 Over the course of the last couple of years youtubers like myself have been trying our best to debunk the Transphobic talking points that we're seeing from politicians and podcast hosts. The problem is that our reach is very limited So unless people are able to combat the vitriol with facts and arguments Unless they know how to respond to these transphobic talking points that they're hearing Well, things are just going to continue to deteriorate in this country So it felt like we were fighting this losing battle where the people who are saying these terrible things They have a bigger reach than the people who are debunking these terrible things that they're saying So how do you compete with that? Well, the answer is you do your best But at the end of the day understand that it's an uphill battle But now I am pleased to report that the cavalry has arrived because people with very large platforms television shows are Finally saying what we've all been saying now for years and it's really a positive thing to see This is the hope young that I needed because when it comes to issues related to the LGBTQ plus community, especially trans issues It really was hard to not feel defeated and depressed but both John Stewart and John Oliver used their massive platforms to thoroughly and powerfully debunk Transphobic arguments that I've gotten a lot of steam now. Unfortunately, I can't play large portions of their clips So what I want to advise you to do stop watching this video right now Yes, you heard that correct stop watching this go to the description section and click on these links and watch them for Yourselves because they really are so incredible that I can't put it into words Just how effective these are going to be but if you don't want to see what they say yet If you're not convinced, I've got a couple of clips. They're very short because I don't know Whether or not Apple TV is gonna come after me for playing them But first let's look at a John Oliver's recent segment published to YouTube on Sunday evening People like known love stoking fear over the specter of trans athletes girls specifically having an unfair advantage and taking away scholarship Opportunities but there are vanishingly few examples nationwide of trans athletes attempting to compete at all and in known states Specifically the head of their high school sports association could name exactly one Transgender female athlete who competed and who graduated several years ago So there are more athletes in this shots from gnomes ads than there are trans girls known to have competed in South Dakota schools But even if there were more Discriminating against them would still obviously be wrong and it would still be weird that state legislatures were getting involved in decisions That are usually made by organizations governing the sports in question and it is worth knowing even at the elite level Conversations around this aren't being handled with flat-out bands The IOC has announced that it will set rules on a sports by sport basis But working on the general principle that no athlete should be excluded from competition on the assumption of an advantage Due to their gender and it is pretty remarkable that a trans athlete could theoretically compete in the Olympics But not in South Dakota under 12 soccer now he goes on to explain how these right-wing politicians They not only have no facts on their side, but the examples that they're using to gin up transphobic hysteria It's it's bizarre if you look at the details Kristi Noem is a governor who has kind of championed herself as a protector of girls sports because she banned a trans High schoolers from participating in in school sports. The problem is there's no known transgender athletes and A blanket ban as he explains later on is something that isn't just Mean but it also doesn't really make sense because you have other commissions like the Olympics For example, they decide what is and isn't fair on a case-by-case basis Pushes the way that it should be when it comes to sports blanket blanket bands don't defend women's sports They only hurt trans people and stop them from participating But it really is a good example because it shows you that these politicians have nothing They don't have an economic message All that they have is fear mongering and hysteria and even the examples that they use protecting women's sports are founded on nothing now John Stewart makes the same type of argument, you know throughout the course of His I think it's like 30 minute episode on his Apple TV show the problem with John Stewart and His episode I've got to say it's one of the most powerful Reputations of transphobia that I think I've ever seen as the most influential and effective thing that I've ever seen like watching It was honestly shocking to see somebody With a giant platform make these make this argument make this case So I'm gonna play a short clip from his exchange with Leslie Routledge. This is the attorney general of Arkansas She at her state passed legislation that Bans gender-forming care for trans youth and he's gonna explain why what they did is nonsensical And if your child is suffering from pediatric cancer, and the state comes in and says to you They recommend chemotherapy, but we're not going to let you do that. You can't We think you should get a different opinion and here's the organization. We think you should get the opinion from They're not the mainstream But they're an organization So that's how you that's who you have to be treated by Does that sound like something you would I think that's a very extreme example That's not at all in line with what we're talking about now What he said there is not going to be Revolutionary if you've watched this show because many youtubers have made that same argument But the problem is as I stated at the beginning of this video many people haven't heard this argument They haven't thought through these things and how preposterous these bans on gender-affirming care are so when it comes to treatment of Children when it comes to cancer for example the state Without question follows the consensus of medical experts when it comes to how to treat those children But when it comes to gender-affirming care for trans youth, they're disregarding what the experts are saying Completely and instead they're superimposing what they believe is The thing that should be done, which is ban Any type of care even social transition for trans youth and that is deadly John Stuart challenges her on this and she brings a bogus statistics for you for example She talks about how if you deny gender-affirming care, and I'm paraphrasing by the way deny gender-affirming care and you give those trans kids counseling then 98% of them end up Not having gender dysphoria now. He calls route because she just made that number up and he says that as well so this exchange here is so powerful because it proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Transphobes who want to try to erase trans people from society, especially trans children. They have no argument They have no data statistics, and they don't have ethics on their side. It's lose lose lose for them We just need people to see this now I don't think that transphobes are going to watch this because they are inherently close-minded hence the reason why they're transphobes Usually if you're a bigot, you're not a very open-minded person But if you are somebody who has come to this channel, I've seen you you've commented and you just don't agree about all this gender extremism I dare you Watch these segments if you don't want to watch both watch John Stewart segment and Try to formulate some sort of a rebuttal to it. It's very difficult to do Because again, this is not an argument that he's making based on emotions It's based on facts and reality and data and empirical evidence That's why it's so powerful so the reason why I want to talk about this is because a lot of the segments that I've done lately on trans issues have been very Defeated sounding probably and I don't want to I Guess I don't want to like black pill people and make them not fight I mean trans people don't have a choice, but really I want to let people know that it's not a foregone conclusion You know, we're in this bad state right now, but things can change and this is a huge shift in momentum in our Direction because now for the first time all of the arguments that you've been making Are now echoed by Massive massive media figures with very large platforms. So what I want people to do what I want to encourage you all to do is watch these segments Memorize the arguments that they're making and use them when you're talking about trans rights To your transphobic family member use these arguments. This is why we talk about these things I want you to use the talking points and use the data that I present to you on this program because a lot of people Even Democrats liberals, they don't necessarily know how to respond to transphobic arguments So they just kind of choose to step back, but we need people engaged We need every single person to stand up for trans people because they are under assault right now in this country And we need all hands on debt and so what John Stewart and John Oliver just did is give us a massive massive point of reference to point to Nobody's gonna watch a video from the Humanist report or lands from the serfs because they don't know who we are We're just youtubers we could be anyone, but they know who John Stewart is They know who John Oliver is and even if they may not agree with them ideologically They at least know that the presentations that they have will be packed with facts and data It's hard to argue against that so use them as a resource to debunk transphobic arguments That's the main takeaway and that's why I'm talking about this now the video may be deleted because again I'm sharing these clips and Apple TV HBO. They don't necessarily like fair use, but either way I just I had to say it because these segments are Game changers in my opinion and I don't believe that that's hyperbolic