Bill Tracking

These are the bills in the Connecticut legislature that I am following:

- TRACKED BILLS

  HB-5125 AN ACT PROHIBITING STUDENTS WHO ARE BIOLOGICAL MALES FROM COMPETING ON FEMALE-ONLY ATHLETIC TEAMS AND USING FEMALE-ONLY LOCKER ROOMS AND FACILITIES.

  HB-5283 AN ACT CONCERNING TERMINOLOGY USED IN THE CONNECTICUT PARENTAGE ACT.

  HB-5313 AN ACT CONCERNING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND OF THE PRESS FOR STUDENTS.

  HB-5336 AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF A PARENTS' RIGHT TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN CONSISTENT WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S BIOLOGICAL SEX AND THE PROMOTION OF FAIRNESS IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC COMPETITION.

  HB-5352 AN ACT PROHIBITING STUDENTS WHO ARE BIOLOGICAL MALES FROM COMPETING ON FEMALE-ONLY ATHLETIC TEAMS AND USING FEMALE-ONLY LOCKER ROOMS AND FACILITIES.

  HB-5669 AN ACT PROHIBITING STUDENTS WHO ARE BIOLOGICAL MALES FROM COMPETING ON FEMALE-ONLY ATHLETIC TEAMS AND USING FEMALE-ONLY LOCKER ROOMS AND FACILITIES.

  HB-5670 AN ACT CONCERNING PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION MEETINGS.

  HB-5789 AN ACT ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATION IN MALE AND FEMALE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.

  HB-5853 AN ACT PROHIBITING BIOLOGICAL MALES FROM COMPETING IN FEMALE SPORTS.

  HB-5876 AN ACT ALLOWING TEACHERS TO COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS CONCERNING A STUDENT'S GENDER IDENTITY.

  HB-5881 AN ACT REPEALING THE REQUIREMENT THAT MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS BE AVAILABLE IN MEN'S RESTROOMS IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL.

  HB-5882 AN ACT PROHIBITING BIOLOGICAL MALES FROM PARTICIPATING IN FEMALE-ONLY SPORTS.

  HB-5894 AN ACT PROHIBITING STUDENTS WHO ARE BIOLOGICAL MALES FROM COMPETING ON FEMALE-ONLY ATHLETIC TEAMS AND USING FEMALE-ONLY LOCKER ROOMS AND FACILITIES.

  HB-5898 AN ACT PROHIBITING THE AVAILABILITY OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL IN PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

  HB-6178 AN ACT PROHIBITING STATE AGENCIES FROM TAKING CERTAIN ACTIONS AGAINST PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WHO CHOOSE TO RAISE CHILDREN CONSISTENT WITH THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX.

  HB-6200 AN ACT PROHIBITING THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL AND SEXUAL SUPREMACY IN SCHOOLS IN CONNECTICUT.

  HB-6201 AN ACT PROHIBITING STUDENT ATHLETES WHO WERE BORN AS MALES FROM PARTICIPATING IN WOMEN'S INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC EVENTS.

  HB-6329 AN ACT CONCERNING INTERCOLLEGIATE FEMALE SPORTS TEAM COMPETITIONS.

  HB-6331 AN ACT PROHIBITING USE OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION CONSIDERATIONS AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

  HB-6597 AN ACT CONCERNING THE STANDARDS OF CARE FOR MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.

  HB-6872 AN ACT REVISING AND CONSOLIDATING THE HATE CRIMES STATUTES.

  HB-6913 AN ACT CONCERNING LGBTQ+ DISCRIMINATION IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.

  SB-36 AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF AGE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY IN CLASSROOMS.

  SB-38 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO REVIEW CERTAIN SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM STANDARDS.

  SB-43 AN ACT PREVENTING POLITICAL BIAS IN THE CLASSROOM.

  SB-136 AN ACT PROHIBITING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF SPECIFIC PRONOUNS.

  SB-504 AN ACT PROHIBITING COMPELLED SPEECH IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

  SB-532 AN ACT REQUIRING ONLINE POSTING OF SCHOOL CURRICULA AND OTHER COURSE MATERIALS.

  SB-578 AN ACT CONCERNING A MODEL CURRICULUM FOR FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION.

  SB-584 AN ACT REQUIRING ONLINE POSTING OF SCHOOL CURRICULA AND OTHER COURSE MATERIALS.

  SB-585 AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC ACCESS TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CURRICULUM AND THE PROHIBITION OF THE TEACHING OF BIASED POLITICAL IDEOLOGY IN SCHOOLS.

  SB-592 AN ACT CONCERNING PARTICIPATION ON A YOUTH SPORTS TEAM BASED ON ASSIGNED SEX AT BIRTH.

  SB-690 AN ACT PROVIDING CIVIL IMMUNITY TO INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONS AND THE SANCTIONING BODIES OF PRIVATE YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADOPT GENDER IDENTITY POLICIES CONCERNING ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION AND COMPETITION.

  SB-711 AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF A NONBINARY MARKER ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES.

  SB-725 AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL CHOICE, TEACHER CONTROL OF CLASSROOMS AND PARENTAL ACCESS TO SCHOOL CURRICULA.

  SB-882 AN ACT REQUIRING LOCAL AND REGIONAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY IN DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION TRAINING MATERIALS.

  SB-1271 AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

  SJ-35 RESOLUTION PROPOSING A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONCERNING DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX UNDER THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE.

- KEYWORDS / PHRASE

As you can see there is a whole slew of them!

I can tell you that all the bills that are pro-LGBTQ+ were introduced by Democrats and all the anti-LGBTQ+ bills were introduced by Republicans! 100%

All of you who are disgusted with what is coming out of Washington... do something! Write a letter to an editor letter or post on your blog just something on the sidebar that says "I support trans rights!" or post a trans flag. That is all it will take! We will bring about change if we all speak up, if we all do just a little it adds up, and it feels good knowing you are helping in some small way.

We must speak up! Harvey Milk was right! If one person comes...fantastic, and if two... Well Arlo said it best in "Alice's Restaurant"

...You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and

they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,

they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them.

And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in

singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an

organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day, I said

fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and

walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.

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My written testimony from yesterday, I didn't attend or testify on Zoom yesterday, I just submitted written testimony.

For the hearing for the bill on for us in Long Term Care facilities, there were a total of 48 testimonies submitted all were in support.

HB6913 AN ACT CONCERNING LGBTQ+ DISCRIMINATION IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.

Senator Hocadel, Representative Garibay, and distinguished members of the Aging Committee

My name is Diana _________, and I live in Berlin. I am here today in support of HB6913 AN ACT CONCERNING LGBTQ+ DISCRIMINATION IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.

I am seventy-six years old and I am transgender woman. One of my fears is what will happen if I have to go into a long-term care facility… How will I be treated? Will I become an outcast at a LTC?

When I was executive director of the Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition, I had a call from a transgender woman living in an LTC with over 400 residents. Nobody would talk to her, and those that did were harassed by other residents for being friends with her and stopped seeing her. We could offer her no hope for her here in Connecticut; her social worker found a place for her in an LGBTQ LTC in New York City.

As the Stonewall generation ages we are finding ourselves back to where we began… fighting for our rights. This time not out on Christopher Street but rather the for the bed of a long-term care facility. We are a feisty group who has learned to stand up for our rights.

Connecticut has a long history of bipartisan support for the LGBTQ+ community so please don’t let us be mistreated as this is troubling time for the LGBTQ+ community we are shaking by what is coming out of Washington, let this bill be a ray of hope.

I am grateful to the Committee for your attention to this matter and for your time today. Please vote in favor of HB 6913 to protect the Stonewall generation from fear in their twilight years.

Thank you,

Diana ______, MSW