Thread by @StepUp4Trans

Trans rights are still under attack in the United States. Please go to transformationsproject.org to learn about your state and contact your reps. Here's a brief thread of today's updates. 🧵

New Hampshire HB1077 has been given an unfavorable report by the Committee! This means the bill is effectively dead! This bill would have repealed the prohibition on conversion therapy for minors, and its defeat is a great victory!!

Mississippi HB1099 is also Dead!! This bill would have prevented any currently incarcerated person from filing a name change petition or being granted a legal name change without intervention from a higher authority.

Idaho H0675 has been referred to Senate State Affairs Committee. This bill would define any surgery performed for someone under the age of 18 to their genitalia as Genital Mutilation, banning bottom surgery for many. It also makes leaving the state for such procedures a felony.

Tennessee HB2633 is on the House Ed. Committee calendar for 3/16. This bill would explicitly allow school professionals to deadname and misgender their trans students and protect them from legal or workplace consequences for doing so. This bill exists only to promote cruelty.

Tennessee SB2777 is on the Senate Education Committee Calendar for 3/16. This bill is an identical copy of HB2633, a doubling down on cruelty as a legislative agenda.

Another Pair of cross-filed bills are Tennessee SB2153 + HB2316. Both are on their respective Committee calendars for 3/16 and are sports bills banning "male" students from "female" sports based on their birth certificate.

Tennessee HB2835 is on House Health Subcommittee calendar for 3/15. This bill would ban trans-affirming medical care for minors and force schools to out trans students to their parents. This bill would kill.

Tennessee SB2696 was placed on the sub committee for Senate Health and Welfare Committee. This bill would ban all trans-affirming medical care for those under the age of 18, and would also prevent state funds from going to insurance companies that cover transition-related care...

...It also mandates that any designated reporter must inform guardians, in writing, if their child has a gender identity that does not match their assigned sex at birth.

Kentucky HB23 has been posted for passage in the House, and will enter the Senate. This is another sports bills banning children from sporting events based "biological sex". It also would require medical examinations under the penalty of perjury to "prove" their "biological sex".

Finally, Alaska has resurrected a similar sports bill from their last session, SB140, which was last active 10 months ago. A hearing is schedule on 3/12 at 10 AKST.

Remember, but it's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills. Please go to transformationsproject.org to learn about bills in your state and contact your representatives to #StepUpForTransKids!