Grayson Jackson presented "The Rhetoric of Criminalization: Critical Discourse Analysis of Restrictive Legislation on Gender-Affirming Care" at the ASBH conference.
In 2023, states across the U.S. have introduced over one hundred bills jeopardizing the legality of gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) children and adolescents. This paper identifies routes by which these bills can be incisively opposed on ethical grounds and equips advocates with tools to engage in informed debates on gender-affirming care.