Remember the TERF who was calling for the elimination of trans women at Kellie-Jay Keen’s anti-trans rally in NYC? Her name is Amy Kreit, her son is trans and she was recently in an anti-trans documentary where she's framed as a “victim” because her kid transitioned. This is the kind of parent the recent NYT article is defending. Quite a few people who showed up to Kellie-Jay Keen’s anti-trans rallies during her US tour were transphobic parents of trans youth and many talked about how they were “liberals” who now felt like they had no where to turn except to conservatives. And fascists apparently.
Kreit, along with other anti-trans parents, has taken part in protests outside of hospitals and clinics that help trans youth in order to harass doctors and spread anti-trans propaganda. They aren’t just “concerned parents”, they’re part of the far-right anti-trans movement. The NYT is downplaying the militancy and harm of anti-trans parent groups, who've been one of the driving forces behind attacks on trans youth and trans healthcare. As someone who regularly sees these “skeptical parents” appear next to Proud Boys and other members of far-right groups at anti-trans rallies, I’m disgusted but unsurprised. At this point, not noting that many anti-trans parent groups work with the far-right is not just enabling transphobia, it's enabling fascism. The anti-trans movement is intertwined with the global far-right movement. The NYT is laundering fascism when it launders transphobia.
Ky Schevers
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