They Have Our Back

With all the animosity against us it is nice to hear when people defend us, but I am afraid it is going in one ear and out the other.

Public outpouring at hearings on bills targeting transgender youth
Wisconsin Examiner
By: Baylor Spear
October 5, 2023


Wisconsin lawmakers heard testimony on Wednesday on a set of Republican bills that would bar minors from receiving gender affirming medical care and bar transgender girls and women from participating in women’s sports.

During the hearings that ran into the night, lawmakers at times had heated disagreements and attendees were reminded to not make disturbances including clapping or booing or they would be removed. The hearing comes as Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have continued to push bills that would restrict the lives of transgender people despite strong opposition from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

Evers has vowed on several occasions to veto any legislation that would hurt the LGBTQ community.

“And my message to LGBTQ folks — especially our trans kids — is this: you are welcome, you are wanted, and you belong here,” Evers wrote on social media last week. “And I’ll veto any bill that makes Wisconsin a less welcoming, less inclusive, and less safe place for you to be who you are.”

On Wednesday as the hearings were going on, Ever met with a group of opponents to the bills to renew his vow.

“We’re going to veto every one of them,” Evers said to cheers and applause.

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Allen [Rep. Scott Allen co-authored the anti-trans bill] started his testimony by saying: “To any transgender individual who may be listening today…I want to say you matter and you contribute to the state of Wisconsin.”

Some how I think he speaks out of both sides of his mouth, I do not believe one iota of anything he says.

Throughout his testimony, Allen referred to the care as “experiments.” He said the bill would work to create the space and time for minors to “consider the long-term consequences of gender transition and make an appropriate choice for them when they become a legal adult.”

Many medical organizations have opposed the legislation...

Many of the state’s major medical organizations, including the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Association of Local Health Departments and Boards, Wisconsin Chapter of the American Association of Pediatrics, Wisconsin Medical Society and the Wisconsin Public Health Association, are opposed to the bill.

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“Why do you think you know better than all of these medical professionals?” Rep. Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) asked Allen.

“To suggest that there should be no one outside of the medical industrial complex that should weigh in on matters that affect our young people is in my estimation bordering on absurd,” Allen responded.

The Republicans rely on quack medical research proving the age old saying “Numbers don’t lie but lairs can figure” but in this case quack research. They only hear what they want to hear.

From Wikipedia Ray in Manila

The governor has said he will veto the bill if it gets to his desk. The Democrats and governor have our backs! While the Republicans want to use us for their political gains.