No, Vlad, defending trans people does not weaken pro-climate politics
Vlad Vexler makes a huge mistake in his treatment of trans people.
In a new video Vlad Vexler and Rupert Read suggest that climate movements may alienate potential supporters by linking climate politics too closely to causes such as trans rights, anti-racism and Global South justice.
They seem to think that trans people and racial minorities as expendable in the pursuit of climate-policy success. A nonexistent problem becomes trans erasure.
In a new article over at Crossdreamers I reject the claim that trans activists demand that people believe that trans women are “indistinguishable” from “biological women” (whatever that is). What trans people really ask for is equal human rights, safety and liberty.
Since trans people are a small, heavily targeted minority, pro-democracy humanists have a special responsibility to defend them. Abandoning trans people will not make climate denialists support green policy; it will only validate the “woke radical left” narrative of the fascists and the “gender critical” TERFs.
The current hate campaigns against trans people and people of color function as scare tactics aimed at distracting people from the real threats, like war, economic exploitation and - these days - climate disaster. By turning those who defend trans people and black people into the problem, Vlad and Rupert play right into the hands of the haters. That is bad tactics and bad ethics.
Vlad says he is pro-trans. He has yet to prove it.
Read the article here: No, Vlad, defending trans people does not weaken pro-climate policies
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