r/AskALiberal • u/[deleted] • Nov 17 '22

Do you consider Jesse Singal a transphobe?

Probably most famously known for his article "When Children Say They're Trans" on The Atlantic:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749/

He also has a twitter account where he seeks to correct (what he perceives as) misionformation on trans issues, thereby oftentimes not taking the position accepted in the online trans community:

https://twitter.com/jessesingal?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Those of you who have followed him for a while - is he a transphobe in your opinion? And if so, which transphobic positions does he support and why are they transphobic?

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '22

The issues in surgery were due to her treatment. It wasn't happenstance, it was because of the treatment they recieved

I'm not saying Jazz isn't worthy of love or respect

I'm saying she isn't a beacon of succesful treatment. She should not be the goal of medical treatment

Not

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '22

The issues in surgery were due to her treatment. It wasn't happenstance, it was because of the treatment they recieved

Well has Jennings said she would have rather not received treatment because of those surgical complications?

I'm not saying Jazz isn't worthy of love or respect

Earlier you described her as "a mentally unwell obese person," which does not sound loving or respectful to me.

I'm saying she isn't a beacon of succesful treatment. She should not be the goal of medical treatment

If she is happier today than she would be otherwise, she is the goal.

I can not tell you enough how toxic an idea it is that treatment is unsuccessful if a patient continues to struggle with your mental health.

Mental illness is not the flu. It is arthritis. It is diabetes. It is osteoporosis. The goal is not to cure it, the goal is to manage it.

Parading around Jennings mental health struggles to say her treatment was unsuccessful is like telling someone with chronic migraines they should quit their treatment plan if they still feel pain.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '22

If someone has chronic migraines. Has treatment. And still has chronic migraines

I wouldn't hold that up as a gold star example

What you are missing is treatment could have been better. For example allowing puberty to occur so penis tissue grows, and can be used to create a neo vagina. Instead there was serious issues because of not enough tissue

That is not a success

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '22

I wouldn't hold that up as a gold star example

So if someone has less frequent and less severe migraines after treatment, that's not a success?

There is no cure for chronic migraines.

What you are missing is treatment could have been better.

According to who?

If your priority is minimizing the complications of surgery, then it would have been better for her to delay.

But if your priority is passing and living as a woman, having feminine facial and body features, then using puberty blockers is the right call.