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@ErinInTheMorn
Apr 30 • 10 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
1. Last night, a Kansas Republican, Represetnative Susan Concannon, voted against a transgender ban in the state, upholding the governor's veto.

Her message was simple: "Government involvement is not the answer."

She was joined by others.

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2. Two Republicans in the House and two in the Senate stood against the bill. The defeat of the gender affirming care ban SB233 in Kansas marks the latest in a series of Republicans turning away from anti-trans laws.

Read my full article here:

erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-repub…
3. Representative Concannon previously voted in favor of the bill. She reversed that decision and stepped forward to explain why: "These decisions belong to the team of professionals and the parents. The youth need our help, not government overreach."

4. Kansas has been a lightning rod for anti-trans legislation in recent years. Just last year, Republicans passed a bill that ended legal recognition, leading to AG Kris Kobach reversing trans people's drivers licenses and birth certificates.

kcur.org/2023-06-26/kob…
5. However, recent months cast doubt on the willingness of some Republicans nationwide to target transgender people, at least until the next election, where such positions may be seen as ideologically extreme.

washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04…
6. Sensing such shifts, there has also been more effort in lobbying centrist and conservative leaders while appealing to values that resonate with conservatives, such as control of one's healthcare, privacy rights, and personal liberty. See @GRACEforUSA:

7. Several groups worked to make this happen. A coalition made up of Equality Kansas, ACLU of Kansas, Kansas Interfaith Action, Loud Light Civic Action, Mainstream, Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes, Trust Women Foundation, and Transformations drove 1000s of phone calls.
8. You can see info on the coalition here:

loudlightaction.org/press
9. Had the bill passed, it would have been one of the most extreme bills in the United States targeting tarns youth, and would have placed restrictions on social transition.

kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/me…
10. Lastly, I am a queer journalist reporting on LGBTQ+ legislation, life, and all of the biggest moments. You can subscribe to support my journalism at .erininthemorning.com/subscribe

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May 1
1. The latest legislative risk assessment map for transgender adults and youth is out. There have been some big moves.

Maine is now among the safest states legislatively. Alabama, Idaho move in the opposite direction.

Subscribe to support my journalism. Let's look at the maps. Image
2. I have continually mapped legislative risk for transgender people since 2022. The landscape has continued to shift. This month, you can view the full write-up on the legislative risk landscape for transgender people in my article here:

erininthemorning.com/p/anti-trans-l…
3. For Transgender adults, a major safe state law passed in Maine, bringing it among the safest states legislatively.

In Alabama, a DEI bill also bans trans adults from bathrooms on college campuses.

Idaho has a total state funding ban.

Risks have been adjusted accordingly. Image
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Apr 29
1. In a landmark ruling, the United States 4th Circuit Court of Appeals rules "gender identity is a protected characteristic," and that state coverage bans on trans care are unconstitutional.

This will have far-reaching impacts.

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2. The ruling, which was decided on by the entire 4th Circuit Court, says that transgender people are a protected class and that trans discrimination is sex discrimination, overturning State coverage bans.

Read my latest article here:
erininthemorning.com/p/4th-circuit-…
3. Attorneys for the state argued that the policies were not discriminatory because the exclusions for trans care "apply to everyone, not just trans people."

Judges rebuked this idea, citing older arguments that a ban on gay marriage "applied to everyone, gay and straight." Image
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Apr 26
1. A new landmark systematic review of transgender surgeries finds that regret rates are "remarkably low."

Looking at more than 55 individual studies, researchers find that trans surgeries have some of the lowest regret rates of any surgery.

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2. The new study, published in The American Journal of Surgery, finds that regret rates are "remarkably low."

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health criticize attempts to use "regret" to ban care.

erininthemorning.com/p/landmark-sys…
3. The review looked at dozens of surgeries and their regret rates. The transgender surgeries, as seen is red, are magnitudes lower than any other they analyzed. Image
Read 11 tweets
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Apr 26
Cass has released a "FAQ/Clarification" today for the Cass Review where she gets some major things wrong. Chief among them is the idea that "most children will desist," which has been so thoroughly debunked that it should be discrediting. Image
This is misleading and a lie.

This comes from the DSM-4 criteria where any gender nonconforming kid was considered trans and counted under desistance.

Likewise, trans kids COULD NOT transition, were put through conversion therapy, and of course they “desisted."
The old criteria that these claims are based on literally do not require you to identify as "the other sex" in order to be diagnosed with "gender identity disorder," a "disorder" diagnosis that no longer even exists. See this: Image
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Apr 23
1. Incredible news for transgender and abortion providers and patients in Maine.

Despite violent threats, Gov. Janet Mills of Maine has signed a sanctuary bill into law.

It even enshrines WPATH Standards of Care as protected by Maine.

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2. The law has faced a rocky rode to passage. Many anti-trans influencers targeted legislators on social media. Those attacks were followed by anonymous bomb threats.

Undeterred, legislators passed protections.

Read my article here:

erininthemorning.com/p/maine-signs-…
3. The sanctuary bill applies to transgender and abortion patients and providers. It says that people have a legal right to gender affirming care and healthcare services that are obtained within the state's borders. Image
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Apr 22
1. Major victory in Iowa for trans and queer people. As the legislature adjourned Sine Die, every explicitly anti-LGBTQ+ bill has died - 20 in all.

Even a last second amendment to a veterans benefit bill targeting trans people fialed.

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2. This year, some of the biggest fights over anti-trans legislation happened in Iowa. Bills included a bill defining trans people as disabled, a bill stripping all civil rights from trans people, a "pink triangle" bill, and more.

Read my latest here:

erininthemorning.com/p/iowa-attacks…
3. In the closing hours of the session, some Republican lawmakers in Iowa, upset that no anti-LGBTQ+ legislation was passing, tried to hold a veterans bill hostage.

That gambit failed as they realized such a move would probably be politically unpopular.

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