publish.

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2. Paul, responding, weaves a tale where every person opposing misinformation in her piece is an "activist," and the anti-trans organizations that support her are "non-partisan and neutral."

That can't be farther from the truth.

Read our article here:

erininthemorning.com/p/readers-dese…
3. Paul backpedals after reading our criticism, titling her new piece "The Courage To Admit You Don't Know."

This is despite, in her original piece, devoting 4,500 words that painted a picture of high detransition rates, citing studies that she misread and misunderstood. Image
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