"Children do not belong to the State-they belong to families. We will use every available mechanism to hold California accountable for these practices and restore parental rights." That is, the right sees children as property, and, to them, the only debate is whose property they are. The possibility that they're actually human beings who belong to no one is simply unthinkable."
"Liberals, on the other hand, see children as human beings: Human beings who need extra help and care, who need boundaries and education, but they're still people; people with their own identities, thoughts, and interests that their parents can't control, who will eventually become adults who are not who their parents may have wanted them to be."
"It's why right-wingers like to believe that things like social media, television, or "social contagion" turn kids trans; their kid isn't really trans, so it's not really so bad if they withhold love and support or even kick their kid out for being trans because they're just protecting their kid from an outside force."
Conservative rhetoric frames children as belonging to families and prioritizes parental authority over protections that prevent outing trans youth. That stance treats children as parental property and rejects the notion of children as autonomous individuals. Liberal perspectives treat children as human beings who need care, boundaries, and education while retaining distinct identities that parents cannot control. Fear of external influences—teachers, media, or so-called "social contagion"—fuels the anti-trans backlash and justifies withholding support or punishing trans children under the guise of protecting them from outside forces.
Read at LGBTQ Nation
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