My Gay Brothers And Lesbian Sisters

I told you so, the Republicans were just sharping their teeth on us. Now they are coming after all of us.

House Republicans Target LGBTQ People with National 'Don't Say Gay' Bill, Testing GOP Values Ahead of Midterms
The bill, which mischaracterizes sexual orientation and gender identity in all contexts as "sexually explicit," was introduced on Tuesday by Rep. Mike Johnson and 32 other congressional Republicans
People
By Brenton Blanchet
October 20, 2022


A new Republican-led House bill is being described as the national equivalent of Florida's controversial Parental Rights in Education bill, also known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which was passed into law earlier this year.

On Tuesday, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana and 32 other congressional Republicans introduced what they're calling the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act of 2022, which would prevent the use of federal funds from developing or funding "any sexually-oriented program, event, or literature for children under the age of 10, and for other purposes."

The bill, if passed, would prevent schools from providing books about LGBTQ topics to children under 10. And beyond that, it would impact federally funded facilities like public libraries, schools, hospitals and more.

The pogrom against us is just beginning!

As NBC News points out, the bill defines "sexually-oriented material" as "any depiction, description, or simulation of sexual activity, any lewd or lascivious depiction or description of human genitals, or any topic involving gender identity, gender dysphoria, transgenderism, sexual orientation, or related subjects."

LGBTQ advocates are now pointing out their concerns with the bill, which has wording that legal experts have said may open teachers of any grade level to lawsuits, per NBC. Specifically, the bill prohibits instruction "in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."

And the courts will not help us, they were all packed with evangelical Christians who put party and religion first ahead of the Constitution.

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In Idaho they are going after the drag queens!

Idaho's anti-drag queen bill is the next step in rolling back LGBTQ rights

Bans on public drag have historically been leveraged to police the gender presentation of queer and trans people.

MSNBC

By Katelyn Burns, MSNBC Opinion Columnist

October 21, 2022

On Monday, the Idaho Capital Sun reported a chilling announcement from Idaho Family Policy Center President Blaine Conzatti: The upcoming state legislative session will include a new bill, co-drafted by the group, that will ban public drag performances throughout Idaho. If passed into law, the Idaho measure would be the most draconian government measure taken against LGBTQ people in several decades. Liberals should not write this bill off, but rather recognize it as the next step in stripping away hard-won protections for LGBTQ people in America.

The Idaho legislation comes amid a national panic on the right over Drag Queen Story Hour, which typically features a drag queen in a spangly outfit reading children’s books to kids. Idaho’s conservatives are reacting to a series of controversies that have popped up throughout the state, many driven by a panicky right-wing media environment. Conzatti cited a drag performance in Coeur d’Alene in June in which the performer was accused of exposing himself to children attending the event. The local prosecutor’s office determined that video allegedly showing the exposure was manipulated and the performer had not done so. According to the Coeur d’Alene Press, the performer is suing a conservative blogger for defamation over the incident.

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Though we don’t have its text and the Idaho Family Policy Center is being secretive about its potential sponsors, this bill should deeply concern anyone who cares about LGBTQ rights. Bans on public drag have historically been leveraged to police the gender presentation of queer and trans people. Anti-crossdressing laws in New York City in the 1960s limited the number of articles of clothes of the “opposite sex” to two or less. Police used these laws to justify raids on gay bars and other places in which LGBTQ people gathered, including the Stonewall Inn in 1969. Patrons of the bar eventually became so fed up with the raids that they rioted, and forced the police to barricade themselves inside the bar over the course of a week that summer.

Many of our lesbian sisters and gay brothers sat back on their heals and did nothing because the persecution was directed at us so like in the Martin Niemöller poem "First they came for..." they did nothing.

This is the Lavender Scary on steroids. This 1s Anita Bryant’s "Save Our Children," with unlimited funds behind it. The thing of it is they are using us to gain power and seize control of the elections to create a one party system, they want a czar like Russia’s Putin.

VOTE!!!

And vote Blue as if your life depends upon it... because it does.