House Republicans convene hearing to attack transgender people’s existence

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House Republicans are convening a hearing on “The Dangers and Due Process Violations of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Children” that will involve only anti-transgender activists and no doctors who work with transgender patients or medical experts who have relevant research backgrounds.

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government – formerly known as the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties until Republicans renamed it when taking the House this year – has invited anti-transgender activists to the hearing, which will take place on Thursday at 10 a.m. The witnesses listed on the website include Paula Scanlan, a former University of Pennsylvania swimmer who has been outspoken in her opposition to her former teammate Lia Thomas; conservative activist Chloe Cole who transitioned as a teenager and later detransitioned; Jennifer Bauwens of the anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Family Research Council; and May Mailman of the far-right Independent Women’s Law Center.

While it’s unclear what expertise they could provide when it comes to public health and medicine – opposing transgender people participating in school sports does not make someone a doctor – the description of the hearing says it will be about “how…

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