Activists liken GOP to Nazis for bill that outs trans folks...

[Jessica_Rose]

Activists liken GOP to Nazis for bill that outs trans folks & changes the meaning of "equal" rights

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/activists-liken-gop-to-nazis-for-bill-that-outs-trans-folks-changes-the-meaning-of-equal-rights/ar-BB1hZNSg?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=0d1278d5929949cec5202bba2af6bd1e&ei=58

Story by Greg Owen (8 Feb 2024)

On Tuesday, Republicans in the Iowa state legislature swept a bill through committee that would add identifiers to the birth certificates of all transgender people in the state.

House Study Bill 649, proposed by the Republican governor Kim Reynolds and sponsored by state Rep. Heather Hora (R), was written to address what the far-right conservative Republican majority considers disparities when it comes to transgender people in the state.

The legislation proposes a sweeping redefinition of terms in the state's statutory code in an effort to define "man" and "woman" to conservatives' satisfaction.

Among other requirements, the bill mandates that the state mark the birth certificates of transgender people with both male and female identifiers, which would have the effect of labeling them as neither sex and forcibly outing them as transgender.

More than a hundred members of the public showed up to the committee meeting to oppose the bill, and many wore pink triangles to draw attention to the parallels the legislation has to Nazi tactics in the 1930s and '40's labeling LGBTQ+ people with identifiers.

As the bill was debated, Republican state Rep. Brooke Boden mocked the idea trans people would object to being forcibly outed.

[Jessica_K]

OMG, I mentioned this a few months ago in the UK, that all trans people would have to wear a symbol on their sleeve to police single sex spaces with police powers to arrest anyone found not to be wearing one if required. Liking it to the Nazis. How else can the government protect the people from the massive trans threat to our women and children.