• despite hard work to reframe it by the media, trans care isn’t a luxury item
• there are ~1.3 million trans people in the US
• ~ 275,000 rely on medicaid for care access—about 22%
• stripping access to lifesaving care for a 1/4 of trans people is a genocidal move🧵
the senate budget bill is out & this version still contains a prohibition against lifesaving trans healthcare for medicaid/CHIP—that's 275,000 people!
if you're willing to stand with trans folks, please call your senators—no matter who. follow the thread for context & scripts.🧵
• despite hard work to reframe it by the media, trans care isn’t a luxury item
• there are ~1.3 million trans people in the US
• ~ 275,000 rely on medicaid for care access—about 22%
• stripping access to lifesaving care for a 1/4 of trans people is a genocidal move🧵