[seethedeaduu]

> 1) It's a medical condition. Better activism doesn't lead to better patient outcomes. It just puts conflicting pressures on already overtaxed doctors that make it hard for them to treat patients properly. See what's happening to trans folks for an example.

What? Activism by trans people is directly responsible for the improvement of the lives of trans people (see informed consent for example).

[mapontosevenths]

"In the last five years, more anti-trans legislation has been proposed in the United States than in the previous 200 years combined." [0]

You have to look at the real world, not the world that (presumably) we both wish we lived in. In real life, activism just leads to counter-activism.

I'm not saying that trans folks aren't better off now than they were a decade ago, but I am saying that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. If you have a medical condition that needs treatment you probably don't need a line of dummies lining up to block you as you walk in because you've turned your condition into "Activism."

Some things are made worse by turning it into politics.

[0] https://gender.stanford.edu/news/continuities-and-developmen...

[seethedeaduu]

I am looking in the real world where trans activism was the cause for informed consent and younger transitions. Vastly improving the lives of trans people in the US.

Trans people are better off now specifically due to trans activism.

Every action having an "equal and opposite reaction" is a physics concept which doesn't apply here.