The Struggle For Our Human Rights Continue.

We are winning is some of the Republicans states but getting hammered in others.

Alabama bill criminalizing transgender health treatments moves closer to passage
Montgomery Advertiser
By Brian Lyman
March 2, 2022


An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved two bills that could put physicians in prison for up to 10 years for prescribing certain drugs for transgender youth. 

The bills, sponsored by Rep. Wes Allen, R-Troy, and Sen. Shay Shelnutt, R-Trussville, passed the House Judiciary Committee along party line votes. Shelnutt's bill has already passed the Senate and could go to Gov. Kay Ivey if passed by the Alabama House. 

Under the measures, a doctor who prescribed a puberty blocker or hormone treatment to a person under the age of 19 would be guilty of a Class C felony, and face up to 10 years in prison. The bill would also require school officials to "not withhold" from a parent any information about their child's confusion about their gender identity.

Allen, who handled the bills, said he wanted to protect children, but struggled to answer questions from committee members about the enforcement of the bill or whether he viewed treatments for gender dysphoria as abuse. 

That is pure BS and they know it. There has been medical testimony refuting the claim that care of trans children is abuse, to the contrary medical experts have found the exact opposite.

The states want to build their manufacturing base of cheap labor but what some of these international companies bring with them are non-discrimination policies that fly in the face of state laws.

BASF, PNC, Honda Join 150+ Major U.S. Companies to Oppose Anti-Transgender Legislation in Alabama and Across the Country
HRC
By Henry Berg-Brousseau
March 2, 2022


Today, BASF, PNC, Honda, PepsiCo, and others are joining more than 150+ major companies vocally opposing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in Alabama and across the country – highlighting a wave of legislation targeting LGBTQ+ youth. The list of signatories has more than tripled in the past year and represents tens of thousands of employees in the state of Alabama.

Business leaders consistently report that they have difficulty with recruitment, retention, and tourism in states that debate or pass legislation that excludes LGBTQ+ people from full participation in daily life, and that includes the children of their valued employees and recruits. These policy fights negatively impact businesses operationally and financially, and needlessly put the safety and wellbeing of their team members and their families at risk.

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The business statement reads as follows:

The companies joining this statement do business, create jobs, and serve customers throughout the United States. Our businesses strongly embrace diversity and inclusion because we want everyone who works for us or does business with us to feel included and welcomed as their true, authentic selves. Fairness, equal treatment, and opportunity are central to our corporate values because we care about our employees and the customers we serve. What’s more, these values also matter to our bottom lines. Inclusive business practices lead to more productive and engaged employees, increased customer satisfaction; and, ultimately, improved competitiveness and financial performance.

But one of the problems that I see is that a lot of these companies speak with a forked tongue, they say all these highfalutin words but give to the campaigns funds.

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This is a battle for our rights, hundreds of anti-trans bills have been introduced across the nation by Republicans and not one by a Democrat. (The HRC Corporate Equality Index (CEI) is whole of can of worms which I addressed in the past.)

It is a battle of ideologies with the Republicans passing laws against individuals rights while at the same time they say that they want to get the government off of our backs, what hypocrisy.

Culture war around care for transgender kids heats up
Axios
By Tina Reed
March 3, 2022


The confrontation over gender-affirming care for transgender youth hit a boil this week as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down on his call for state officials to investigate "transition care" for minors as "child abuse."

Driving the news: Even as Abbott's team called the issue a political "winner," major medical groups including the American Academy of Pediatrics condemned the stance, saying it trampled on the doctor-patient relationship and injected politics into medical care.

Why it matters: Research has demonstrated transgender kids are more prone to anxiety, depression, and suicide than their peers, adding a high degree of urgency to the issue, experts say.

Meanwhile the Democrats are fighting for us.

The big picture: HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra released a statement Wednesday calling the Texas government's actions "unconscionable," saying "at HHS, we listen to medical experts and doctors, and they agree with us, that access to affirming care for transgender youth is essential and can be life-saving," he said.

Medical associations, such as the American Medical Association, have also urged governors to oppose such measures, saying trans and non-binary gender identities are "normal variations of human identity and expression."

In my blog post last night I posted the White House’s letter from President Biden supporting us.

Today, the Department of Health and Human Services has announced several actions to keep transgender children in Texas and their families safe—putting the state of Texas on notice that their discriminatory actions put children’s lives at risk. These announcements make clear that rather than weaponizing child protective services against loving families, child welfare agencies should instead expand access to gender-affirming care for transgender children. Respected medical organizations have said that access to gender-affirming care for transgender children can benefit mental health, lower suicide rates, and improve other health outcomes. Children, their parents, and their doctors should have the freedom to make the medical decisions that are best for each young person—without politicians getting the way.

On the Freedom for all Americans website they have a list of anti-trans legislation, just try to find a bill introduced by a Democrat?

Some trans people say that they are not going to vote because the two parties are are the same… Oh Really?