"Flood" of anti-LGBTQ bills shows GOP wants to "eradicate trans people from public life"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/flood-of-anti-lgbtq-bills-shows-gop-wants-to-eradicate-trans-people-from-public-life-advocate/ar-AA1mxPVL?cvid=8f261a3262e24f96898ad51516ad34fa&ei=8

Story by Tatyana Tandanpolie (6 Jan 2024)

A bill that would have restricted healthcare access for transgender and gender expansive youth in Ohio was vetoed by the governor last week. Now, after cutting their winter recess short, Republican lawmakers in the state are flocking back to the capital to override the decision — a move representative of the larger GOP crusade against LGBTQ rights nationwide.

The American Civil Liberties Union recorded more than 500 proposals progressing and over 80 passed in 2023 targeting LGBTQ Americans, particularly trans and gender expansive youth, a rate previously unseen in the organization's nearly eight-year history of mapping the legislation.

"This is about a fundamental fight for self-determination, which after all, rides shotgun with self-governance," she said, explaining she wants others to understand "there really is no such thing as freedoms that only belong to other people, that when you allow one group of people's rights and freedoms to be restricted, you're really just laying the groundwork for the same to be done to your own."

Despite legislators' "incredible attacks" on the LGBTQ community in 2023, "there's still such beautiful joy and resistance happening every single day" within it, Wolf added. "And that gives me hope for what's possible in the days, months and years to come."

Targeting trans-people is way easier than solving the addiction and homelessness crises.

Been hearing here that Florida wants everyone when renewing their driving licence has to declare there biological gender, with it being a crime to lie.

Came from Erin in the morning so unsure how reliable it is

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/florida-bill-would-require-mass-biological?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web