# Oh yes, Tennessee, tell me again how the problem is trans care and drag queens **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 27, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yes-tennessee-tell-me-again-how-the-problem-is-trans-care-and-drag-queens/981723 "2023-03-27T18:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yes-tennessee-tell-me-again-how-the-problem-is-trans-care-and-drag-queens/981723/41 "2023-04-01T01:06:48Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > . Children who might need to undergo therapy vs. gender reassignment. …its called “gender affirming care.” Not “gender reassignment.” > **[What is gender-affirming care? Your questions answered](https://www.aamc.org/news/what-gender-affirming-care-your-questions-answered)** > > As states move to restrict certain treatments for transgender youth, experts explain the many types of care, the need for them, and their impact. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yes-tennessee-tell-me-again-how-the-problem-is-trans-care-and-drag-queens/981723/42 "2023-04-01T03:10:21Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Well I think - _think_ - they’re trying to protect under-18 children. Children who might need to undergo therapy vs. gender reassignment. I don’t have a problem with that. Great then you oppose what the Tennesee legislation does which would make such effective therapy illegal. In spite of what the right thinks, transgenderism is a real thing, and if left untreated people will cause some people to die. The Tennesee legislature has done the equivalent of claiming the cancer doesn’t exist and so any parent or doctor who treats a child for cancer is guilty of child abuse. They will then claim that this legislation is needed because children who just complain of a tummy ache are regularly being given radical double masectomies. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yes-tennessee-tell-me-again-how-the-problem-is-trans-care-and-drag-queens/981723/43 "2023-04-01T11:19:36Z")
Never confuse what the Reactionary Right is saying or doing with anything connected to reality. Remember people: “Reactionary Right”. It’s all one word. Never use the latter without the former. Tell your friends. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yes-tennessee-tell-me-again-how-the-problem-is-trans-care-and-drag-queens/981723/44 "2023-04-01T12:58:15Z")
Sure, doing nothing about preventing school shootings and instead preventing children from getting medical care while calling it protecting “under-18 children” is the sort of double think that the Reactionary Right loves to wallow in. That is what you meant by, " I think - _think_", right? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yes-tennessee-tell-me-again-how-the-problem-is-trans-care-and-drag-queens/981723/62 "2023-07-04T21:59:49Z")
Uh-oh, we’ve got a new mass shooter that the right can crow about being transgendered _and_ a BLM supporter. > **[Gunman arrested for Philadelphia mass shooting which left 5 dead is BLM...](https://nypost.com/2023/07/04/kimbrady-carriker-ided-as-philadelphia-gunman-accused-of-killing-5/)** > > Kimbrady Carriker, 40, was nabbed shortly after the bloodshed in the city’s Kingsessing neighborhood Monday night, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported, citing sources. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yes-tennessee-tell-me-again-how-the-problem-is-trans-care-and-drag-queens/981723/63 "2023-08-27T14:47:41Z")
The prohibitions to puberty blockers and cross hormones goes into effect next year 3/24 for minors. Any treatment has to stop. But transitioning socially is not part of the bill. So if a young person is dealing with gender dysphoria it appears their only options are counseling ( good luck finding an available gender clinic)and presenting socially as their preferred gender. > **[Fact Check: Has Tennessee passed bill to make trans youth "detransition"? ](https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-has-tennessee-passed-bill-make-trans-youth-detransition-1784115)** > > The bill has banned the use of puberty blockers and hormones for trans youth across the state. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yes-tennessee-tell-me-again-how-the-problem-is-trans-care-and-drag-queens/981723.md?page=2)