I am a trans woman who was raised male due to being born with an intersexed condition. I woke up this morning to find that Prager U was not only trending, but being pushed by X/Twitter. Not only that it is doing so by pushing anti-trans Prager U misinformation. Anyone can easily learn online that less than 1% of all trans people are unsatisfied with their transition and less than half of those detransition.
Prager U constantly pushes the misinformation that its more common than that, and does so by taking the words of those who do detransition and twist them to be more anti-trans, or by taking images of trans people who are happy with their transition and misrepresenting them or even altering them to fit their lies. Also remember most people who do de-transition are also not to blame for this, Prager U looks for either vulnerable people or liars.
The thing is these lies are going to hurt people, if they haven’t already. It is not uncommon for trans people either pre-transition or early in their transition to constantly question if they are or aren’t trans. And Prager U’s lies are specifically designed to target those people, and I’ve seen things like that lead people to wind up committing self-harm or worse. Not only that but it gives the far-right more ammo to try and target trans people for harassment or worse.
If you know any trans people in your lives that may be sensitive or worried about their identity, body, self, or have depression or anxiety. Be there for them today, assure them them, comfort them if they need it, and if you see anyone targeting or harassing them, help shut that down, because this kind of push not only by Prager U but by X/Twitter itself is not only harmful it could to physical, emotional, and mental harm… or worse.