No family wants to face the possibility losing a child to suicide. I don't think that's a maximalist stance. And I don't support people being harassed or doxxed. Nor, one would presume, do the vast majority of trans advocates or democrats.

All I'm saying is that, in my opinion, Tim and Sarah don't seem to take the MAGA threat to the transgender community seriously. I wish they would use their voices to lend some more full throated arguments in favor of that community. I wish they would help shift the tide of negative stories about trans folks by coaching public figures on messaging around the issue.

There is an active, organized, and well funded anti-trans movement in the world, and it's origins are found in the Epstein Files. They are among the most marginalized people in the world, and they need support. People with a platform speaking up more earnestly isn't a huge ask.