CBS News poll: Despite progress, most Americans say LGBTQ discrimination still existsYeah, any trans person who is looking for a job or can’t attract the attention of the waitstaff knows that.
By Jennifer De Pinto
June 22, 2021
A big majority of Americans — nearly 8 in 10 — say the last 50 years have brought progress in ending discrimination against LGBTQ people. However, most also feel some discrimination still exists in society today.
Majorities think at least some discrimination exists today against people who are gay and lesbian and those who are transgender, and comparatively, more see "a lot" of discrimination against transgender people specifically.
Democrats and liberals stand apart from the public overall on this. Majorities of these groups say transgender student athletes should be allowed to play on a team that matches the gender they consider themselves to be. Most other political and demographic groups feel these athletes should only play on the team that matches their sex at birth.
Another factor that shapes views on this: personally knowing someone who is transgender.
More than half of those who know a transgender person say transgender student athletes should be allowed to play on team sports that match the gender they consider themselves to be.
Which shows the importance of the Transgender Day of Visibility. And as Harvey Milk said back in 1978...
“Gay brothers and sisters,... You must come out. Come out... to your parents... I know that it is hard and will hurt them but think about how they will hurt you in the voting booth! Come out to your relatives... come out to your friends... if indeed they are your friends. Come out to your neighbors... to your fellow workers... to the people who work where you eat and shop... come out only to the people you know, and who know you. Not to anyone else. But once and for all, break down the myths, destroy the lies and distortions. For your sake. For their sake. For the sake of the youngsters who are becoming scared by the votes from Dade to Eugene.”And it is true for us.
Where we need to do education is about trans student athletes we need to teach them the truth about students athletes.
Transgender student athletesThe lies that the conservatives are having an impact against us!
Several states have recently proposed legislation concerning transgender student athletes. Our poll finds most Americans overall think transgender student athletes should only be allowed to play on teams that match the sex they were born as, while four in 10 say they should be allowed to play on a team that matches the gender they consider themselves to be. These views extend across most demographic groups.
Democrats and liberals stand apart from the public overall on this. Majorities of these groups say transgender student athletes should be allowed to play on a team that matches the gender they consider themselves to be. Most other political and demographic groups feel these athletes should only play on the team that matches their sex at birth.
We need to counter those lies and educate the public with facts.
Yes, the Biden administration are working to undo the policy changes for Title IX that the Trump administration passed but we also must educate the public.
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Amid all the anti-trans athlete bills there was a glimmer of hope that just came out of the south…
The Republicans cannot even find one trans athlete in the state and of course they give the bill a cute name, “Fairness in Women's Sports Act.”
Yes, the Biden administration are working to undo the policy changes for Title IX that the Trump administration passed but we also must educate the public.
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Amid all the anti-trans athlete bills there was a glimmer of hope that just came out of the south…
Louisiana governor vetoes anti-trans athlete bill: 'Discrimination is not a Louisiana value'Does anyone want to guest which party controls the legislature and which party the governor is from?
Business Insider
By Natalie Musumeci and Charles Davis
June 22, 2021
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed legislation Tuesday that would have banned transgender youth from participating on girls' or women's school sports teams.
"As I have said repeatedly when asked about this bill, discrimination is not a Louisiana value, and this bill was a solution in search of a problem that simply does not exist in Louisiana," Edwards said in a statement.
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"Further, it would make life more difficult for transgender children, who are some of the most vulnerable Louisianans when it comes to issues of mental health," said Edwards.
The Republicans cannot even find one trans athlete in the state and of course they give the bill a cute name, “Fairness in Women's Sports Act.”
"These are organized anti-transgender forces, people who are ideologically anti-transgender, who are trying to push this everywhere that they can," Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, deputy executive director for the National Center for Transgender Equality, told Insider.There are Christian evangelical organizations that are pushing these bills around the country that is why you are seeing a rash of these bills, they have a set of canned bills that legislators can use.
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