Posted on Mar 20, 2022
Texas AG misgenders Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine on Twitter
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Some are accusing Twitter of applying its policy on hateful conduct unequally after it allowed a tweet from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that intentionally misgendered Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine to remain on its platform.
On Sunday, USA Today honored Levine, the first openly transgender Senate-confirmed federal official, as one of its “women of the year.”
In a tweet Thursday, Paxton shared an image of Levine from the USA Today feature and called her “a man.” Intentionally misgendering a transgender person, meaning referring to them with the wrong pronouns or by their birth gender, is offensive, and research has shown that it can have negative mental health effects on trans people.
On Sunday, USA Today honored Levine, the first openly transgender Senate-confirmed federal official, as one of its “women of the year.”
In a tweet Thursday, Paxton shared an image of Levine from the USA Today feature and called her “a man.” Intentionally misgendering a transgender person, meaning referring to them with the wrong pronouns or by their birth gender, is offensive, and research has shown that it can have negative mental health effects on trans people.
Texas AG misgenders Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine on Twitter
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Levine last year became the nation's first openly transgender person to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate to a federal post. She also serves as an admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, which includes more than 6,000 people who respond to public health crises and natural disasters.
Paxton last month said he believes gender-affirming care for transgender teens, such as puberty blockers, amounted to abuse.
Shortly after, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered state agencies to investigate reports of transgender children receiving gender-affirming treatment as child abuse.
Earlier this month, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit against the state on behalf of the mother of a transgender teen who says she was investigated by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services."...
..."Levine last year became the nation's first openly transgender person to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate to a federal post. She also serves as an admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, which includes more than 6,000 people who respond to public health crises and natural disasters.
Paxton last month said he believes gender-affirming care for transgender teens, such as puberty blockers, amounted to abuse.
Shortly after, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered state agencies to investigate reports of transgender children receiving gender-affirming treatment as child abuse.
Earlier this month, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit against the state on behalf of the mother of a transgender teen who says she was investigated by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services."...
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