Utah Trans Youth Study Backfires on Politicians

After a two-year evidence review initiated by Utah’s Republican governor, the data is in: gender-affirming care for youth is safe, effective, and medically justified. But instead of embracing science, lawmakers are ignoring their own study. In this episode, The Non-Prophets take apart the hypocrisy, the religious double standards, and the real human cost of denying care. When truth is inconvenient, some choose cruelty over compassion.News SourceMother Jones, “Utah Republicans Got the Science They Asked For—Then Ignored It”By Madison Pauly, May 24, 2025🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/utah-transgender-youth-affirming-care-ban/The Non-Prophets 24.24.2 with Scott Dickie, AJ, and Jason FriedmanUtah Asked for Science—Then Ignored It 🧪GOP's Study Backfires: Gender Care Is Safe ❤️They Wanted Justification to Ban Trans Care—They Got the Opposite 📉When Science Doesn’t Fit the Narrative 🤐Safe. Effective. Ignored. The Trans Care Report 📊Religious Hypocrisy Meets Medical Evidence 🙄What Happens When Facts Clash with Faith? ⚖️Utah’s Gender Care Review Wasn’t What They Hoped For 🩺Real Experts Say Trans Care Works—Lawmakers Don’t Care 🤷‍♂️The Study That Should’ve Changed Minds—But Didn’t 🤯Ignoring Science Is a Policy Choice 🚫Trans Youth Deserve Better Than Political Theater 🎭Evidence Over Ideology—Why Is That So Hard? 🧠From Data to Disregard: The Utah Trans Report 📚Faith-Based Lawmaking Hurts Real People 🧍‍♀️Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-non-prophets--3254964/support.