Monday, April 18, 2011
SB 723 Showdown
Posted by Monica Roberts at 12:01 AM
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/04/sb-723-showdown.htmlHope you peeps have been calling and e-mailing Texas Democratic senators reminding them to imitate the ones in Wisconsin and hang together to stop SB 723. It's a naked attempt to codify the jacked up Littleton decision into Texas law and needs to be stopped.
Have been advised by Meghan Stabler that she will be in the Senate Chambers today tweeting the events surrounding this bill. She'll be using the hashtag TXSB723
Texas Senate Bill 723 is placed on the Senate "Intent Schedule" for Monday April 18th. That means SB 723 'may' come up for a floor vote sometime after 11am. If SB 723 gets a favorable vote it will enshrine Littleton vs Prange (1999) logic - you are what the doctor put on your birth certificate - into Texas State law. This will lay the foundation for the State of Texas to cease to recognize the transitioned status of transgender people. As you can read in my letter to the Texas Democratic Senators, what this will do is set up 'legislative intent' and we must avoid this.
