It’s not inherently bourgeois to be non-binary. And JGP could have invested that energy better by focusing on why equal protection means bodily autonomy.

JGP isn’t wrong about those arguments being made or cited. My contention is that we should agree about the 14th Amendment, and drop the idea that transition is a special right instead of one already guaranteed, which JGP also argues. But where her argument falls over is in the class analysis.

So, JGP is right about the 14th amendment being the best way forward in American law. Where this take falls over is in needlessly expending energy on building a somewhat informed but still fairly shallow and ultimately false dichotomy.

Source: thebaffler.com/latest/rejec...

Which is a really strange choice when we can all agree bodily autonomy is right and important to all of us.

The right to a sex change is just as vapid as the implied right to validity that JGP is positioning herself against. The rights of trans people are feminist in nature and best supported under the umbrella of bodily autonomy we all hold in common.

The liberal establishment has already decided that trans people are not even worth thinking about as a sacrifice. So you need to fall back on the rights that ARE universally grounded in leftist thinking. Bodily autonomy, informed consent and universal healthcare.

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