A victory for civil dialogue: American Public Square postposes their panel, “Exploring Gender and Identities”
culture, transgender, American Public Square Fred Kaffenberger culture, transgender, American Public Square Fred Kaffenberger

A victory for civil dialogue: American Public Square postposes their panel, “Exploring Gender and Identities”

American Public Square (APS) was planning to hold a panel discussion of trans rights. Today, I am glad to see that the event was postponed. While I am glad that it has been postponed, I will be happier when it has been canceled. It was a bad panel and the timing couldn’t be worse, immersed as we are in a moral panic about trans people.

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Some context for the upcoming discussion of trans rights, presented by American Public Square
life, culture, transgender, American Public Square Fred Kaffenberger life, culture, transgender, American Public Square Fred Kaffenberger

Some context for the upcoming discussion of trans rights, presented by American Public Square

The scope of American Public Square's panel on "Gender and Identity" is balancing rights of trans people with protecting women and children in the context of anti-trans laws in Missouri and Kansas. This scope is bad because it pits trans rights against the needs of women and children. We need to go deeper.

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