For everyone who is outraged about what happened to trans people in Arkansas, there is still time to help us stop these cruel and senseless bills elsewhere. I am going to provide an action plan below. #ProtectTransKids#LetKidsPlay
Tomorrow, West Virginia will be voting on HB 3293, a bill barring trans people from sports. If it passes the Senate tomorrow then we will need a veto from @JimJusticeWV. Call lawmakers in WV now.
Yesterday Florida advanced another anti-trans sports bill. We need to contact lawmakers in the Florida Senate to make sure they do not advance SB2012/HB1475. These bills are so cruel and dangerous.
Montana @GregForMontana to veto two bills including HB112, an anti-trans sports bill that has passed through the MT legislature - differences between the House & Senate versions need to be reconciled but start demanding a veto now.
North Carolina has a slate of anti-trans bills including HB 358 (an anti-trans sports bill) and SB 514, the broadest ban on health care for trans people anywhere in the US. Here is the text to 514, it is truly horrific: webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocume…
Alabama is still advancing two bills, HB1/SB10 (a felony ban on health care for trans people up to 19) and HB 391 (a trans sports ban). Continue to contact lawmakers and tell them to vote NO on these bills.
There are also bills pending in PA, TX, MO, ND and TN. There are also MORE bills in Arkansas being voted on in the coming days. This is an all out assault on trans lives and we need to fight for trans youth.
Keep donating to trans-led organizations as well since we will need to be getting support directly to trans people in these states. @TransJusticeFP has an amazing list of trans-led orgs you can choose from and always donate to TJFP too!
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So what happened today in the UK with trans legal rights and why does it matter? Some quick thoughts!
As part of a well-funded global movement attacking trans people, our bodies, our rights, and our healthcare, a challenge was filed to try to stop the National Health Service’s ability to provide gender-affirming care for trans minors.
Last year, a High Court decision in the UK effectively put a halt to care for trans minors across England and Wales. The decision claimed that gender-affirming care warranted unique intervention by the courts.
Flying down to Arkansas for court on Wednesday in @ACLU's challenge to the state's prohibition on gender-affirming care for trans minors. Here are some things that the state and its experts argue in defense of the law (with fact checks):
That most trans kids ultimately "desist" and end up cis.
FACT CHECK: Nope. They are distorting data about pre-pubertal kids (and that data is also flawed). But once reaching puberty, almost no trans-identified minors ultimately come to identify as cis.
That gender-affirmation makes kids trans.
FACT CHECK: Nope. You can't make someone trans and you definitely can't make them cis by denying affirmation.
Arkansas's HB1570, which could become law next week, is unlike any piece of anti-trans legislation that has ever become law in the United States. It will strip kids of their needed health care and prohibit insurance coverage for trans people of all ages.
If it becomes law, it will likely set off a chain reaction and could encourage Alabama to pass it's FELONY ban on health care for trans youth (SB10/HB1), which could be voted on next week as well.
I don't know what to say at this point. We are talking about cutting cuts off from ongoing treatment that we know to save their lives. We are talking about embedding in law the policy norm that being trans should be prevented.