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Believe it or not, people support us! A poll in South Carolina found that the public are behind us.

LGBTQ+ advocacy poll reveals voter thoughts on gender affirming care bill

An LGBTQ+ advocacy group says a poll shows most South Carolinians don’t want the government creating healthcare obstacle bills, even in transgender care.

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By Melissa Rademaker

March 28, 2024

An LGBTQ+ advocacy group says thanks to a poll, they know most South Carolinians don’t want the government creating healthcare obstacle bills, even in the face of transgender care.

The Alliance For Full Acceptance advocates for LGBTQ+ causes at the State House. Executive Director Chase Glenn says they are watching House Bill H.4624 right now. The bill could stop gender affirming care for people 18 and under even though they have parental engagement. The bill also stop funding for some adult gender affirming care.

Glenn says this is a healthcare issue. When the group polled 625 people, 95% said healthcare information should be fully private and 71% said the government should not stop gender affirming care for youth if their parents are already involved. This poll was across the state, across age groups, and across political affiliation.

Click here to view the full poll and results.

“And so we commissioned this poll because we thought you know what we want to see the data, the lines up with our gut feeling about how South Carolinians feel about this issue. And we found out you know, we’re right on, you know, that this is not a priority for South Carolinians and the values of the average person in South Carolina does not align with what this bill is trying to do,” Glenn says.

All the ballot initiatives have supported us, the biggie was Massachusetts Question 3 in 2018 

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More on Idaho’s NCAA racial harassment to the University of Utah Women’s Basketball team.

Dispatch call on racial harassment of Utah team in Idaho: ‘They are afraid’

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By Alexandra Duggan The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.

March 29, 2024

The man who reported that the University of Utah women’s basketball team was harassed by racists in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, last week said he tried to flag down a police officer on the street at the time of the incident.

In a March 21 dispatch call, recorded at 9:55 p.m., a man says he is reporting “almost a hate crime.”

“I need to speak with an officer or someone in some capacity as soon as you can,” he is recorded as saying. “… Because the behavior of some of your citizens is appalling.”

The Utah team was staying at the Coeur d’Alene Resort after the team was selected to play in the NCAA tournament, hosted in Spokane by Gonzaga University. As team members walked from the hotel to a downtown restaurant on Thursday night, they were followed by a driver in a truck who shouted racial slurs at them, according to a police report filed by a team donor.

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The department has one video related to the harassment and is asking the public for more.

If anyone is arrested, charges will likely include malicious harassment, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace, Hagar said. The Coeur d’Alene Police Department is working with federal agents to determine if any hate crime statutes apply.

The politicians have given the green to bigotry and discrimination and they are crawling out of the swamp in answer to the call.