Living In The Past

You see, the Republican dream is to turn the clock back to the 1950s, the time of “Father Knows Best” and “Ozzie and Harriet”, when Black people were expected to “know their place” and we were confined to sleazy bars. Back to when abortions were backroom deals unless you had the money to fly to Switzerland.

Project 2025 creator wants to ban gender-affirming care for trans adults

Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts recently endorsed taking gender-affirming care away from transgender adults.

The Advocate

Ryan Adamczeski

Feb 19, 2026

After successfully pushing unscientific bans against gender-affirming care for youth, the creator of Project 2025 wants to outlaw the life-saving treatment even for adults.

Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts recently endorsed taking care away from transgender adults, saying in an episode of the PBD podcast that the organization is currently "running the numbers" on the supposed correlation between gender-affirming surgeries and violence. His proposed solution? "You outlaw it."

You know that for us, taking away our hormones would be a death sentence. Why? Because hormones build strong bones. Why do you think older people get regular bone density tests? One of the things puberty does is strengthen bones.

And of course, they are going to tie us to “angry trans people” over last week’s murders. The article goes on…

"But where there continues to be disagreement is on what you do with adults. At Heritage, we believe that so-called transgender surgery is bad for anybody because of what you saw in Rhode Island yesterday," Roberts said, referencing the Monday mass shooting that left three people dead, including the shooter, and three others critically injured, all of whom were related to the shooter. Police have described the attack as targeted and domestic in nature.

"There does seem to be a mounting body of evidence that suggests a correlation between that surgery at any age, mental health issues, and increasingly, although we're running the numbers on this at Heritage, acts of violence," Roberts added, falsely.

That is so stupid. We are the ones being attacked, harassed, and discriminated against, but when we fight back, all of a sudden we’re portrayed as crazed killers. They do the same thing with all minorities. Look at Minneapolis, they labeled the whole Somali community as criminals to justify bringing in ICE. Republican rhetoric inflames tensions and drives wedges through communities.

Despite the overwhelming evidence, 26 states currently ban gender-affirming care for youth, according to the Movement Advancement Project. In 11 states, the care is already restricted for adults through laws preventing Medicaid from covering the treatment for all ages. Roberts continued to say he would support completely outlawing the care.

You watch... marriage equality is next and repeal of non-discrimination laws are in their agenda.

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Update: 2:00PM

Idaho GOP seeks to legalize anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in wave of bills

“We deserve safety, we deserve joy and love, and to exist without our humanity being debated every legislative session.”

LGBTQ Nation

Daniel Villarreal (he/him)

February 20, 2026, 10:00 am EST

LGBTQ+ advocates are speaking out against several anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced by the Republican supermajority in Idaho’s legislature, including one that would legalize anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination by local businesses.

The bills include H.B. 607, a bill banning trans people from using the correct restrooms and changing rooms in government buildings and public businesses, and H.B. 606, a bill criminalizing trans people from using facilities that match their gender identity; H.B. 516, a “don’t say gay” bill banning LGBTQ+ instruction in public school classrooms; H.B. 561, a bill banning the Pride flag from being flown at city and county government buildings; and H.B. 557, a bill blocking local LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination protections.

Boy it didn't take long for my prediction to come true

• H.B. 607: A ban on trans-inclusive public accommodations
• H.B. 606: A bill criminalizing trans people in public facilities

But it is not just us but the whole community!

• H.B. 561: A Pride flag ban
• H.B. 557: A bill legalizing anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination

These bills are horrible! They put a bounty on us!

State Rep. Stephanie Mickelsen (R), also denounced the anti-trans public accommodations bill, saying, “It puts a bounty on the government of $10,000 just simply for somebody being in the wrong room — not for them having done anything, but just having been in the wrong room,” adding, “I think that this bill is actually a way to intimidate and harass private businesses to push someone’s particular agenda.”

Nikson Mathew, the transgender chair of the Idaho Democratic Queer Caucus, said, “These bills … police public spaces, censor speech, override local control, take away parental rights, restrict privacy and target LGBTQ+ people and families… I just want to say to every queer and trans Idahoan: We deserve safety, we deserve joy and love, and to exist without our humanity being debated every legislative session.”

Just think how many cis-women will be caught in their dragnet?