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This is poised to be a troubling week in the trans justice context with really dangerous bills moving across the country. Here is what is happening and what you can do.
In Arizona, we have SB1165 now in the House (having passed the Senate) - that would ban trans girls from sports.
SB1138 - which would ban health care for trans minors is set for a hearing in Senate Judiciary on Wednesday 2/9.
Take action: action.aclu.org/send-message/t…
SB1138 - which would ban health care for trans minors is set for a hearing in Senate Judiciary on Wednesday 2/9.
Take action: action.aclu.org/send-message/t…
Arizona is leading the country in attacks on trans youth. Also let @dougducey know that he should VETO any anti-trans bill that gets to his desk, particularly any catastrophic health care ban.
We have reached a very painful and depressing escalation in the legislative/non-legislative policy attacks on trans young people. What is perhaps most disheartening is the lack of national attention and outrage from our supposed allies to meet the fixation from our opponents.
South Dakota has passed an anti-trans sports bill (SB46) that will be signed by Gov. Noem today. SD also passed an anti-trans bathroom bill through the House (HB 1005) that now moves on to the Senate.
Arizona and Indiana have both passed anti-trans sports bill through one chamber. AZ's SB1165 through the Senate and Indiana's HB1041 through the House. Both will be on the move next week.
Oh, 2021, you fucker of a year. So much loss, so many things broken. Asshole.
And yet, I still had a couple of good things happen this year and it's probably better to remember that, y'know?
So, a few good things and a few hopeful things for 2022. 🧵
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And yet, I still had a couple of good things happen this year and it's probably better to remember that, y'know?
So, a few good things and a few hopeful things for 2022. 🧵
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I got to play Susan B. Anthony in a scripted podcast! Radio plays are back y'all! We just call them scripted podcasts now.
(I'm in episodes 6 & 8)
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(I'm in episodes 6 & 8)
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That was because @starpeaceac remembered me from @osfashland. Because OSF is always bad ass, y'all.
I also met this lovely lady @jennyturnerhall and that turned into something amazing that y'all will just have to wait for. Heh.
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I also met this lovely lady @jennyturnerhall and that turned into something amazing that y'all will just have to wait for. Heh.
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Representative Swanson is now laying out HB 25 in the House. You can watch live or follow along as we'll tweet the full hearing. tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph…
Please note: bill supporters will only refer to transgender girls as "biological males" throughout this hearing because they want to erase the humanity of and recognition of trans people as real, full, and equal human beings.
Swanson speaks about 332,000 girls in UIL sports in Texas as "not a small number" but she somehow believes that a handful of transgender girls — none she can cite in Texas — participating in sports would destroy athletics for those 332k.
Ok here we go.
Yesterday while advancing a disgusting and blatant attack on trans children in Missouri, #HB53 Rep. Justin Hill employed several racist and misogynist attacks. And we’re going to break them down. (🧵)
Yesterday while advancing a disgusting and blatant attack on trans children in Missouri, #HB53 Rep. Justin Hill employed several racist and misogynist attacks. And we’re going to break them down. (🧵)
Hill’s outburst: “Maybe if (Dems) spent some of that effort ‘fighting for the voiceless’ waiting to see the sex of the unborn maybe we wouldnt kill so many bab- people in this state." What is insurrectionist Hill talking about here? (And sidebar: why hasn’t he been arrested yet?)
Hill argued Dem leaders should spend their time, not fighting for children, but advocating for “the unborn people”— showing us that Republicans are more obsessed with controlling pregnant people’s bodies than they care at all for actual children living in our state. #LetKidsPlay
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.
3 states. 7 days. Trans lives are at stake. Let’s have a @TransWeekofAction ahead of #TransDayOfVisibility. @chasestrangio and I want you to get involved to stop these laws.
March 24-25: Arkansas
March 26-28: South Dakota
March 29-31: Alabama
More at: bit.ly/TWOVA21
March 24-25: Arkansas
March 26-28: South Dakota
March 29-31: Alabama
More at: bit.ly/TWOVA21
Today’s work on Arkansas:
1) Share this info widely.
2) Tweet, call & email Arkansas @AsaHutchinson asking him to veto HB 1570 & SB 354.
3) Elevate & donate to @intransitiveAR, a leading organization in this fight against these laws.
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#TransWeekofAction #DefendTransRights
1) Share this info widely.
2) Tweet, call & email Arkansas @AsaHutchinson asking him to veto HB 1570 & SB 354.
3) Elevate & donate to @intransitiveAR, a leading organization in this fight against these laws.
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#TransWeekofAction #DefendTransRights
Learn more about the disgusting legislation that’s up for passage in Arkansas and Tennessee here. advocate.com/transgender/20…
In 2021, anti-trans sports bills gave been defeated in South Carolina & Utah, but signed into law in Mississippi. And 25 other states have pending legislation.
Recently, in part because of the hard work of organizing & public outreach (thank you to everyone who contacted her), the South Dakota governor vetoed HB1217 - but sent it back to lawmakers to edit & try again.
We are currently tracking 147 anti-LGBTQ bills across the country, including 73 explicitly anti-trans bills.
Three of these bills have already been passed and could soon be signed into law. More are coming.
Our community is under attack. Please read and share this thread.
Three of these bills have already been passed and could soon be signed into law. More are coming.
Our community is under attack. Please read and share this thread.
We are tracking 37 bills aimed at banning trans kids from playing sports.
25 bills aimed at limiting medical care for transgender people.
22 bills to allow discrimination under the guise of religious freedom.
That is just the start.
25 bills aimed at limiting medical care for transgender people.
22 bills to allow discrimination under the guise of religious freedom.
That is just the start.
In Mississippi and South Dakota, state legislators have already passed bills targeting LGBTQ people.
Both states passed bills to ban trans girls from playing sports. SD legislators also passed a religious refusal bill granting a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
Both states passed bills to ban trans girls from playing sports. SD legislators also passed a religious refusal bill granting a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
Really blown away by these fantastic gifs that @a35mmlife and @intoactionus made in support of trans kids in supports. Take them and make your own tweets supporting trans kids using the the hashtag #LetKidsPlay
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It breaks my heart to bring your attention to this.
With more than 520,000 deaths in the U.S. and tens of millions struggling financially, it appears Senate Republicans are attempting to weaponize the COVID relief package to ban trans kids from sports.
#LetKidsPlay
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With more than 520,000 deaths in the U.S. and tens of millions struggling financially, it appears Senate Republicans are attempting to weaponize the COVID relief package to ban trans kids from sports.
#LetKidsPlay
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I really wish it weren't true, but there's a rumored amendment being brought forward by Senate Republicans to ban trans kids from playing in sports at every level from K-12 right up through college. They will attempt to tie-in COVID relief in an attack on trans children.
As you already know, Senate Republicans rejected the $15/hr minimum wage amend that would help struggling families. They forced the reduction of stimulus checks for Americans in need. But somehow, they're managing to find space to harm trans kids in this COVID relief legislation.
