It seems like everywhere you look anti-trans legislation is being introduced in states around the country. It almost seems like they are trying to outdo each other… “You are banning trans people from, well I see you and add a $2500 fine. Well in my state I’m offering a bonus to anyone who turns in a trans person using the bathroom!”
The HRC (Human Rights Campaign) says there are 44 anti-trans bills in state legislatures.
They say the bills are “religious freedom” laws but in reality they give carte blanche to anyone to ignore non-discrimination laws just by claiming that it is against your religion. Anyone can claim that it is against their beliefs and there is no way to prove otherwise.
Why are they doing this?
I cannot understand how they can try to pass laws that marginalize and oppressed people. Do they hate us that much or are they doing it for votes?
The HRC (Human Rights Campaign) says there are 44 anti-trans bills in state legislatures.
REPORT: 2016 is the Most Dangerous Year for Transgender AmericansAnd the legislation is just not against trans people.
Advocate
By Dawn Ennis
February 22, 2016
Transgender people are under attack like never before with more than three dozen proposed new laws across 16 states, according to a new report by the Human Rights Campaign.
“This deeply disturbing trend is a stark reminder of just how vicious and deplorable opponents of equality are in their relentless attacks against our community,” said HRC President Chad Griffin in a statement emailed to The Advocate.
In all, HRC counts 44 bills targeting transgender people are in the works in 16 states. That’s more than twice as many as were introduced in all of 2015, and nearly two dozen of the measures focus on trans students.
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Other states are considering measures that prevent transgender people from changing their gender marker on their birth certificates, from legally getting married and from accessing medically-necessary care.
And they are just a portion of what HRC called “a stunning surge of more than 175 anti-LGBT bills in 32 states this year.”The Republicans say that they are for smaller government and to get government off your back but at the very same time that say that they are passing laws to control who can go the bathroom. What can be more invasive than checking to see if you are the “right” gender to use a bathroom?
They say the bills are “religious freedom” laws but in reality they give carte blanche to anyone to ignore non-discrimination laws just by claiming that it is against your religion. Anyone can claim that it is against their beliefs and there is no way to prove otherwise.
Why are they doing this?
I cannot understand how they can try to pass laws that marginalize and oppressed people. Do they hate us that much or are they doing it for votes?
Diana:
ReplyDeleteThose who fear change, or who are willing to shun those who are different, do not owe allegiance to one political party or the other. The trend we are seeing of attempts to outlaw our existence will ultimately fail. Unfortunately, the lynch mob mentality of old seems to sit, simmering, just below the thin veneer of "civilized" society and we, a minority with few advocates, are the current targets of the cry to "string 'em up". I find the intolerance of religious bigots in this country to be of the same cloth as religion based intolerance everywhere. Intolerant religious bigots need targets to satisfy their own needs to feel holier than thou. Similarly, I find ignorance of any kind that targets difference and targets perceived, but irrational and unproved fears, grow easily on the fertile ground of ignorance that surrounds us.