Opinion: A debate slip-up by Julián Castro is the latest evidence of how little the transgender community really matters to Democrats
To his credit, Castro was the only candidate in the debates to mention the reproductive health needs of trans Americans, while the rest of the candidates defaulted to referring to abortion and birth control access as “women’s issues,” erasing pregnant-capable trans people entirely. This stuff may be new to a lot of candidates, but it’s not hard to get right. Trans-inclusive reproductive health language has become a mainstay of pro-choice advocacy.
It’s easy to forget in this early campaign stage that we’re electing not just a president, but a whole administration consisting of thousands of administrators. Is it really too much to ask that candidates and their staffs know the difference between trans women and trans men? In fairness to Castro, hethat it’s trans men and pregnant-capable non-binary people who need abortion and reproductive care.
Besides Castro, among the 2020 Democrats, Kirsten Gillibrand has led on using trans-inclusive language while speaking to reproductive health issues. As possibly the most vocal trans ally in the field, Gillibrand is also lead sponsor of a Senate bill that would. She also became the first presidential candidate to call for a third gender option on federal IDs like passports.
These are details that are critical to trans voters, and they are being missed by campaigns. For the average progressive with a passing knowledge of the trans community, any mention of trans issues is often seen as a positive. But inadequate proposals and language mistakes simply remind me how little my community really matters to Democrats.
Just as bad, none of the debate moderators asked specific questions about LGBTQ issues over the course of two nights, a puzzling exclusion given that every member of Congress on the stage supports the, a bill which passed the House in May and would grant federal civil rights to LGBTQ people for the first time in U.S. history. The only mention of trans issues other than Castro’s came from Cory Booker, who pointed to the epidemic of violence against trans women of color.
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