Backlash to transgender health care isn’t new − but the faulty science used to justify it has changed to meet the times
- Written by G. Samantha Rosenthal, Associate Professor of History, Roanoke College
Anti-trans legislation adjudicates the bodily autonomy of those who do not conform to gender norms.Carolyn Kaster/AP PhotoIn the past century, there have been three waves of opposition to transgender health care.
In 1933, when the Nazis rose to power, they cracked down on transgender medical research and clinical practice in Europe. In 1979, a...