Ky Schevers on Nostr: Carey Callahan was just profiled in the Washington Post as a detrans activist who’s ...
Carey Callahan was just profiled in the Washington Post as a detrans activist who’s supposedly a trans ally for testifying against a healthcare ban in Ohio. But why she’s opposed to the ban matters and it calls into question just how much she supports young trans people’s autonomy and access to healthcare.
This is Callahan in her own words: https://archive.vn/8H56W
Does this sound like someone who’s want to make sure trans kids have access to medical transition or someone who hopes that therapy will lead most trans kids to desist without transitioning?
“Currently, Ohio families benefit from pediatric programs that prioritize counseling over medical interventions, ensuring a comprehensive and careful approach to care. The majority of children who receive care from these programs don’t even progress to receiving puberty blockers or hormonal treatments. They receive skilled guidance that resolves their gendered distress without surgery.”
“Prioritize counseling over medical interventions”, “ resolves their gendered distress without surgery”, this isn’t too different from how proponents of "gender exploratory therapy" talk. Also note that in her op-ed she never uses the language like “trans youth”, “trans children”, etc, but instead uses language like “children discerning gender identity”. She never explicitly states that trans youth need access to medical transition but she does emphasis how most trans youth in Ohio don’t medically transition as if this is an ideal outcome.
She’s concerned that if the ban passes families with trans kids could move to states with “less cautious programs”, meaning less gatekeeping and easier access to medical transition. She claims that these “less cautious programs” are more likely to produce bad outcomes and have higher rates of detransition without citing any evidence to back this up.
She doesn’t want bans but she does want gatekeeping and therapy that will supposedly lead to less people transitioning. She doesn’t sound like an ally to me, she sounds like an opportunist using trans people’s desperation from facing healthcare bans from the Right to push her own agenda.
This is Callahan in her own words: https://archive.vn/8H56W
Does this sound like someone who’s want to make sure trans kids have access to medical transition or someone who hopes that therapy will lead most trans kids to desist without transitioning?
“Currently, Ohio families benefit from pediatric programs that prioritize counseling over medical interventions, ensuring a comprehensive and careful approach to care. The majority of children who receive care from these programs don’t even progress to receiving puberty blockers or hormonal treatments. They receive skilled guidance that resolves their gendered distress without surgery.”
“Prioritize counseling over medical interventions”, “ resolves their gendered distress without surgery”, this isn’t too different from how proponents of "gender exploratory therapy" talk. Also note that in her op-ed she never uses the language like “trans youth”, “trans children”, etc, but instead uses language like “children discerning gender identity”. She never explicitly states that trans youth need access to medical transition but she does emphasis how most trans youth in Ohio don’t medically transition as if this is an ideal outcome.
She’s concerned that if the ban passes families with trans kids could move to states with “less cautious programs”, meaning less gatekeeping and easier access to medical transition. She claims that these “less cautious programs” are more likely to produce bad outcomes and have higher rates of detransition without citing any evidence to back this up.
She doesn’t want bans but she does want gatekeeping and therapy that will supposedly lead to less people transitioning. She doesn’t sound like an ally to me, she sounds like an opportunist using trans people’s desperation from facing healthcare bans from the Right to push her own agenda.