a.d. sean lewis
adseanlewis.bsky.social
a.d. sean lewis
@adseanlewis.bsky.social
senior attorney at lambda legal. always organizing for racial, gender, disability justice & prison abolition. views/errors all mine. he/him.
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"trans health care bans launder anti-social welfare politics under the cover of anti-trans bias and cost savings"

A good day to revisit @kredburn.bsky.social and @adseanlewis.bsky.social on the political economy of trans health care bans.
The Political Economy of Trans Healthcare Bans
Much as Reagan invoked the welfare queen as a diversion to absorb public outcry against devastating cuts to the social safety net, Trump today offers trans people – with their supposedly abundant…
lpeproject.org
June 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Today, Noa Ben-Asher concludes our series on the law and political economy of trans healthcare by arguing that the persecution of transgender people, though often treated as a niche concern, is central to the Trump Administration's efforts to reassert control over race, gender, and migration.
Trans Healthcare Bans in a White Nationalist Political Economy
The persecution of transgender people, though often treated as a niche concern, is central to today’s political and economic realignments. These attacks are not ancillary but entangled with broader…
lpeproject.org
May 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
years ago, i tweeted “the revolution will not be funded by skadden.”

i want to publicly apologize for being wrong. skadden is definitely funding A revolution.
March 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Why are trans people under attack? Among available theories, the political economy of healthcare hasn't gotten its due. Today in @lpeblog.bsky.social from A.D. Lewis and me
lpeproject.org/blog/the-pol...
The Political Economy of Trans Healthcare Bans
Much as Reagan invoked the welfare queen as a diversion to absorb public outcry against devastating cuts to the social safety net, Trump today offers trans people – with their supposedly abundant…
lpeproject.org
March 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM