When Texas Came for Our Kids: How evangelical extremists launched a war on TRANSGENDER TEENS

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Riki Wilchins

When Texas Came for Our Kids

How evangelical extremists launched a war on TRANSGENDER TEENS

Riki Wilchins

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Riverdale Avenue Books
18 December 2023

Gender studies: transsexuals & hermaphroditism; Gay & Lesbian studies; Gender & the law

If we could go back to 2020, we would be shocked at lives of transgender children, who changed their names and birth certificates, played school sports, and got puberty blockers and hormone treatment freely and without comment in all 50 states.

But in three short years it would all disappear.

Without warning, over 1,000 bills would be introduced across half the country criminalizing nearly every facet of their lives virtually overnight.

What happened?

Evangelical Christian nationalists-enraged after string of devastating Supreme Court defeats-had pivoted from gay to transgender, investing hundreds of millions of dollars into remaking trans youth as the new face of the anti-gay culture war.

And it worked, beginning in Texas, which enacted the nation's first effective ban on treating transgender youth by redefining providing gender affirming medical care as felony child abuse, criminalizing loving parents, and sending scores of families fleeing across its borders in panic.

This is the story of how that happened. Filled with exclusive new details and behind-the-scenes interviews, this book is the first in-depth account of how evangelical Christian nationalists and their Republican allies conceived, plotted, launched, and prosecuted the nationwide War on Transgender Youth.

By: Riki Wilchins
Imprint: Riverdale Avenue Books
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 263g
ISBN: 9781626016712
ISBN 10: 1626016712
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 18 December 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Riki Wilchins has 25 years of writing, advocacy, and research on gender and trans issues. She is a founder of the first national transgender advocacy group, GenderPAC, as well as the direct action group The Transexual Menace [sic]. Riki is the author of seven books on gender theory and politics, and her writing has appeared in popular media outlets The Village Voice and Social Text, peer review publications such as The Journal of Research on Adolescence and The Journal of Homosexuality, and also her own recurring blog at Medium.com/@rikiwilchins. She has conducted gender trainings for institutions including the White House, CDC, and the HHS Office on Women's Health. Riki's work has been profiled by The New York Times. TIME magazine selected Riki among ""100 Civic Innovators for the 21st Century."" She lives in sunny South Beach with her partner, one daughter, two dogs, and three tennis racquets."