Recognition of trans people has driven at least 2 billionaires insane (Musk and Rowling) and now will drive the UK to destroy itself and push Scotland to seek to leave. I really don't understand this level of brain worms or hatred. bbc.com/news/uk-politi…
Several countries across the world have had self-ID for over a decade and none of the sky is falling fear-mongering has come to pass.
This is all over a bill that will allow trans people to get gender recognition certificates without needing multiple medical providers to sign off on it. This means waiting more than 5 years to get into a first consultation at a gender clinic with the NHS.
It also puts domestic trans people at a disadvantage compared to foreign trans folks who can easily get gender marker changes in their countries of origin. Are they going to start blocking US, Canadian and EU passports now?
The average Scottish person doesn't care at all about trans people but they will be upset that their domestic laws are being superseded by English Tory overreach. It's about their sovereignty, especially after they voted to remain and were forced to leave the EU anyways.
We can still make this happen!
Anyways, I support #ScottishIndependence. Let the British empire finally die leaving the English monarchy a rotted out vestige of imperialism.
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New West Virginia bill, SB 252 would define "obscene matter" as exposure to transgender people. It would make it a felony to share any content regarding transgender people with a minor. This is blatantly unconstitutional.
This bill is updating the criminal code in WV Chapter 61 Article 8A to add transgender people to the definition of obscene. The original definition was the Miller test from the SCOTUS case Miller v. California that laid out the judicial test for determining obscene material.
The bill just tacks on transgender people onto the Miller Test. It's not only unconscionable, it's terrible legislative drafting. The prior 3 elements were conjunctive with "ands". This 4th element is just tacked on which doesn't indicate if all 4 elements have to be met.
Would you look at that. He uses the same profile picture for his Linkedin. He apparently works at @Wespacaz Construction as an Estimator. Positive confirmation since both accounts posted the same sunrise picture.
Meanwhile, law enforcement saw anti fascist counter protesters as a bigger threat than actual neo nazis. Police were pushing anti fascist protesters off the steps of the library in Fall River.
Dozens of police officers were at Boston Children's for Chris Elston's pathetic protest that only had twelve people. There were no counter protesters.
North Dakota introduced HB 1205 that would ban all books from public libraries that include any depiction of trans or gay people in them. There will be a committee hearing next Tuesday, Jan 17 @ 9:30 am.
Legacy media institutions have run countless articles concern trolling about cancel culture. Now, they are completely silent when states are implementing book bans that completely erase the mention of LGBTQ people. It's absurd.
Armed militias and neo-Nazis are showing up to drag events. People are being charged for threatening mass shootings against LGBTQ people. 5 people were murdered at Club Q. LGBTQ friendly venues are being firebombed. It's the fascists causing the panic.
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LGBTQ families are fleeing states. That's a reality. People like Leor don't want to accept the negative consequences that their rhetoric has so they seek to deflect and blame the victims for taking steps to protect themselves.
I'm tired of people who don't know LGBTQ history telling me I'm overreacting or exaggerating. They don't teach our history in schools so when we remind them of it, they gaslight us and tell us things aren't that bad and blame us for expressing our fears as causing "panic."
Oklahoma has introduced a bill that is effectively a de facto ban on ALL gender affirming care in the state. It bans all state and federal funding for any provider that performs gender affirming care is effectively a ban on all care.
This isn't just funding directly for gender affirming care, this applies if any provider does gender affirming care at all and receives any state or federal funding at all. It doesn't matter if it's not directly used. This is crafted to end all gender affirming care in Oklahoma.
Hospitals and clinics cannot operate without Medicaid funding along with state and federal grants. This essentially creates a choice that pits forgoing millions in funding or stopping the provision of all gender affirming care. Every medical provider will just stop providing it.