Rachel Levine ripped for demanding censorship of 'misinformation' on 'gender-affirming care' for kids (VIDEO)
foxnews ^ | 12/26/2022 | gabriel hays
Posted on 12/27/2022, 1:13:41 PM by bitt
Twitter users called the Biden HHS official's remarks 'evil' and an example of 'fascism'
Conservatives on Twitter blasted a recently surfaced video of the Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine calling on Big Tech companies to censor "misinformation" about "gender-affirming care" for kids on the internet.
Levine, a transgender woman, made the statements in May, though the video gained newfound attention on Twitter just after Christmas. Prominent Twitter users expressed horror that a government official was asking tech companies to censor content disputing that gender-affirming care for youth is a thing of "positive value."
During a May 27 zoom address to the Federation of State Medical Boards in New Orleans, Dr. Levine spoke about the need for the government to "address health misinformation directly" and specified that includes encouraging Big Tech to combat health misinformation "beyond COVID-19."
The doctor said, "So I’d like to just talk briefly about another area of substantial misinformation that is directly impacting health equity in our nation, and that is the health equity of sexual and gender minorities. There is substantial misinformation about gender-affirming care for transgender and gender diverse individuals."
Levine then claimed that the country is "facing an onslaught of anti-LGBTQI+ actions at the state levels across the United States," adding, "They are dangerous to the public health."
Levine continued, saying, "The positive value of gender-affirming care for youth and adults is not in scientific or medical dispute."
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