According to a new President of the United States, my 18 -year -old son does not exist.
He is a transgender, a new student at Ohio State University. Some of his close friends at school know this. Other classmates just regard him as another man.
He doesn’t care about it, no one around him cares.
I care about Donald Trump.
He spent his time in his first speech, acknowledging only biological men and biological women. When he arrived at the White House late that day, he backed up those words and issued a series of administrative orders to deprive the transformer and their dignity.
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My son’s right was stolen, and the country just scooped his shoulders
The more shocking thing for me, rather than the oppression published by the vulnerable minority group president, was a general -filled collective shoulder.
People seemed to be more angry with First Lady’s hat.
I understand that transgender problems are confusing and difficult for many people. This is the most difficult for the transformers themselves.
Transgender growth is not cool and not interesting. Their options for school sports are restricted or restricted. The community is most welcomed, but there are options for friends. It is well known that trance children have a terribly high suicide rate.
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There are transformers. The Presidential Order does not change it.
In the scientific world, there is no debate about the existence of gender -specific discomfort, which is defined as a pain caused by gender identity and biological gender.
Hudson Institute of Medical Research studies in 2018 revealed that gender discomfort is partially caused by interaction between gene, such as height, weight, and blood pressure. It affects less than 1 % of Americans, but very realistic for those people.
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Dodes ago, doctors tried to cure gender discomfort through some form of conversion therapy, but it was revealed that it did not work by the 1970s.
The overwhelming medical consensus needs to support gender discomfort by supporting counseling and treatment so that many transgender adults can enhance their fulfilling life, as is the case with adult adults. There is.
Trump has promised to protect “LGBT citizens.” What has changed?
Until recently, this was not a national concern.
The president himself declared in his first campaign that Transgender could use the toilets selected at the Trump Tower.
In a 2016 nomination speech at the Republican National Convention, Trump promised to protect LGBT citizens from violence.
The new vice president, JD VANCE, maintained a strong friendship a few years ago with the Yale Law School Transgender classmate.
So what has changed? Did the President and Vice President learn something new? Did they become smarter?
No, it’s just bad.
The confusion was transformed into hatred
The word “fascism” is thrown too casually, but to be honest, I don’t know what else calls this.
I will return to my son.
A few hours after being deprived of the federal rights and recognition, he was in the Stadium, Ohio, celebrating the back -is the back -isks and does not know the nature of biological chromosomes. I cheered with hundreds of students and laughed.
He is okay.
I’m not so. For the past few years, I have seen the confusion about my child and people like him transforming into hatred. Last week, I saw hatred becoming a law on a pen stroke.
We all know that we are exhausted by politics for the past 10 years. We all want a break from division and conflict. However, when we do not speak, it sends a signal that it is normal, and gives the next one a license.
When we are silent, we are all offended.
Jennifer Riley lives in Vexley, Ohio. This column first appeared on the Columbus Dispatch.