Another Draconian Bill By Republicans…

This time from South Dakota where they want to ban talking about us in schools.

South Dakota educators balk at proposed ban on gender identity, expression instruction
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
By Patrick Anderson,
February 6, 2019

South Dakota lawmakers drew criticism from the state’s top education officials and human rights advocates Wednesday after proposing to limit how classrooms address gender and sexuality.

House Bill 1108 proposed a simple ban on any instruction of “gender identity or gender expression” from kindergarten through seventh-grade.

Critics said the bill’s co-authors were trying to fix a problem that doesn’t exist, with language that is overly broad.

Lawmakers amended the bill to say "gender dysphoria" instead of "gender identity or gender expression," and they ultimately decided discussions on gender belong in the home, not in schools. The bill passed out of the House Education Committee on a 9-6 vote.

Law makers really have no idea what they are talking about.

Rob Monson, who heads the advocacy group for school administrators in the state, also spoke against the bill.

Monson said in banning instruction of gender identity, public school educators in classrooms across the state could no longer differentiate between boys and girls at all since the term applies broadly to any person who identifies as male or female.

According to the Capital Journal,

The bill has critics beyond the classroom, though. In a statement on their website (eqsd.org), LGBTQ rights advocacy group Equality South Dakota said,

“Equality South Dakota strongly opposes [House Bill 1108], which attacks transgender students and prevents teachers from providing a safe and accepting environment for all children.”

It is also opposed by the South Dakota arm of the ACLU, which released an online statement calling the bill “plainly intended to target transgender and gender non-conforming students.”

The hate for us runs deep in the Republican Party.