AnarchoNinaAnalyzes on Nostr: Going to keep this one short because as is noted in the article, I strongly suspect ...
Going to keep this one short because as is noted in the article, I strongly suspect this bill will "die in committee" but I still think it's instructional to examine what the more extreme members of the American fascist coalition, particularly those in office, are seeking to codify in law. After all, as the Overton window keeps shifting right, plenty of ideas most of us assumed would never pass a vote have become law, and fascism itself is not a "chud rush" as imagined in popular culture, but rather a top-down, legalist political formulation - so knowing their intentions as they do seize more and more power, is quite useful.
So, let's head over to Missouri, the most Confederate midwestern state:
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/gop-bill-would-require-teachers-to-register-as-sex-offenders-if-they-support-trans-students/
"A Missouri Republican has introduced a bill that would make it a felony for teachers to support trans and gender-nonconforming students’ transitioning socially and force those found guilty to register as sex offenders.
First-term state Rep. Jamie Ray Gragg (R) introduced H.B. 2885 this week. The proposed law would make it a Class E felony to “contribute” to the social transition of transgender youth."
Yeah, you read that right, this freak wants to make it illegal to support trans kids, "whether the support is material, information, or other resources to a child regarding social transition." Furthermore, he'd like to permanently brand teachers or councilors who do so, as registered sex offenders; I couldn't make that up if I tried. Curiously enough, the bill explicitly acknowledges the difference between a person's "gender identity" and the "the gender *assumed* by the individual’s sex at birth" - emphasis mine. So it's not that this little nazi doesn't UNDERSTAND the issues surrounding trans identities, it's that he wants to make recognizing trans identities in a school setting a class E felony anyway, and through the force of law conflate supporting trans kids with sexual assault of a minor unapologetically, DESPITE knowing that this is all monstrous bullcrap.
I hate to keep quoting Maya Angelou every seven minutes, but when she's right, she's right.
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."
#TransRights #Fascism #GOP #Missouri
So, let's head over to Missouri, the most Confederate midwestern state:
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/gop-bill-would-require-teachers-to-register-as-sex-offenders-if-they-support-trans-students/
"A Missouri Republican has introduced a bill that would make it a felony for teachers to support trans and gender-nonconforming students’ transitioning socially and force those found guilty to register as sex offenders.
First-term state Rep. Jamie Ray Gragg (R) introduced H.B. 2885 this week. The proposed law would make it a Class E felony to “contribute” to the social transition of transgender youth."
Yeah, you read that right, this freak wants to make it illegal to support trans kids, "whether the support is material, information, or other resources to a child regarding social transition." Furthermore, he'd like to permanently brand teachers or councilors who do so, as registered sex offenders; I couldn't make that up if I tried. Curiously enough, the bill explicitly acknowledges the difference between a person's "gender identity" and the "the gender *assumed* by the individual’s sex at birth" - emphasis mine. So it's not that this little nazi doesn't UNDERSTAND the issues surrounding trans identities, it's that he wants to make recognizing trans identities in a school setting a class E felony anyway, and through the force of law conflate supporting trans kids with sexual assault of a minor unapologetically, DESPITE knowing that this is all monstrous bullcrap.
I hate to keep quoting Maya Angelou every seven minutes, but when she's right, she's right.
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."
#TransRights #Fascism #GOP #Missouri