USA, STOP TRANS* PATHS FOR UNDER-19S. CRISTALLI (ARCIGAY): "DANGEROUS MODEL, WIDESPREAD IN ITALY TOO"“
Bologna, January 30, 2025 "What is happening in the United States under Trump is a dangerous model that is spreading everywhere, including in Italy," says Christian Cristalli, head of Arcigay's Trans* Network. "In the US," explains Cristalli, "the government has decided to ban access to hormone treatments for trans people up to the age of 19, cutting off the health options of younger trans people. Not only that, under the Trump administration's first measures, incarcerated trans women are being placed in men's prisons, where they are exposed to rape and violence. Furthermore, President Trump has signed a measure to ban transgender people from serving in the military, saying that "their lifestyle is not honorable" and reiterating a hateful stigma against millions of transgender people around the world. "This is not a dystopia," says Cristalli, "it is our present, and if we think all this can't happen in Italy, we are wrong," he concludes.
Bologna, January 30, 2025 "What is happening in the United States under Trump is a dangerous model that is spreading everywhere, including in Italy," says Christian Cristalli, head of Arcigay's Trans* Network. "In the US," explains Cristalli, "the government has decided to ban access to hormone treatments for trans people up to the age of 19, cutting off the health options of younger trans people. Not only that, under the Trump administration's first measures, incarcerated trans women are being placed in men's prisons, where they are exposed to rape and violence. Furthermore, President Trump has signed a measure to ban transgender people from serving in the military, saying that "their lifestyle is not honorable" and reiterating a hateful stigma against millions of transgender people around the world. "This is not a dystopia," says Cristalli, "it is our present, and if we think all this can't happen in Italy, we are wrong," he concludes.
