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Heron Greenesmith

Heron Greenesmith is a policy attorney and writer whose work focuses on LGBTQ rights and anti-transgender advocacy networks. They have worked at Political Research Associates and the Transgender Law Center and taught at Boston University School of Law. They graduated from the University of New Hampshire and American University's Washington College of Law and are admitted to the New York and Massachusetts bars.

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What we have documented

We have documented 1 statement by Heron Greenesmith, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

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Statements by Heron Greenesmith

Heron Greenesmith

Role at the time: Policy attorney who studies anti-transgender advocacy networks

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Statement summary

Greenesmith describes the report as an extension of the administration's campaign against transgender rights. They say it seeks to connect support for trans people with violence by left-wing actors.

“It seeks to explicitly connect support for trans people to violence by actors on the left.”
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Why we used this label

Relative to the HHS report's claim linking gender-affirmation support with authoritarianism and violence, the speaker criticizes its methods, framing or use.

Read statementFull case: Does the HHS report support linking gender-affirming guidance to authoritarianism and violence justification?

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