Georgia legislature advances Don’t Say Trans bill while silencing opponents

Jessica_Rose · February 15, 2024, 05:05:15 AM

Georgia legislature advances Don't Say Trans bill while silencing opponents

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Story by Alex Bollinger (14 Feb 2024)

A Georgia bill to ban the discussion of some LGBTQ+ topics in schools advanced out of a state senate committee in a hearing where anti-LGBTQ+ advocates – including the rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Gays Against Groomers – were allowed to speak, but pro-LGBTQ+ advocates were not.

The Georgia Senate Committee on Education and Youth voted 6-3 along party lines to advance S.B. 88, a bill that bans both public and private schools in the state from teaching "gender identity, queer theory, gender ideology, or gender transition."

Queer theory is a field of post-structuralist critical theory that emerged from academic literary critics in the 1990s that generally challenges the idea that only heterosexual desire is normal. It is not taught in K-12 schools. The bill bizarrely defines "queer theory" as the idea that transgender and nonbinary people can exist.

Democrats called out the Republican leadership in the committee for banning pro-LGBTQ+ comments on the bill.

"I just can't help but point out for everyone who's here that it does seem fundamentally unfair – it's one thing, although I disapprove of it, to allow no testimony, it's another to allow testimony from only one side," said state Sen. Elena Parent (D).

Jenn104 · February 15, 2024, 07:48:16 AM

Quote from: Jessica_Rose on February 15, 2024, 05:05:15 AMGeorgia legislature advances Don't Say Trans bill while silencing opponents

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/georgia-legislature-advances-don-t-say-trans-bill-while-silencing-opponents/ar-BB1igXEf?cvid=222c9a55cde545f4bf9a04e24aa7f8be&ei=5

Story by Alex Bollinger (14 Feb 2024)

A Georgia bill to ban the discussion of some LGBTQ+ topics in schools advanced out of a state senate committee in a hearing where anti-LGBTQ+ advocates – including the rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Gays Against Groomers – were allowed to speak, but pro-LGBTQ+ advocates were not.

The Georgia Senate Committee on Education and Youth voted 6-3 along party lines to advance S.B. 88, a bill that bans both public and private schools in the state from teaching "gender identity, queer theory, gender ideology, or gender transition."

Queer theory is a field of post-structuralist critical theory that emerged from academic literary critics in the 1990s that generally challenges the idea that only heterosexual desire is normal. It is not taught in K-12 schools. The bill bizarrely defines "queer theory" as the idea that transgender and nonbinary people can exist.

Democrats called out the Republican leadership in the committee for banning pro-LGBTQ+ comments on the bill.

"I just can't help but point out for everyone who's here that it does seem fundamentally unfair – it's one thing, although I disapprove of it, to allow no testimony, it's another to allow testimony from only one side," said state Sen. Elena Parent (D).

I find these stories increasingly common and deeply troubling. I see a trend where rabidly anti-trans rhetoric crosses into actively denying reality by creating their own "science" or outlawing science.

And yeah, I am thinking what I can actively do about it.

Jenn

Devlyn · February 15, 2024, 08:15:16 AM

Does "taxation without representation" ring any bells here?

Jenn104 · February 15, 2024, 08:25:05 AM

Quote from: Devlyn on February 15, 2024, 08:15:16 AMDoes "taxation without representation" ring any bells here?

I think of Nazis inventing 'science' to justify genocide.

BlueJaye · February 15, 2024, 03:25:47 PM

Now they need to remove all gender designations from restrooms and other spaces in public and private schools, and refuse to address any of the kids or staff as boys, girls, men, or women. No more acknowledgement of gender identity. It officially doesn't exist in schools anymore.

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