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Hunter Schafer Is Facing Backlash For Liking And Commenting On A Problematic Instagram Post
"Damn, Hunter Schafer is really supporting blaming other trans people for the bills that right-wingers and fascists are pushing to restrict and ban trans healthcare. How disappointing," one person wrote.

Hunter Schafer Is Facing Backlash For Liking And Commenting On A Problematic Instagram Post

By now, you probably know of Hunter Schafer. She played Jules, a trans woman in the hit show Euphoria.

@hunterschafer / Via instagram.com

It basically asserts that those who do not medically transition hold some of the blame for the anti-trans policy coming from the right-wing.

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This is a complex and very personalized subject, so I’ll let experts and those in the community explain why they were upset.

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Activist and queer legislative researcher, Erin Reed, said that transmedicalists “seek to gatekeep transition heavily.”

Erin Reed @ErinInTheMorn Transmedicalism used to be the _only_ viewpoint on whether or not you were allowed to transition. They used to separate you into categories like "AGP" (fetish, not allowed) or "HSTS" (you were "exposed to more estrogen in the womb" and likely present feminine gay).

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Twitter: @ErinInTheMorn

“Damn, Hunter Schafer is really supporting blaming other trans people for the bills that right-wingers and fascists are pushing to restrict and ban trans healthcare. How disappointing,” one person wrote.

grub (guillotine era) @grubadubflub damn hunter schafer is really supporting blaming other trans people for the bills that right-wingers and fascists are pushing to restrict and ban trans healthcare. how fucking disappointing.

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Twitter: @grubadubflub

People were just really disappointed in Hunter’s stance:

olive ?☁️? @olivephaedra hunter schafer blaming nb ppl for the things happening to trans ppl’s healthcare is so fucking sickening. girl that is what conservatives want!! they wanna pide you by making these horrific fucking laws and pitting queer n trans ppl against each other!! don’t b a transmed!!

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Twitter: @olivephaedra

max @abattoirbluues hunter schafer hating nonbinary ppl was not on my bingo card but is SO rich white woman of her but Also rooted in the idea that nonbinary people are just “trans-lite” and therefore are less deserving of affirming care and that’s a very harmful mentality that we need to disable <3

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Twitter: @abattoirbluues

People even memed the situation — joking about the implication that non-binary people are somehow to blame for anti-trans legislation:

júpiter @hometheyz hunter schafer when she finds out transphobia is to blame for transphobic laws and not non-binary ppl

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Twitter: @hometheyz

ben @bnsdlr Hunter Schafer finding out that nonbinary people also medically transition and are also affected by laws that affect binary trans people

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Twitter: @bnsdlr

rion ? @MAGlK666 Who's gonna tell hunter schafer that the real enemy are cis transphobes and not nonbinary people

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Twitter: @MAGlK666

Hunter has not responded to the backlash, but we will update you if she does.